list 11: shutter happy

I was out with my camera the other day (no surprise there) and I noticed a pattern in things that I tend to photograph, like, incessantly. And it isn’t location specific. No matter where I find myself in there world, if I see one of the following, I have an uncontrollable urge to capture it with the click of a shutter. It’s magnetic. I can’t help it. Must. Take. Picture.

This week’s list: things towards which I invariably point the camera.

1. Bicycles. Bicycle handles, wheels, baskets, bells, pedals, seats… The more rickety and rusty, the better. And while we are on the subject, I must ask you if the milk crate phenomenon is indigenous to Montreal, or perhaps Canada? I have yet to see it elsewhere. But here in Montreal, it seems that 3-5% of bicycles (including my own) are supped up with a used milk crate at0p the back wheel. We need something to carry our wine, baguette and cheese in.

2. Feet. It’s not that I have a foot fetish, but there is something quite fun about taking a photo of where you stand at any given moment.  Set camera on ground. Step away. Press remote control and here you go:

3. Fruit and veggie stands. It’s where all the colors of the rainbow are.

4. Doors. I’m obsessed with them.

5. Cats. Especially those sitting on window sills, looking out longingly.

6. Hearts & love notes = joy.

7. Restaurant tables. When you can still see the mark of quiet conversation or uproarious laughter after the group has left.

Add that doesn’t even count lamp posts, flowers, train tracks, vintage signs, door knobs, kitchen and bathroom sinks, cemeteries, chairs and benches, chalkboards, window shutters, eggs, balloons, fire hydrants, couches left by the side of the road, abandoned buildings, gates, graffiti and street pigeons…

What makes you shutter happy?