Tag: 11th Street

Find YOUR path

Second to last radiation treatment at Bodine Center For Radiation Therapy. I'm tired and don't have much to add to today. I didn't try to compose these images. I sort of raise the camera and hit the shutter button. Tomorrow I get to ring the bell.

Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours

I’ve noticed a few different double-deckers touring busses on our morning drive into Philadelphia for my radiation treatments.

I have been taking a photo each morning, each one from just outside the Bodine Center For Radiation Therapy on 11th Street. But those images didn’t show the hustle and bustle and morning life that was happening all around Philadelphia.

Serendipity caused this lively and representative scene to unfold before me. It’s one of my favourites from the last two weeks.

When I was about thirteen years old, my father took us on a family vacation to the UK. I don’t remember much about that trip. Some vague recollection of a visit to London Tower, Harrods, Marks & Spence, Trafalgar Square, and a trip to the countryside to visit the estate home of one of his banking clients1.

But I do remember those double-decker buses. It seemed like they were everywhere. And I do remember riding around London atop the bus. But I don't remember anything about what I saw.

  1. The English gentleman lived adjacent to our home in Antigua. ↩

N.Y.P.D Pizza

I think it's interesting that the best pizza in Philadelphia is from a place called N.Y.P.D.

After my treatment at the Bodine Center For Radiation Therapy, I had a follow-up appointment with my eye specialist. We checked in, and I was seen 5 minutes after that. Therapy was quick, about five minutes, and we had a lot more time than I expected between my treatment and my appointment. We strolled along 11th Street toward Walnut Street.

I stopped when I noticed the restaurant. I thought it was humorous. I think it's interesting that the best pizza in Philadelphia is from a place called N.Y.P.D.

When I started taking these “after radiation treatment” images, I wanted to use one of my vintage film lenses mounted to my Fujifilm X-T2 with Fotodiox lens adapter. I thought it would be cool.

But after a few weeks of shooting street scenes, I have learned that I often have just seconds to raise the camera to my face, compose, and push the shutter button. With time, I could learn to quickly focus the manual lens using the focus peaking feature of the Fuji.