my personal project to get better at photography, one day and one photo at a time. hopefully, this passion will result in a professionTumblr (3.0; @francesmphotography)http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvsh4ZX3H1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred&six.</p> <p>fooseball.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11303519377http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11303519377Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:03:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvrrt1RYX1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred&five.</p> <p>sometimes i don’t make any breath-taking photos on assignment. sometimes it is all about the people i get to meet and the stories i get to hear.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302859179http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302859179Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:47:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvrb6xwy91qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred&four.</p> <p>i love watching storms roll in.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302434242http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302434242Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:37:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvr2vXG6S1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred&three.</p> <p>the following is an actual coversation:</p> <p>my editor: “now it’s the Jersey page spalsh. good job.” (big, center piece photo on the second section of the paper)</p> <p>me: “oh, great. I can hang it right next to my A1 parking lot.”</p> <p>my editor: “don’t be a wise ass.”</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302219795http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11302219795Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:32:53 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvqu9wmlE1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred&one.</p> <p>window.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11301979391http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11301979391Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:27:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvqmhChT91qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>two-hundred.</p> <p>have i mentioned how much i like the view from my fire escape?</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11301765680http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11301765680Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:23:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvl6vAEoB1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-nine.</p> <p>my first football game. i like the kids in the back.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295849533http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295849533Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:25:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvl3cxGvJ1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-eight.</p> <p>september 11, 2011.</p> <p>if you had asked me ten years ago where i’d be on september 11th, i never would have guessed new york. or that’d i’d be covering it through pictures.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295742143http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295742143Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:23:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvks9T8ua1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-seven.</p> <p>i really love my new apartment.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295402541http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295402541Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:16:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvkpxmB2L1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-six.</p> <p>some assignments. some assignments.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295334540http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295334540Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:15:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvkktYB8h1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-five.</p> <p>summer is fading.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295180694http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295180694Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:12:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvkip3w6M1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-four.</p> <p>i’ve been dabbling in old school, analogue cameras. this is with my polaroid swinger.</p> <p>i need to take advantage of the scanner at work.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295118341http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/11295118341Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:11:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3cngWdcL1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-three.</p> <p>i probably shouldn’t take photos when i drive.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651233393http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651233393Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:28:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3civxfZI1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-two.</p> <p>the flood coverage continues.</p> <p>i was here one day before the president.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651116919http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651116919Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:25:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3cem3K7z1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-two.</p> <p>red.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651011312http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10651011312Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:23:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3cb4Fcap1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety-one.</p> <p>september 1</p> <p>i didn’t take a picture today. i was back in the office after 5 days in the field for irene coverage.</p> <p>but, i made the front page with a photo i was really proud of. and at 6 columns no less. i hope for as long as i do this, i get excited when my art gets good play. i don’t want it to ever wear off.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10650923379http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10650923379Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:21:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3bcsmbiI1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&ninety.</p> <p>a lot of people ask me what my favorite type of shoot is, and I think that this is it.</p> <p>as hard as it is to see someone in pain, it’s an incredible experience to be privy to someone’s emotions and venerability. my job is most enjoyable when i’m given true access, but that access, i’ve learned, i have to earn.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10650077665http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10650077665Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:00:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3ah0WRKL1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&thirty-nine.</p> <p>i have a lot of respect for the people at the Red Cross and the work that they do.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10649293500http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10649293500Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:41:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3aa3QU1E1qfvd28o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&thirty-eight.</p> <p>the aftermath of irene.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10649121227http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10649121227Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:37:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls39vqfkpq1qfvd28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>one-hundred&thirty-seven.</p> <p>i decided to climb on a roof when a hurricane was coming.</p>http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10648766959http://francesmphotography.tumblr.com/post/10648766959Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:28:36 -0400