jhilla: natgeofound: Vendors and pedestrians along a steep staircase in Hong Kong, November 1934.Photograph by W. Robert Moore, National Geographic There’s so much about this picture that makes it incredible.  Compositionally, the focus and clarity drew me to the scene of the two boys in white.  But then the lighting and vantage point led my eyes up to the woman carrying the packages on her shoulder.  From there the light hit and the rays brought me all the way back down to the front of the picture again.  I literally stared at this for, like, 15 minutes. But even with all of that, I think my favorite part is the over exposure in the far right of the picture.  It almost looks like something from another frame may have leaked in.  And it gives the feeling that even though this picture seems so perfect, it was probably still taken in an instant. Deep thoughts by Jeff Hilliard

jhilla:

natgeofound:

Vendors and pedestrians along a steep staircase in Hong Kong, November 1934.Photograph by W. Robert Moore, National Geographic

There’s so much about this picture that makes it incredible.  Compositionally, the focus and clarity drew me to the scene of the two boys in white.  But then the lighting and vantage point led my eyes up to the woman carrying the packages on her shoulder.  From there the light hit and the rays brought me all the way back down to the front of the picture again.  I literally stared at this for, like, 15 minutes.

But even with all of that, I think my favorite part is the over exposure in the far right of the picture.  It almost looks like something from another frame may have leaked in.  And it gives the feeling that even though this picture seems so perfect, it was probably still taken in an instant.

Deep thoughts by Jeff Hilliard

brokeandbespoke: Legendary…one for the annals of thrifting history, or, as I’ve just called it: thriftstory. putthison: The Man Who Thrifted A Ferrari Who’d have thought you could thrift a Ferrari? Matthew R. is an inveterate thrifter. He says he works seventy hours a week, and he’s been buying and selling second-hand clothes since 1998. Not long ago, he started a consignment service, Luxeswap, and not only do their auctions often crop up in our eBay picks, but I’ve personally trusted him to consign a number of clothes in the past. He’s one of the best menswear sellers on eBay. But truly: I had no idea. This week, Matthew bought a Ferrari. With thrift store money. Here’s how it happened… Matthew started thrifting in the late nineties, and quickly learned that when he found something good that didn’t fit him, he could sell it on eBay and make a little dough. The first item was an Emporio Armani sportcoat. It sold for fifty bucks. Like most of us, Matthew took the extra money and spent it on clothes and small indulgences. In 2007, he read a book called One Red Paperclip. It was written by a man, Kyle MacDonald, who traded a paperclip for a pen for a doorknob for a camping stove and on and on for a year until he had traded for a new house. Matthew thought: how could I turn my own little hobby into something special? So he started a savings account. His business money went into a business account. His personal money - the money from his own personal purchases - went into the savings account. And year after year, that money grew. Then, last week, he took the money and bought a Ferrari. Matthew says: “This car was born of things that nobody else wanted. Things that people discarded. I wanted to be able to say I thrifted a Ferrari. And I did.” A genuinely remarkable achievement.

brokeandbespoke:

Legendary…one for the annals of thrifting history, or, as I’ve just called it: thriftstory.

putthison:

The Man Who Thrifted A Ferrari

Who’d have thought you could thrift a Ferrari?

Matthew R. is an inveterate thrifter. He says he works seventy hours a week, and he’s been buying and selling second-hand clothes since 1998. Not long ago, he started a consignment service, Luxeswap, and not only do their auctions often crop up in our eBay picks, but I’ve personally trusted him to consign a number of clothes in the past. He’s one of the best menswear sellers on eBay. But truly: I had no idea.

This week, Matthew bought a Ferrari. With thrift store money.

Here’s how it happened…

Matthew started thrifting in the late nineties, and quickly learned that when he found something good that didn’t fit him, he could sell it on eBay and make a little dough. The first item was an Emporio Armani sportcoat. It sold for fifty bucks. Like most of us, Matthew took the extra money and spent it on clothes and small indulgences.

In 2007, he read a book called One Red Paperclip. It was written by a man, Kyle MacDonald, who traded a paperclip for a pen for a doorknob for a camping stove and on and on for a year until he had traded for a new house. Matthew thought: how could I turn my own little hobby into something special?

So he started a savings account.

His business money went into a business account. His personal money - the money from his own personal purchases - went into the savings account. And year after year, that money grew.

Then, last week, he took the money and bought a Ferrari.

Matthew says: “This car was born of things that nobody else wanted. Things that people discarded. I wanted to be able to say I thrifted a Ferrari. And I did.”

A genuinely remarkable achievement.

Recent shoot.
photo shoot location bucket list : hotel 

Photographer - Anthony Rogers 
Models - Tim from Look model agency
               Jasmine Xu - still waiting to be discovered!