Times Are Tough...

I know it's kind of a drag to start off a new blog on a somewhat depressing note, however, this image has been weighing on me ever since I shot it a few weeks ago. The man in the picture was siting on St. George's street in St. Augustine on a pretty hot day. When I first passed him he had a sign out that read something to the effect of; Times are tough. Every bit helps. God bless.

I wanted to shoot him there and then, but he had a few kids huddled around him cooing over his dog. By the time I made it back to him the sign was put up, but I still feel the image has a certain power to it. It's really all in his face I think. At any rate this picture is a bit of a return for me to shooting candid portraits on the street. It's a form a of photography that I love and plan to do more of in the future.