My photocommute

Last week, my friend and all around good guy Nathan Simpson was inspired to create Photocommute, a new way of seeing the city during your daily commute. At its heart, it’s a simple process: take pictures of interesting things you see along your commute and post 10 of them online (blog, Tumblr, Facebook, etc). I’ve always found my bus and light rail travels pretty interesting, but I was intrigued by the Photocommute concept. So last week I followed his lead and took over 150 pictures during my commute from north Glendale to Tempe via bus and light rail.

I didn’t do anything fancy. I just used my Canon point and shoot to document what I saw, but it was a refreshing experience to slow down and look for interesting things around me. Here’s the 10 pictures I selected to represent my photocommute:

: A tree down the street from my house

: Parking meters

: Standing by justice

: Tired guy

: Broken light on the side of my bus

: Bus stop bench

: Parking garage at 3rd St/Mill Ave station

: Just don’t do it

: The Button

: Sunset

Will this become a movement, a viral idea that takes off? I have no idea, but I know that I’m happy to have participated.

Read Nathan’s blog post about his Photocommute. What will you see when you slow down to look?

NOTE: The full size originals of my Photocommute pictures can be found in my Flickr set.

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http://iamchanelle.com/ iamchanelle

oooh love that idea – and you told a great story here!
loved the “standing by justice” shot.
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Thanks! Nathan really came up with a cool idea and I had lots of fun doing it.
http://therunoff.com/ chris runoff

Awesome idea and great shots; I think I will hop on the band wagon with this one.
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Great! I look forward to seeing the pictures you take. When you get them posted, let Nathan and/or I know so we can check them out!
natron602

You really did a great job with it! I love these shots so much and I am super-glad that you had fun with it.
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

Oh, I'm doing one tomorrow! Very cool.
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Thanks man. It's a great idea!
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Nice, I'll be looking forward to seeing what yours looks like.
http://www.phxrailfood.com David Bickford

This is a great idea. Here's mine. It's told as a linear narrative with lots of detail because that's how my mind works (or doesn't work, depending on your point of view): http://bit.ly/bCxUtF
http://lightrailblogger.com Tony Arranaga

Nice job! And thanks for the inspiration!
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Thanks! You gonna do one too?
http://lightrailblogger.com Tony Arranaga

Nice job! And thanks for the inspiration!
http://matthewpetro.wordpress.com Matthew Petro

Thanks! You gonna do one too?
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