Irvington Ave. Drexel Hill, PA….December 2011 CHRISTMAS STREET, USA….. Looking to capture the Christmas season light for “COSMOS PHILLY”, I decided to head to a neighborhood in Drexel Hill, PA. where brick row homes and singles are decorated holiday lights. With camera on tripod,  I waited for evening light to drop and compose (filling the frame). Instead of shooting straight on,  I chose to shoot from a right angle added depth and leading lines took your eyes from front to back. Like last months shot of boat house row, but different, I wanted to capture the changing light of the day. But instead of recomposing and using light for a second shot, a wonderful moment made itself available. I heard the sound of children and  quickly changed to video mode and captured a neighborhood moment. That video clip will be featured in a few days on “Cosmos Philly” (http://www.facebook.com/cosmosphilly).

Irvington Ave. Drexel Hill, PA….December 2011

CHRISTMAS STREET, USA…..

Looking to capture the Christmas season light for “COSMOS PHILLY”, I decided to head to a neighborhood in Drexel Hill, PA. where brick row homes and singles are decorated holiday lights. With camera on tripod,  I waited for evening light to drop and compose (filling the frame). Instead of shooting straight on,  I chose to shoot from a right angle added depth and leading lines took your eyes from front to back. Like last months shot of boat house row, but different, I wanted to capture the changing light of the day. But instead of recomposing and using light for a second shot, a wonderful moment made itself available. I heard the sound of children and  quickly changed to video mode and captured a neighborhood moment. That video clip will be featured in a few days on “Cosmos Philly” (http://www.facebook.com/cosmosphilly).

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Eleftherios Kostans is an award winning freelance photographer based in the Metropolitan Philadelphia area. He is the staff photographer at Swarthmore College in suburban Philadelphia where he contributes to a variety of publications. Eleftherios worked as a contract photographer with the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 10 years and was a correspondent to Sipa-Press Photo Agency in New York. His work has appeared in a variety of national and international publications such as Newsweek, Time, People, Paris Match, and Wired magazines.

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