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# Weekly Photoset: February 18, 2019
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/weekly-photoset-february-18-2019/
- Published: 2019-02-18T20:09:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T05:04:25.000Z
- Description: Street photos of ordinary Bay Area scenes shot on a Fujifilm x100f, inspired by photographer Morley Baer's advice to find beauty in the mundane.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: Photography, #Migrated-1749789291678, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-12 21:34

I’ve spent a lot of time recently playing catch up (work, life, creative pursuits, etc.), so this week’s photoset includes images I’ve made over the last few weeks (the recent [LA trip](https://www.maxsidman.com/galleries/los-angeles-ca-2019) notwithstanding).

Lately, photographically speaking, I’ve been trying to see past the drudgery of the every-day (my life is fairly routine when I’m not traveling) and find beauty in the normal average spaces and places around me. Spaces devoid of people are easier for me, though the perennial challenge of photographing people is a part of this — and something I still struggle with. Ultimately, regardless of the subject, I’m trying to employ the (often \[mis\]quoted) wisdom of California photographer [Morley Baer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley%5FBaer?ref=maxsidman.com): “Quit trying to find beautiful objects to photograph. Find the ordinary objects so you can transform it by photographing it.”

At any rate, here are some ordinary objects I’ve photographed recently (all shot with the [FujiFilm x100f](https://www.maxsidman.com/blog/tag/x100f), and edited as minimally as possible in Adobe Lightroom). The beauty is, I suppose, entirely subjective…

![Bar_Shiru-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/bar_shiru-01.jpg)

![Bar_Shiru-02.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/bar_shiru-02.jpg)

![Bayer_v_Kaiser-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/bayer_v_kaiser-01.jpg)

![berk-nurs-cabbage-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/berk-nurs-cabbage-01.jpg)

![Merritt_Path-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/merritt_path-01.jpg)

![neighborhood_chevvy-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/neighborhood_chevvy-01.jpg)

![neighborhood_density-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/neighborhood_density-01.jpg)

![neighborhood_density-02.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/neighborhood_density-02.jpg)

![neighborhood_density-03.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/neighborhood_density-03.jpg)

![nice_hat-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/nice_hat-01.jpg)

![plane_silhouette-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/plane_silhouette-01.jpg)

![put_a_bird_on_it-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/put_a_bird_on_it-01.jpg)

![searanch_crowd-01-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/searanch_crowd-01-01.jpg)

![searanch_mode-01-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/searanch_mode-01-01.jpg)