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Friday December 16, 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had lunch at the Barking Dog Cafe. A burger at the bar and a glass of IPA. The beer turned out to be a mistake – it predictably brought on an overwhelming need to nap. Anyway in the morning I got some work done and in the PM I did all of the prep work for a dinner party for 11 that we’re having in Connecticut on Saturday night.

Anyway here are the iPhone stills from the Barking Dog. One grunged up and the other modified with an app called Percolator, which overwrites the image with patterns of circles that are straight out of Benoit Mandelbrot.

Barking Dog

Barking Dog

Barking Dog

Barking Dog

On this day one year ago: musicians at the Union Club.

Music at the Union Club

Sunday November 13, 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had dinner with some friends at Pino Luongo’s new restaurant, Morso. The “we” in this case is the editorial me; Maria is in Brazil on business. Taken with my ever ready Ricoh GRD IV.

Gil

Gil

As promised I’m stopping with the self portraits. I’m expecting traffic to skyrocket. That means I’m going back to “On this day one year ago . . .” Too bad that on this day one year ago I did a pretty pedestrian shot out my window. Note that a year ago I was whining about being busy. November is a tough month. Anyway . . . .

On this day one year ago: Out my window.

Lexington Avenue

November 13, 2010

Monday October 24, 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – More fussing around with my new iPhone 4S. I tried my classic out my window brick wall torture test, shooting with the phone braced against a window sill to approximate the effect of being on a tripod. I used the “HDR” (high dynamic range) mode given the phone’s tendency to blow highlights and the long dynamic range of the scene. It turns out that this was a mistake – on close inspection there are ugly white bands where the buildings meet the sky. After a bit of digging online I came to the conclusion that Apple dramatically over sharpens in HDR mode – so for future reference I’ll be avoiding it. Later in the evening I shot a Martini at the Monkey Bar – odd that this famous bar serves a Martini in a sherry glass. Whatever . . .

Out my window

Out my window

Martini

Martini

The next installment in my 1999 24-houe self portrait project – this one from 12:08 AM on February 14, 1999. As always taken with an Arca Swiss 8×10 inch view camera.

12:08 AM February 14, 1999

12:08 AM February 14, 1999

Tuesday October 18, 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had lunch today at the relatively new Shake Shack on 86th Street. Here’s a diner at a neighboring table, taken with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summicron lens.

Punter

Punter

The next image in the continuing series of hourly portraits, this one taken at 6:04 PM, local time on February 13, 1999.

6:04 PM local time February 13, 1999

6:04 PM local time February 13, 1999

Wednesday September 28, 2011

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BROOKLYN NEW YORK – Today is Maria’s birthday. We had a small dinner at Frankies Spuntino in Brooklyn (that’s not a typo – it’s owned by two guys named Frankie). Shot with my Leica M9 and 50 mm Summilux lens.

Maria has a birthday

Maria has a birthday

On this day one year ago: Citicorp.

Citicorp

Friday September 9, 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took my Leica to the office today and captured Ray Bari Pizza in pretty good light. In the late afternoon I was back uptown with my Alpa, a 47mm Schneider XL lens, experimenting with a center filter on the lens. A Center filter is a glass filter that’s darker in the middle – it compensates for the natural light fall-off that wide lenses have, but requires increased exposure. I found that the necessary 2 stop increase in exposure made the Alpa much harder to hand hold so when I need the center filter I also need a tripod.

Master Tutor and Homework Coach

Master Tutor and Homework Coach

Ray Bari Pizza

Ray Bari Pizza

On this day last year: Second Avenue Subway construction.

Second Avenue Subway

Saturday June 18, 2011

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WEST CORNWALL CONNECTICUT – We had dinner at the Wandering Moose cafe here in West Cornwall. Alexander, my son, observed that West Cornwall feels more like New York state than Connecticut – it has a slightly funky Adirondack vibe. This with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summicron lens. Local businesses consist of the Wandering Moose Cafe, a simple place that we rather like, Ian Ingersoll, a brilliant cabinet maker who specializes in Shaker-inspired designs, and RSVP, a restaurant that offers French bistro food – Zagat gives the food a 28 but that’s nowhere near correct – we’ve been fairly underwhelmed there.

Wandering Moose Cafe

Wandering Moose Cafe

On this day last year: Out my window.

Out my window

Out my window

Tuesday June 7. 2011

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NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some days I go out to photographs a specific project (often after having scouted it); other days I try to meet my phot0-a-day by carrying a camera as I go about my other business. This was one of the latter kind of days. The risk of course is that I don’t see anything of interest, never get in the moment visually, and have to settle for an image that’s only ok or worse.

This, by the way, is my 608th daily post, without having missed a day.

Today the James Beard Foundation had an event for members at Lincoln, Jonathan Benno’s fabulous restaurant at Lincoln Center. This was was with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens.

Lincoln

Lincoln

On this day one year ago: Citicorp Center.

Citicorp Center

Monday April 11, 2011

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I had lunch at Colicchio and Sons, followed by a trip across 10th Avenue to the Chelsea Market, an outstanding food destination. The James Beard Foundation (of which I’m the Chairman) is opening a popup restaurant at Chelsea Market named JBFLtd. I dropped by the restaurant in its final stages of preparation.

JBF Ltd. - James Beard Foundation restaurant pop-up

JBF Ltd. - James Beard Foundation restaurant pop-up

On this day one year ago: Image of Spring with truly ugly bokeh.

Spring

Monday January 31, 2011

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Hmmm . . .I’m getting behind posting. I’ve actually taken and selected images a week ahead of this post, but I have not had enough time to write this stuff. And I haven’t been looking forward to this post. The best image of the day is a not-very-good shot of a friend (caught at Quatorze Bis) who I’m not identifying because I don’t care for the image. Taken with my Leica M9, but it’s not the camera’s fault.

Friend

Susan Kamil

On this day one year ago: Connecticut shot in infra red. At the time this seemed like a lot of snow, but it was really nothing compared to this year.

Warren Connecticut

Tuesday December 21, 2010 revised

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I’ve revised this post (on January 5, 2011). The red lobster images originally posted was actually taken on December 23. I’ve included a copy of it for the record. The real post is from my office with my Leica M9 and a 35mm Summilux II lens:

AT&T Building

AT&T Building

Herels the original red lobster, which really belongs to December 22.

Lobster on 7th Avenue

Lobster on 7th Avenue

On this day one year ago: Fountain – San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende

Tuesday November 30, 2010

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We had a reception for James Beard Foundation members this afternoon at Má Pêche, David Chang’s midtown outpost. Here’s a link: Má Pêche, and a link for the James Beard Foundation. I caught this in the mens’ room with my small Panasonic GF1. The lighting in the main room was interesting but poor for photograph. You can see that I was getting desperate.

má pêche

One year ago on this date: traffic at Columbus Circle. One of my favorite images of the past year.

Traffic - Columbus Circle

Sunday June 20, 2010

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Dinner at Bar Boulud with some old friends and our son and daughter, who took me there for Fathers Day. This is a silly made-up holiday designed to promote greeting card sales, but I have nonetheless promoted it to our children as the most important day of the year.

Dinner at Bar Boulud

Nikon D700 AND Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens.

Sunday June 6, 2010

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Back from Connecticut and a rainy weekend.  I had spent the weekend putting a relatively new (to me) camera through its paces, a Nikon D700.  I plan on using the D700 primarily for available light photograph in poor light, so I’ve put it back in its bag to wait for the next party, wedding, dinner or whatever.  For street use I’m back to my trusty Leica M9, which I prefer as long as there’s enough light to manually focus.  This picks up on my “Look up – don’t worry of it makes you look like a tourist” theme.

Lexington Avenue and 93rd Street

Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron Asph.

Sunday December 13, 2009

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Our drive from Connecticut to New York was one of the worst ever – torrential freezing rain.  A normally two hour trip took three and a half hours.  We arrived tired and out of sorts, not really in a state of mind to photograph.  Here’s dinner with a friend at a local bistro.

Quartorze Bis

Quartorze Bis