NEW YOEK NEW YORK – We went up to Columbia this evening to see an exhibit of the work of Irini Gonou, a talented Greek artist who uses fabric and small objects and text to create pinakes (the singular is pinex- πίναξ), votive tablets used by the ancient Greeks. Very nice. I also noticed a view out a window that reminded me of one of her compositions. Both taken with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day last year: from the car.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked today. First on Park Avenue where the light was doing good things with some of the Albert Paley sculpture on the islands. Then into Central Park where I fairly predictably got some mundane images – Central Park is tough. The best image that came out of walking most of the length of it was a detail that looks like a nose.
On this day last year: iPhone light.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I shot a bunch of different cameras today. My iPhone, shooting an anniversary present: a silver Tiffany bowl from the early 1930s; the engraver misspelled Maria as “Marcia”; this would be hard to explain to Maria so I sent it back to be re-engraved; it won’t be ready for our actual anniversary on September 29. Tough luck. My Leica Monochrom with my Luxochrom lens on the street; I’m consistently getting my strongest images from this combination. My Sony RX100 II: the setup for an anniversary party (given by us for us) at the Knickerbocker Club. Same camera: an image of me and two friends at the party taken by one of our guests. I didn’t shoot at the party because I really did have to connect with everyone there and photography gets in the way. It’s the difference between being and observer and a participant. I’m usually happy to be an observer (delighted, actually, being an observer feeds my inner introvert) but tonight I need to participate.
On this day last year: Park-like area in Warren.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Lunch at The Wright with some Brazilian friends of long standing. Shot with my Sony RX100 II.
On this day last year: Birches.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here it is, Saturday on a gorgeous Fall weekend, and we’re not in Connecticut. What’s going on here? Well Laura and Alexander (our daughter-in-law and son) are having a baby shower today for the daughter they are expecting in five weeks. We started calling her “.2” in Laura’s 10th week of pregnancy and the name seems to have stuck for now. Probably spelled Point-Two. Anyway a lovely event and well worth missing a couple of leaves in rural New England. Take with my Sony RX100 II, which works well at events.
On this day one year ago: Dinner companion.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Hmmm . . . you’ve seen this one before – yesterday. I decided to go back and reshoot yesterday’s image to get a technically better image. Indeed this time I got a sharp picture of the former Pan Am building, but the light, framing and composition aren’t as good as yesterday. Interesting right brain – left brain contrast.
While walking from a meeting I saw a composition in a trash container that seemed to have a bit of poetry.
On this day one year ago: At the Knick. We were at a party for a close friend at the Knickerbocker Club one year ago – we’re giving a party for our wedding anniversary in the same room two days from now.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – The former Pan Am Building and the former New York Central Building were illuminated by nice morning light so I caught them with my Sony RX100 II. This was a nicely seen image, but poorly executed: using dummy settings the Sony selected a shutter speed that was a stop too slow so the image is not perfectly sharp. I’m still working my way up the learning curve.
On this day last year: Tenderloin.
