NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had dinner tonight with our friends Phyllis and Victor Grann. Taken with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens.
Dinner with Phyllis Grann
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I had a long day in the office so I caught up with my photo-a-day obligations at home. Why not a project of photographing personal objects? Here’s a photograph of a photograph of Charis Wilson on the dunes at Oceano in 1936. As photographed by Edward Weston. I’m knocking off Louise Lawler’s ideas. We were about the same age that Charis was in this picture when we bought it. We had no idea how young she and we were.
Edward Weston
NEW YORK NEW YORK – As noted yesterday we stayed in New York this weekend to attend an engagement party at the River Club. Shot with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens..
Engagement party at the River Club
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I went to the Knickerbocker Club for a terrific performance of Gilbert & Sullivan by the Blue Hill Troupe. This image is from the dinner afterwards, taken with my small Panasonic.
Dinner at the Knick
WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – Today we went to a service at the Washington Congregational Church – our daughter and her fiance were with us. They are planning on getting married here next year. After the service I photographed the interior. I’ve done many exterior images of this building on these pages: Under the portico. Washington Congregational Church exterior. Washington Congregational Church detail. Taken with my Alpha Max and a 36mm Schneider lens. Two frames stitched.
Washington Congregational Church
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent most of the day in the office, so I spent a bit of time lurking around the halls with my Leica M8.2 and an IR filter, looking for things to photograph. I caught this in the elevator lobby on my floor. Shot with a 35mm pre-aspheric Summicron v. 4, known as the “Bokeh king” for creamy quality of the out of focus portions of the images it creates. If you think I’m kidding on the Bokeh king thing try Googling it and see what you get. This lens is also an outstanding lens for infrared. Here’s the image:
Plimpton
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I picked my car up from being serviced to day and killed some time in the showroom with my Leica and a very wide lens, the 16mm Voigtlander. Here’s an image. One interesting aspect of the showroom is that the lighting is designed to be symmetrical from this car’s position, and the cove lighting in the ceiling emphasizes the car’s lines. These people are smarter than you would expect.
Lexus of Manhattan
