Category: Landscape

SINGER ISLAND FLORIDA – Looking up with my Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. Revolutionary fact #1 about this camera: it’s tiny; it fits comfortably in the pocket of my jeans. Revolutionary fact #2: it’s 35 megapixel sensor is monochrome only; the absnece of a Bayer color filter effectively doubles its resolution relative to a color camera. Revolutionary fact #3: It’s 28mm equivalent lens is dramatically improved over the Ricoh GR III – it’s actually good enough for landscape and architecture.

Here we are looking up on Singer Island.

Day 5,973 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back eight years to a portrait. Shooting a Sony camera. Day 3,051 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

RIVIERA BEACH FLORIDA – A new camera arrived today: a Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. This thing is genuinely interesting, for me revolutionary in several ways. I’ll be shooting with it exclusively at least for the next week or so as I push it to understand its strengths and limitations. I got around to opening the box in the late evening so today’s image is a night time abstraction.

Day 5,972 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly eight years to school girls in India. This was taken during my Sony diaspora period, a period when I was shooting Sony cameras, rebelling against the cost of Leica gear. Day 3,050 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

SINGER ISLAND FLORIDA – We’re in Florida visiting our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren, so you’ll see a lot of images violating my “no cute kids” rule. We’ve rented a condo on Singer Island for a month.

Day 5971 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back 15 years to Park Avenue at night. This was shot on film with my Leica M2. Compare this image to the digitally captured night scene above – interestingly the digital image is much more realistic, but the film image is much more interesting.  The latter fact may have something to do with the difference between Manhattan Island and Singer Island.  Day 492 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

MANHATTAN – Shooting wide (two 35mm frames stitched) with my Leica Monochrom.

Day 5,970 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back 15 years to a view from the Staten Island Ferry.  Day 491 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

MANHATTAN – Here’s a rental boiler heating a building during this brutal cold spell.

Day 5,969 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back two years to Havana. Day 5,238 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – Here we are with friends at cocktails.

Day 5,968 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back 16 years to Trinity Episcopal Church in Milton CT.  Day 124 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT – It was a perfect clear, winter day in this Currier & Ives village, under a blanket of snow that hadn’t turned dirty yet. I struggle with places like this – it’s too perfect for me to create interesting imaging. So I ended up selecting a utility pole and a couple of signs.

Day 5,967 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 15 years to the Congregational Meeting House in New Preston CT. I rephotographed this last week. It’s pretty much unchanged except for fairly severe paint peeling. The Church is obviously under some financial stress. Day 488 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.