MORRIS CONNECTICUT – I over here today with my digital and film Leicas. Since I neglected to put film in the M7 it’s lucky that I got some digital images. Still working the bugs out shooting film.
Day 2,928 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 736): 9/11 Memorial
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Imprisoned trees shot with my Leica Monochrom model 246.
Day 2,926 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day seven years ago (day 369): Old Equitable Building
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still shooting film in my Leica M7, today in Central Park.
Day 2,925 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
(n this day eight years ago (day 3): Office
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Abroad with my Leica on the Upper East Side. The second image is of a building that we lived in for six months while our apartment was being renovated. Shot with film in my Leica M7.
Day 2,924 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life
On this day eight years ago (day 2): For rent Eight years ago was just post financial crisis so there ware a lot of for rent signs on store fronts. We’re seeing for rent signs again, this time because bricks and mortar retailers are being driven out of business by online stores.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Its my anniversary!
I started this project exactly eight years ago with images taken on Wall Street and what was then called Chase Manhattan Plaza (now Liberty Plaza). On October 16, 2009 I made the first live entry on this blog: an image of the Dubuffet statue “Four Trees” on the plaza. I’ve re-edited the images from day one and included two of them below.
I decided to celebrate my anniversary by shooting film. I’ve bought a Leica M3 from 1954, the first year of M3 production, as well as a Mamiya 7, a medium forma film camera that I characterize as a great big plastic Leica. The Mamiya is off being serviced; the M3 will follow it in a few days. I’m processing the film myself, and “scanning” it to digital with a setup that includes an LED light panel, a copy stand, some Besslar enlarger negative carriers, a Sony A7rii camera and a macro lens.
I plan on shooting film regularly, on days when I can find the time to fit the two hours of processing and scanning time into my schedule.
Anyway here are images from the former Chase Manhattan Plaza shot with film.
Day 2,924 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day eight years ago (day 1 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life): Dubuffet. I’ve re-edited the images from the first day.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Tomorrow is my eighth anniversary of this project. I’m celebrating by shooting film. As I said earlier I now have a Leica M3 film camera that works with my entire Leica lens collection. I’m processing my own film and scanning it to digital by photographing it with my Sony A7rii, which properly employed provides higher resolution and better “scans” than any scanner available. Below are a couple of film images as I’m testing workflow and technique to put film into production for a trip tomorrow to the Jean Dubuffet sculpture on the plaza downtown in front of the Chase building. The Dubuffet sculpture was the subject of the first picture that I took in this project eight years ago.
Day 2,922 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1,826): Telephoto of neighbors – experimenting with a long lens, which I don’t use all that often.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Friday the thirteenth. Nothing terrible happened today. I shot a lot today, but only so-so images
Day 2,920 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 2,189): Platinum print
