Thursday May 17, 2018

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back to normal focal lengths with my 24-70 Sony GM lens at 35mm Just OK. Really long is better for me.

Day 3136 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Yawn

On this date six years ago (day 3136): Francesca graduates!! A major day for all of us.

Francesca Graduates

Tuesday May 15, 2018

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – I’m here for two days of meetings, traveling with the Sony super-wide as my only lens. Both images below shot at 12mm. I solved the foreground problem by cropping to square in the first image and finding a trash can to be the foreground in the second.

Day 3134 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Light and reflections
Recent Construction Beantown

On this day eight years ago (day 577 of one photo every day): Noctilux. This is timely. I still own the Nocti, and will until I die. My next experiment is running through my large selection of Leica 50mm lenses on the Sony.

Day 943 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Leica M9 and Noctilux lens

Monday May 14, 2018

MANHATTAN – Today I shot out a taxi window with my iPhone into amazing sunset light. As always the best camera in the world is the one that you have with you.

Day 3133 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Amazing light

On this date three years ago (day 2037 of one photograph every day): Shadows

Day 2038 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Shadows

Sunday May 13, 2018

MANHATTAN – Another day shooting real wide with my new 12-24 Sony G lens. One issues shooting cityscape or landscape with a very wide lens is the following: the lens really needs to be level or the perspective gets weird. That generally means that there is too much foreground – half the frame filled with the ground. The solutions are to crop to square, cropping the foreground out, or as I’ve done today, find something to fill the foreground. Working wide results in a lot of near-far images.

Day 3132 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Bike Rack
Q Line Uptown

On this date eight years ago (day 211 of one photo every day): Citicorp Center One of my favorite images from this project.

Day 211 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
Citicorp Center

Friday May 11, 2018

MANHATTAN – I’m shooting wide for the next week or so. I’m exploring a new lens: a Sony 12-24 G lens. Preliminary testing suggests that it is very, very good at the wide end of its range, through 18mm or so. It’s wide indeed and probably the best idea for Sony A7riii shooters who need ultra wide. Here it is at the Bloomberg Building at 12mm.

Day 3130 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Bloomberg Building

On this day last year (day 2765): Flying my DJI drone inside. Not really a recommended practice.

Manhattan