SKYLINE DRIVE VIRGINIA – Our tourism schedule called for the Skyline Drive today – on of the great scenic routes in the country, located in the Shenandoah Mountains here in Western Virginia. There was just one unanticipated problem. Fog. Dense, can’t see the road in front of the car fog. The images are actually the best of our trip.
Back home:
Day 1,825 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago: Red Rooster Drive-In.
WASHINGTON VIRGINIA – I spent a good part of the day updating the engine behind my website. There’s a new look (which isn’t necessarily better than the old look – just different) which plays better with mobile devices than the old one. According to Google about 90% of you view this site on a mobile device.
We drove about five hours down to Virginia today for a long weekend at Inn at Little Washington, a lovely inn where an old friend, Patrick O’Connell, presides as chef. I got a few images in the village but they didn’t amount to much because the skies were overcast and the light was flat.
Day 1,823 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,093): Not much going on here.
NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT – I drove up to Connecticut last night to drop Basil the Norwich Terrier off, and then back to New York today to greet Maria as she returns from Frankfurt. I caught an image of the New Milford Congregational Church (three frames stitched) as I passed through here. Also back in New York a close up with my new Leica T.
Day 1,822 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,092): Bright day.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Wow. The light here is just spectacular this time of year. I had a vey good day out with my Monochrom and some difficulty editing so here’s a sampling.
Day 1,820 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 359): Basil gets into the picture.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent some time this afternoon with Lois Connor and Tom Gitterman walking through Lois’s show at the Gitterman Gallery. The gallery is in midtown in the lovely deco Fuller Building, so I spent some time on the sidewalk hunting for today’s image.
Day 1,819 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,089): Ground fog.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I visited a gallery on the far West Side with a group of friends from the ICP this evening. Photographing photo shows is not really that productive for me, but I caught a neighborhood auto repair shop on my way there. Not my best day ever.
Day 1,818 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 722): Guggenheim. This on the other hand is one of my favorite images ever, and the only really satisfactory image that I’ve been able to make of the Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A quick note on equipment. Most of my work here is done with a Leica Monochrom, a classic Leica rangefinder camera that takes only black and white images. The lack of color information means that it produces roughly twice the resolution of normal digital camera – giving lovely, medium format film-like images. I shoot wide but most often keep a standard 50mm lens on the camera. I get wide by shooting multiple overlapping images and “stitching” them on a computer. Result is very large files that can be printed large. The large files and intense detail invest mundane subjects with an importance that is impossible to achieve with smaller files.
Today’s images is three frames stitched. I’ve taught myself how to stitch reliably without using a tripod.
Day 1,817 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1.087): Fall lack of color.
