NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a nice opportunity to walk around midtown Manhattan today in crisp early summer light with my Alpa, a 36mm Schneider Digitar and 60 meg Hasselblad back. .
On this day one year ago: Stone Church New Preston.
NEW PRESTON, CONNECTICUT – Here’s the New Preston Congregational Church captured in profile with my Alpa TC, 36mm Schneider lens and 60 meg Hasselblad digital back. I’ve been here before with a camera – a full frontal view is the subject of my post for November 7, 2009 – in one of the early shots in my ongoing project on Churches in Litchfield County.
On this day one year ago: Boating on Lake Waramaug in our 1956 Chris Craft.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I explored another rainy day in Connecticut with my Hasselblad and a 300mm lens. This combination is a handful and really requires a solid tripod – hand holding is out of the question. I particularly like the way that the Hasselblad renders greens. Here is a three frames stitch for an amazing 130 megs in pixel dimensions.
This is another focus stack – nine images combined in Helicon Focus.
On this day one year ago: Lunch in Connecticut.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Back in Connecticut with my Hasselblad an the rain. This is one of my favorite images of the season.
The image below proves that dandelions aren’t the only flowers that we have. Nine images focus stacked in Helicon Focus.
On this day one year ago: Maria, one year younger.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – More work sorting through my medium format kit. Here is a test shot outside of Fotocare in New York of a Rodenstock 43mm lens on my Alpa. The Rodenstock had a fair amount of linear distortion, which isn’t evident in this picture because I used an Alpa plugin for Photoshop that corrects lens distortion.
On this day last year: Carnegie Hall.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I had a productive day walking from my office to our apartment via Central Park, so I’m posting multiple images; all taken with my Leica M9. Here is a sunbather on Sherman’s statue in the Plaza taken with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
The Metropolitan Club. Founded by JP Morgan for his steel baron clients who couldn’t get into the Union Club. Captures with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
A lazy summer afternoon shot in Central Park with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
Finally, the Metropolitan Museum. Three frames stitched shot with my Leica and a 35mm Summilux lens.
On this day last year: Party at Gus’s.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I’m in a quandry about my medium format camera gear. I like the Hasselblad very well as a camera, but the digital back part of it has some shortcomings when used on a technical camera. The way my shooting style has evolved most of my medium format shooting is being done on a tech camera. So I spent this morning with a demo Phase One IQ 180 back at Digital Transitions. This is out their window looking accross 35th Street. Alpa Max camera with a 36mm Schneider APO lens and a Phase One IQ 180 back:
On this day one year ago: Film Society of Lincoln Center.
