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Wednesday October 30, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – First an image with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens, looking up in Manhattan in the early evening. This is a great setup for shooting Manhattan at night handheld. This can result in some nice images particularly after the end of daylight savings time next week because it is dark at 6:00 when buildings are still full illuminated by lights in offices.

I joined some friends in going out to South Williamsburg for dinner at a restaurant called XiXa. Pronounced “shiksa” by the owner. No kidding. It was supposed to be a Southwestern dive but it turned out to be serious Asian-Mexican fusion at a very high level. A major upside surprise.

On this day one year ago: Sandy.

Friday October 25, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK and NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT – I went by train up to New Haven today to visit the Yale Art Gallery photo collection. We spent a delightful hour or two reviewing the work of Robert Adams.

This with my Leica Monchrom and Luxochron lens in Grand Central Terminal. A very common view but uncommon light – my best to date in GCT. Later in the day on New Haven Green.

On this day last year: Nespresso Store. One my favorites from last year.

Sunday October 20, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Our lovely warm Autumn has permitted the begonias on the Park Avenue islands to grow longer and larger than I’ve ever seen them before – they are actually chest high. Taken with my Sony RX100 II, which I’m still carrying around after last night. Kind of a mundane image but keeps the photo a day thing alive.

On this day last year: Fall color. A lot of these this time of year. A lot of them in black

Friday October 18, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – First day back I’ve taken exactly one picture (Monochrom with Luxochron lens):

On this day one year ago: Debris.

Thursday October 17, 2013

FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY – We flew here from Munich yesterday afternoon, making our way back home. There is little in Frankfurt that predates the war – the Alte Oper Haus is one of the few exceptions. The shell survived and the interior has been restored, and in the case of the hall itself modernized. Maria and I had separately had dinner at a restaurant there but were curious to see a performance on this our one free night in Frankfurt. It turns out that the event that we got tickets for was the launch of Latvian Cultural Days, sponsored by the ECB. No kidding. The Latvian National Orchestra was in attendance. Fine musicians doomed to play music of Latvian composers: the music could have been a sound track from a 1950s Disney feature-length cartoon. There were speeches by Mario Draghi (in nuanced English) and the Latvian Prime Minister (in German). We were in the third row. Security was heavy. An altogether odd evening but the acoustics in the hall were excellent. I did find out that Yelp works here – it led us to an excellent Thai dive for dinner.

Anyway, that was yesterday. Today I got up at dawn and walked around for three hours before leaving for the airport. Images of Frankfurt taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Luxochron lens.

On this day one year ago: Central Park.

Thursday September 26, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a drive through MISERABLE TRAFFIC to drop our car off for service on the far west side (this week is the opening of the UN session which makes New York a mess), and then walked back cross town to my office. Not too much going on visually because of a high bright overcast but the sun broke through for a moment and I got this with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.

On this day last year: Bogy in my dreams.

Tuesday September 24, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked today. First on Park Avenue where the light was doing good things with some of the Albert Paley sculpture on the islands. Then into Central Park where I fairly predictably got some mundane images – Central Park is tough. The best image that came out of walking most of the length of it was a detail that looks like a nose.

On this day last year: iPhone light.