BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Another solitary figure, taken with my Leica Monochrom and Dual Range Summicron. Not much going on here – I’m a bit rushed today.
On this day one year ago: Hong Kong.
Tuesday September 18, 2012
Category: Urban
Monday September 17, 2012
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – I’m accused of having a second family here. My business reliably takes me to Boston for a few days each month. I’m continuing to explore my Leica Monochrom and 1957 Dual Range Summicron (which has a lovely fingerprint on the Monochrom).
On this day one year ago: Hong Kong.
Thursday September 13, 2012
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Even the Monochrom can’t eliminate bad days. Here’s it is using a 24mm Leica Summilux lens. The film look gives this otherwise pedestrian image a little bit of grit.
On this day last year: Lever House.
Wednesday September 12, 2012
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out with the Leica Monochrom again today. I’m trying it out as an infrared camera – I strapped on an infrared filter and snapped a couple of dozen images. This isn’t really practical because the filter needs 10 stops additional exposure – the camera evidently has very good infrared filtering. Here’s an example:
Back to normal:
Film from a few weeks ago:
On this day last year: Todds.
Monday September 10, 2012
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m loving my Leica Monochrom. In post processing I’ve been experimenting with some film looks to pretty good effect. Here are some examples from today all taken with the Monochrom and my 55-year old 50mm Dual Range Summicron.
I look for construction sites and vacant lots that create views through blocks that don’t exist otherwise and won’t exist for very long. Here’s the New York Life building – three frames stitched in Photoshop.
Morning light in our dining room.
On this day last year: fire pit. Color!
Tuesday August 28, 2012
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took a walk with my M9 and the 24mm Summilux. Surprise! I found a distant, solitary figure. Still doing this.
Film from Doug and Judy’s:
On this day last year: Ganesh meets Irene. This is the anniversary of prep for a major storm headed to the Northeast.
Monday August 27, 2012
NEW YORK NEW YORK – It’s a relief to be back home. Salt Lakers (and people from almost anyplace else in the country) find it hard to understand how New York can be home. It’s hard to explain but browsing through these pages may give you a sense. I celebrated my return by seeing a Yankees game with Alexander. That’s my fourth baseball game for the season – an unprecedented level on interest for me, driven more by the strong sense of place that Yankee Stadium (and Fenway) have, than an abiding curiosity about the game.
So here’s a street scene and Yankee Stadium, taken with my Leica M9 and a 12mm Voigtländer lens. As a non-fisheye this wide it’s amazing that it even produces an image. It produces serious color shifts with digital cameras, shifts that I correct for by “developing” the images in C1 with an llc correction. No veiwfinder is necessary – I just assume that it takes in everything in the general direction of the front of the camera. Focusing is redundant because of the long depth of field. Results can be weird and unpleasant because of wide angle geometric distortion – I tend to get a lot of junk with it but also an occasional gem.
I got film back today so I’ll be including a few film images each day until I run out of them. Generally taken with my Leica M4, Ilford Delta 100 film, and a dual range Summicron lens.
On this day one year ago: a Nash Metropolitan.
