HONG KONG – Out my window at the Mandarin Oriental. Five frames stitched taken with my Panasonic GH2.
On this day one year ago: Out my window at the Berkley. Interesting. Same shot out of of hotel window one year apart. Just different cities, Hong Kong vs. London.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Walking on Park Avenue with my Leica (and 90mm lens) I caught Lever House and the Racquet Club in spectacular light. Two frames stitched.
On this day last year: An angle on the Seagrams Building in lovely light.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A heavy day of meetings. I managed to get outside with my Leica M9 and a Voigtlander 12mm lens to catch a few images on Lexington Avenue.
On this day last year: New Milford Connecticut
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NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took my Leica to the office today and captured Ray Bari Pizza in pretty good light. In the late afternoon I was back uptown with my Alpa, a 47mm Schneider XL lens, experimenting with a center filter on the lens. A Center filter is a glass filter that’s darker in the middle – it compensates for the natural light fall-off that wide lenses have, but requires increased exposure. I found that the necessary 2 stop increase in exposure made the Alpa much harder to hand hold so when I need the center filter I also need a tripod.
On this day last year: Second Avenue Subway construction.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – More rain. Really. A lot of rain. I walked around with my Leica and a 90mm lens looking for rain themes. The Leica isn’t billed as being “weatherproof” but it does tolerate the rain, especially if you sheild it with a coat or your body when you’re not shooting. A couple of examples:
On this day last year: Andy Berkman.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another walk around day with my medium format outfit. This is the steps from the 23rd Street station on the Lexington Avenue subway, taken with my Alpa TC and 35mm Scheider XL lens.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked around the Village this afternoon with my Alpa TC. There was wonderful Edward Hopper light – just enough haze to open up the shadows – the IQ 180 back’s color rendering actually got the light right. Here are a couple of examples:
On this day last year: Travel day. Yuck.
