NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another day in the southern regions of an Arctic airmass. I find myself bringing home images of the 432 Park pencil tower, whether I intend to or not.
Day 1,952 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 126): Vietnam Memorial in DC, shot in infrared.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – From a visual standpoint the recent run of savage weather here has created a real winter playground, but I’m getting tired of it. Call it windchill fatigue. I tried to shake things up today by digging out my superwide 15mm Carl Zeiss superlens. It’s ok but doesn’t do much to hide my disgust with my surroundings.
Day 1,951 of one photo a day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1,586): Out my window in infrared.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I shot around our neighborhood today. Sometimes this time of year the cold crisp days produce lovely light. Sometimes it’s just ordinary daylight. Today I caught ordinary plus, but not quite lovely.
Day 1,947 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1,583): Storm. There are quite of few of these.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Excellent light on the architectural detail of the General Electric Building at my usual subway stop on Lexington Avenue.
Day 1,945 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,215): Fog.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back on the street with my Leica Monochrom on a very, very cold day. I lean toward a single lens, a 50mm Leica Summicorn Asph., which I refer to as a Luxochron. Most images are wider – I do this by stitching multiple images:The tennis court bubble and the underside of the 59th Street Bridge is six frames stitched in Photoshop.
Day 1,943 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 482): Film! I shot this four years ago with a medium format rig shooting Ilford XP-2 “chromogenic” film. This illustrates the good and the bad of film. The bad: the white line to the right of Citicorp Center is actually a scratch on the negative – it arrived back from processing in that condition. It’s very odd that it’s perfectly parallel to the building – it almost looks like an act of vandalism. In subsequent versions of this image I’ve edited the line out.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back here after a very long slog home. We returned to dirty snow.
Day 1,941 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 845): Lipstick.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I often shoot into alleys and the spaces in the back of buildings, often to not much effect. So my image for today is . . .
Day 1,917 of one image every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 91): Sixth Avenue/a>.
