Urban – Page 76 – Woody Campbell

Friday January 9, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – This is an embarrassment. Too many images. I put the lovely little Leica 35mm Summicron (current version) on my camera today and went out to upper Fifth Avenue in excellent late afternoon light. It was one of those days where everywhere I pointed my camera there was something of interest (at least to me). I ended up with a bunch of full frontal images of buildings, generally made up of multiple images stitched, and some park images. You might ask why I didn’t edit the images down a bit. Well I actually have. thanks for your patience in working through this maze of stuff.

Day 1,912 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1,182): Sunnylands. A pilgrimage to this mid-century icon in Palm Desert.

Tuesday January 6, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I got out to Central Park at dusk on this foreboding, overcast day. Interesting. It turns out that dusk to early evening is actually good light – a fine insight for days that offer otherwise hopelessly dull light.

Day 1,909 of a picture a day for the rest of my life.

On this day five years ago (day 83): Empire State.

Monday January 5, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here is another exercise in looking up. Neither my best nor my worst. Typical nice winter light on Park Avenue. I’ve decided to give my 28mm Summicron lens a little bit of exercise. It’s a bit too wide for this style of shooting which depends on stitching multiple images to achieve large-format resolution; this type of image has very little impact if it’s small.

Day 1,908 of one photo a day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1,178): Santa Monica Pier. A harmless exercise in street art.

Tuesday December 23, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I got my shot for the day at 6:51 AM on my way to a breakfast meeting. I saw the opportunity and took two exposures. that was it for the day. I knew that I had it so a could stand down on December 23 and worry about more pressing matters, like Christmas shopping. The image is taken with my Leica Moncogrom and 28mm sum micron lens, a classic combination.

Day 1,895 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year (day 1,530): More fog.

Friday December 19, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Emerging from the subway today I found myself in the middle of a deco masterpiece, the Chanin Building.

Day 1,891 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1,161): Bloomingdales.

Saturday December 18, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m actually writing this on Christmas day – remember that I post with about a week’s delay to give me some breathing room for editing. I found a number of good images today but only one of them, the facade of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, is even vaguely Christmas-oriented so I’ll lead with the Waldorf. There was odd (for here) diffuse rather Flemish-looking sunlight today which gave familiar sights softer features.

Day 1,890 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.