ROUTE 684 NEW YORK – A grim rainy day. I stopped for a stretch at a rest stop on 684 armed with my Leica.
Day 3251 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date eight years ago (day 329 of one photo every day): Signs
KENT CONNECTICUT – I went to the opening of a friend’s show at a gallery here and shot with my manual focus Leica M10, taking a chance by not bringing my Sony with its eye focus. Overall not bad.
Day 3250 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date six years ago (day 1059 of one photo every day): Another portrait. I re-edited my September 8, 2012 images.
MANHATTAN – Today another backlit image – Third Avenue in Midtown. Shot with my Leica M10, and 50mm “Luxochron” lens.
Day 3248 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date last year (day 2883 of one photograph every day): Pedestrian.
MANHATTAN – Walking around with my new Leica M10, retracing old ground.
Day 3247 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this date four years ago (day 1786 of one photo every day): Sculpture in Manhattan. I’ve re-edited this date.
MANHATTAN – The Leica M10-P arrived today! I charged up the battery, strapped on my APO-Summicron 50mm lens (which I call the Luxochron – one of the lenses I didn’t sell) and went out to shoot some familiar territory. It’s great to be back shooting with a rangefinder – the frame lines really do change the way you see. I’ll be spending the next month or so getting familiar with this camera. The first image is a three frame stitch.
Day 3246 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date seven years ago (day 689): tree line Warren CT shot seven years ago with my medium format Phase One camera (subsequently sold). I’ve re-edited this image, completely re-imagining it.
MANHATTAN – Feeling dullish today – I went out fairly late with my Sony A7riii and lovely 25mm Zeiss lens and captured not much.
One way that I deal with staleness (a recurring problem in this project) is to periodically switch equipment. I’ve sold my Leica Monochrom and the least-used half of my Leica lenses to finance the purchase of a Leica M10-P and to fill a lens gap left by my sales. The camera arrives tomorrow. We’ll see if it helps.
Day 3245 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date eight years ago (day 324 of one photo every day): I’m paying a bit more attention to my look backs. In most cases I’m going back to the original files to sort through the selection and redo the editing (I’ve learned a bit in the past eight years and Lightroom and Photoshop have better tools). Here’s a serious reimagining of this image. This is the kind of energetic image that I need to get back to.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Woods near our house. Shot with mySony A7riii at ISO 12,800 to maximize depth of field.
Day 3244 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date eight years ago (day 322 of one photo every day): Building in Manhattan shot in infrared with my Leica M8. This camera suffered from infrared pollution, which was a boot mistake on Leica’s part, but it facilitated shooting in infrared.
