Woody Campbell

Monday January 13, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday January 19, 2014

PONTE VEDRE FLORIDA – Here we are on Florida’s Atlantic coast near Georgia – Ponte Vedre is actually an unincorporated stretch of beach adjacent to Jacksonville Florida. At dinner a local booster told me that Jacksonville was founded by Henry Flagler when he built the Florid West Coast Railway, but things didn’t work out for Jacksonville because he extended to road further South to what became Palm Beach and Miami, which are more reliably warm in the winter. It’s fairly arid visually here so the best that I could do with my Leica Monochrom and Luxocron lens was a shadow selfie. That and a bunch of palm trees that I’m not posting. Oh, and some pictures of the surf. I have trouble with tropical landscapes.

Day 1,551 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

I’m actually posting this on January 19 – remember I post about a week after the images are taken to give me a chance to edit. I went to Paris in August to visit my brother in law, Bob Mallon, because he had been diagnosed with cancer. He died last night. Here he is from my post for day 1,405 (August 20, 2013). We had wonderful meals at Paris New York (pictured) and L’Arpège. Rest in peace, Bob.

On this day two years ago: Driving to Connecticut.

Tags Beach, Florida, self

Landscape

Sunday January 12, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday January 18, 2014

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Visually it was one of those days. It was generally cloudy, but with occasional breaks that illuminated small parts of the landscape brilliantly. There were many opportunities for good images but they were fleeting, gone in 30 seconds or less. I missed a few but finally had my Leica S2 at hand (with a 70mm lens) when sunlight struck.

Day 1,550 in my one picture every day project.

On this day two years ago: Lexington Avenue. Colorized infrared.

Tags Connecticut, Warren, Winter

Landscape

Saturday January 11, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday January 17, 2014

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I made foggy day images today. I’ve done this before but that’s only because we have a lot of foggy days here. These are taken with my Leica S2 medium format camera with a 70mm lens. Three frames stitched in Photoshop.

Day 1,548 of this ongoing project to take one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day one year ago: grim. Another poor day.

Tags Fog, Trees, Warren, Winter

Family and friends Portrait

Friday January 10, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday January 16, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I met Francesca, our daughter, at the Brasserie for breakfast and then spent the morning in the office. Here’s Francesca outside of the Brasserie and the Lava Lamp in my office, both taken with my Leica Monochrom and 75mm Summicron lens.

I could not decide which I preferred to I tweeted both this morning and I’ll let the responses to the tweets help me edit.

Day 1,547 of this ongoing project to take one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day one year ago: Zilch. Ugh. Some days it just doesn’t happen.

Tags Francesca

Landscape Urban

Thursday January 9, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday January 15, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spend a fair amount of time lurking around Citicorp Center and the Lipstick Building looking up because this part of Manhattan is visually rich. You get a lot of “look ups” from me from around here. Here’s another. Eight frames stitched taken with my Leica Monochrom and 75mm Summicron lens.

Day 1,546 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year: Sunnylands. The Annenberg estate, Sunnylands, in Palm Desert.

Tags Citicorp Center, Manhattan, New York

Icon Landscape Urban

Wednesday January 8, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Sometimes shooting through the window of a glass curtain wall building works. It takes a little bit of technique to avoid reflections and dirty spots on the glass but sometimes it can be done. Here’s a twofer: the Lipstick Building and the Chrysler Building. This is out the window of my office. Three frames stitched with my Leica Monchrom and 75mm Summicron lens. It’s an accident that I’ve posted two tall skinny pictures within a week of each other.

Day 1,545 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year: Sunset in Santa Monica.

Tags Chrysler Building, Lipstick building, Manhattan, New York

Abstract Home Interior

Tuesday January 7, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We have an antique linen pillow case framed over our bed – it’s elaborately embroidered in white on white (actually creme on creme). Its very hard to read, let alone photograph. Today I shot it with an iPhone app called TurboScan that is meant to scan documents. TurboScan shoots in very high contrasts and actually rendered the text, “Sempre Uniti,” which in Italian means “Always United”, a declaration of love.

Day 1,544 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year: Santa Monica Beach.

Tags Love