Sunday November 15, 2015

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I love this time of year here. The color is gone. The landscape is buttoned down for the winter with the soft perennials cut back to the earth and leaves pilled making leaf mulch for future use. It feels thrifty and fugal. The view is monochrome, which resonates with my way of seeing. The deciduous forrest has become transparent, opening sight lines.

Day 2222 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life. One of the magical-seeming numbers. Day 2222 didn’t feel different that any other.

Day 2222 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Good light
Day 2222 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Model boat

On this day last year (day 1857): First snow

Day 396 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
First snow

Saturday November 14, 2015

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another distracted day. This is the busiest that I’ve ever been in my day job. I took my Sony Alpha 7r ii out to the barn, which for us has turned into a giant storage bin. Then dogs at a party later in the day.

Day 2221 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2221 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Barn
Day 2221 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Black and White

On this day five years ago (day 395): Washington Congregational Chursh. Taken with a Hasselblad medium format digital camera.

Day 395 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Congregational Meeting House

Friday November 13, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent a few hours today in good light shooting my Sony Alpha 7rii with thee excellent native Carl Zeiss lens. I actually like this combination a greet deal. I have it set up so that the view through the viewfinder is in black and white. Of course I have to covert the files to black and white in post, which adds significantly to processing time. The 42 meg files bring my older iMac in Connecticut to its knees. Overall a good day.

Day 2220 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2220 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Lever House
Day 2220 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
In America
Day 2220 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Park Avenue
Day 2220 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Park Avenue

On this day last year (day 1855): Noctilux

Day 1855 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Back light with Noctilux

Wednesday November 11, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Veterans Day. There is an annual parade up Fifth Avenue. Here’s the NYPD marching band as well as some typical (for me) street stuff, including an entry for my ongoing alleys project. Today I’m back to shooting my Leica Monochrom and Luxocron lens.

Day 2218 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2218 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
NYPD Band
Day 2218 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Madison Avenue
Day 2218 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Alley

On this day last year (day 1853): Calder

Day 1853 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Calder

Tuesday November 10, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps.

Today I explored grids. Needless to say they are everywhere. The images of the subway grating and sculpture are with my iPhone; the Seagrams Building and Citicorp with my Leica Monochrom.

Day 2217 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2217 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Grid
Day 2217 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Seagrams Building and Citicorp in the fog
Day 2217 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Seagrams Plaza

On this day last year (day 1852): Empire State Building

Empire State
Empire State

Monday November 9, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m experimenting with my relatively new Sony Alph 7rii. This is a “mirrorless” camera that packs a 42 meg full sized sensor into a relatively small package. It has excellent high ISO performance. With various adapters it works with just about every lens ever made from every manufacturer. It this point the only native lens that I have for it is the excellent Zeiss Batis 85mm. I did a lot of stitched images today, which results in very large files. Processing them on my Mac Pro desktop is fine, but they bring my iMac in Connecticut to its knees. The files require a fair amount of post-processing work to generate good gray scale images. Interesting times.

I’ve also thrown in an iPhone selfie.

Day 2216 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2216 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Look up
Day 2216 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Selfie

On this day last year (day 1851}: Late Fall I clearly suffer from Autumn fatigue at this time of year.

Day 1851 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life
Late fall