Saturday June 6, 2015

MORRIS CONNECTICUT – We spent the better part of the weekend at festivities around the wedding of the daughter of old and close friends. We don’t know the bride well so I didn’t take a lot of photos. Here’s a bar. The ceremony was at Winvian, a lovely country inn here in Litchfield County.

Day 2060 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Bar
Bar

On this day four years ago (day 599): Chrysler. This is one of my favorite images from this project. It was take with a Hasselblad 60 meg back on a technical camera body with a very wide lens. The original was in color but I converted it to black and white early on. Click through the link and you can see the original as posted in color.

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Thursday June 4, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I periodically go out to dinner with a group of friends who call themselves the Outer Borough Dinning Society. This evening we went to an Egyptian place in Steinway, Queens called Mombar. It turns out that Steinway Street is called “Little Egypt” – a really interesting area. I got to Steinway Street a bit early to soak up some local color through my lens.

Day 2058 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Little Egypt
Little Egypt
Little Egypt
Little Egypt

On this day two years ago (day 1328): Citigroup.

Citigroup
Citigroup

Tuesday June 2, 2015

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m in the process of rediscovering my 35mm F1.4 Summilux FLE lens. I’ve worked wit a number of 35s, including the version 4 Summicorn (known as the “bokeh king”) and the current Summichron. the FLE is wonderfully sharp corner to corner and has a look that is a good balance between contrast and acutance. I had drifted away from it because it has some tendency to flare, but of course if you know that you take steps to mitigate it. Here it is showing off on Third Avenue, three frames stitched.

Day 2056 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Third Avenue
Third Avenue

On this say four years ago (day 595): Empire State and Flatiron. As I said four years ago this is a twofer in terms of iconic structures.

Icons
Icons

Sunday May 31, 2015

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Did I mention that I’m feeling stale on my landscape images. I’m very pleased with the progress that I’m making on my urban material, but less so with what’s going on up here. The remedy, I think, is to spend some time in galleries and museums looking at landscape. I’ll keep at it.

Day 2054 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Tree
Tree

On this day two years ago (day 1324): 857 Riverside Drive. Rephotographing a 1937 Berenice Abbott image.

Riverside Drive rephotographed
Riverside Drive rephotographed