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Interior Portrait

Thursday October 25, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I stopped at the Nespresso store on Madison Avenue to buy a coffee machine and some coffee for the country. Here’s a picture taken with my Monochrom and 28mm Summicron lens.

Coffee
Coffee

On this day last year: Good light on Madison Avenue.

Good light
Good light
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Culture Icon Landscape Urban

Wednesday October 24, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – There’s a relatively recent new installation at Lever House: a large bronze version of the inflatable giant rat that labor unions inflate outside of sites using scab labor. This is a work by a collective called The Bruce High Quality Foundation. Because of the material and the site the work is gently ironical – one assumes that the creators were hoping for more emotional impact. Taken with my Leica Monchrom and 28mm Summichron lens.

Big Rat
Big Rat
Big Rat
Big Rat

On this day last year: Martini. Having fun with my iPhone.

Martini
Martini
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Family and friends Portrait

Tuesday October 23, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A day of meetings. Here is a group of my colleagues taken with my Leica Monochrom and 28mm Summicron lens, which is ungenerous to those standing near the edge of the frame.

Partners
Partners

On this day one year ago: Late fall landscape. I shot substantially the same scene a few days ago but in black and white. See October 13, 2012

Fall is still here
Fall is still here
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Events and holidays Family and friends

Monday October 22, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Our annual partners retirement dinner – our firm’s most important social event of the year – at the Four Seasons Restaurant this year. This year I decided to follow one partner around with my Leica Monochrom and Noctilux lens. Here are some samples.

David
David
David
David

On this day last year: Construction site party.

Construction site party
Construction site party
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Landscape

Sunday October 21, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Out with my Leica Monochrom today. I captured a backlit tree line – actually three frames stitched. And a store in New Preston run by a close friend. Also a stitch.

Tree line
Tree line
New Preston Kitchen Work
New Preston Kitchen Work

On this day last year: X rated at the Public Library. This was too good to be true.

XXX rated at the Public Library
XXX rated at the Public Library
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Landscape

Saturday October 20, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – We took a hike in Steep Rock Preserve today, admiring the fall foliage and scouting cross country ski trails. More black and white color for my daily photo blog, taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens.

Walk in the woods
Walk in the woods
Fall color
Fall color

On this day last year: World Trade Center Memorial.

World Trade Center Memorial
World Trade Center Memorial
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Landscape

Friday October 19, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – So here’s an experiment. I’ve been shooting almost solely for the last six weeks with my Leica Monochrom, a digital camera that shoots only in black and white but offers enhanced resolution and a distinctive film-like look (after some processing). It’s fall here and I’ve been working against the grain, generally a good idea, and shooting the New England foliage in black and white. I thought that I’d show you what the foliage looks like both ways today. First a black and white image taken with my Monochrom and a Leica 28mm Elmarit lens, and then an images taken in color with my M9 and the same lens. First the black and white:

Fall color
Fall color

After spending a bit of time with this I’ve decided I like it – it has the grittiness of a 1940s image shot on orthochromatic film.

Here’s the color images, taken a half mile from the first image and in color.

Fall color
Fall color

Not bad. Captures the moment but a bit pedestrian. For now I’m sticking with the Monochrom.

On this day one year ago: Thames Street.

Old Equitable Building, Thames St.
Old Equitable Building, Thames St.
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