Woody Campbell

Monday November 5, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday November 11, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Once again I find myself walking around in the 20s with a camera in my hand. Not much is happening. The light s good but I’m having trouble getting into the moment. What came out of it were a couple of images that I’ve taken before: The New York Life Building and the really big movie poster at 24th and Lexington. Both take with my Leica Monochrom and a 35mm Summilux FLE lens. The movie poster is two frames stitched.

I've been here before — I’ve been here before

On this day one year ago: a facade on 72nd Street. Taken with my Alpa medium format camera.

Tags Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Landscape

Sunday November 4, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’m a landscape guy who lives in the Eastern United States. I’ve written in the past about the challenges of Eastern landscape: deciduous forrest presses in on you; there are hills not mountains; dramatic points of view are scarce; there are people and their artifacts everywhere making images of virgin acadian paradise difficult. One approach to this problem is the Robert Adams approach – shoot what there is and the hell with you if you don’t find it interesting. So here are the woods near our house in good winter light.

Park-like setting near our house. This isn’t the first time that I’ve experimented with these shadows.

Residue of the guy who sold us a portion of this property.

All shot with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens.

On this day one year ago: really close. Taken with a Rikoh GRD camera – one of many compact cameras that I’ve tried and rejected.

Tags Connecticut, Trees, Warren

Landscape

Saturday November 3, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday November 9, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Nice early winter light – I went down the hill from our place and spent some time shooting Terry Tanner’s cornfield. Two frames stitched captured with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Workout.

Tags Connecticut, Warren

Home Interior

Friday November 2, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday November 8, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – My Leica Monochrom has been my constant companion now for two months. It’s developing a bit of patina. For those of you who aren’t photo gear nuts you should know that this camera is entirely manual. No autofocus. It has a rangefinder – you align a split image in the middle of the viewfinder. I’m modestly astigmatic, which makes aligning the split image problematic. I’ve finally gotten glasses that correct my astigmatism so I’ve been walking around practicing focusing with them. Here’s from a bathroom in our apartment shot with my 35mm Summilux lens af f1.4 (which provides very shallow depth of focus). I intended to focus on the tiles and that’s how it came out, with the towel a little out of focus. So I’m still in business with the Leica.

On this day one year ago: Blahs.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue

Events and holidays Family and friends

Thursday November 1, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday November 7, 2012

NEW YOKR NEW YORK – A good day with my camera. We had dinner with Patrizia Chen and some friends of hers. I’m getting even better results from my Leica now that I have glasses that correct my astigmatism. Before Patrizia’s dnner I stopped at Ladurée, an outpost on Madison Avenue of the French cathedral of macaroons. All images taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Ceiling. I was struggling here.

Tags Dinner party, Manhattan, Patrizia Chen, Shopping

Landscape Urban

Wednesday October 31, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday November 6, 2012
22 Comments on Wednesday October 31, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out my window, looking north, après le déluge. Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens. Two frames stitched.

This evening we went to the Met’s new production of The Tempest. Very cool. This with my iPhone during an intermission.

On this day last year: Central Park.

Tags Manhattan, New York

Landscape Urban

Tuesday October 30, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday November 5, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Sandy passed by here last night. It was noisy, but up here on Carnegie Hill we didn’t loose power (or anything else). We think of Carnegie Hill as a neighborhood on the Upper East Side, but it’s actually on a hill. We stayed in until the weather quieted down and then took a walk in the neighborhood. Not much drama here. The FDR Drive is closed, which permitted getting some angles that I’ll never be able to photograph again. All taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens.

On this day one year ago: Fall colors after the blizzard. As I said . . . we had a freak storm last year on this date.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Rain, Storm