NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT – I drove up to Connecticut last night to drop Basil the Norwich Terrier off, and then back to New York today to greet Maria as she returns from Frankfurt. I caught an image of the New Milford Congregational Church (three frames stitched) as I passed through here. Also back in New York a close up with my new Leica T.
Day 1,822 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,092): Bright day.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – This is the end of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Maria goes to this thing every year. I mean every year. Both last year and this we made plans for her to decompress post-Frankfurt so October 10 finds me at home ramping up for travel. That means still lifes and closeups around the house.
I’m experimenting with a new camera, a Leica T, which has an attractive form factor and good live view, and works well with legacy manual focus Leica lens. Today I added a close up adapter and shot around the house.
Last year I was in the same spot and shot a still life with the last tomatoes of the year from our garden.
Day 1,821 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Tomatoes.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Wow. The light here is just spectacular this time of year. I had a vey good day out with my Monochrom and some difficulty editing so here’s a sampling.
Day 1,820 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 359): Basil gets into the picture.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent some time this afternoon with Lois Connor and Tom Gitterman walking through Lois’s show at the Gitterman Gallery. The gallery is in midtown in the lovely deco Fuller Building, so I spent some time on the sidewalk hunting for today’s image.
Day 1,819 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,089): Ground fog.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I visited a gallery on the far West Side with a group of friends from the ICP this evening. Photographing photo shows is not really that productive for me, but I caught a neighborhood auto repair shop on my way there. Not my best day ever.
Day 1,818 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 722): Guggenheim. This on the other hand is one of my favorite images ever, and the only really satisfactory image that I’ve been able to make of the Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A quick note on equipment. Most of my work here is done with a Leica Monochrom, a classic Leica rangefinder camera that takes only black and white images. The lack of color information means that it produces roughly twice the resolution of normal digital camera – giving lovely, medium format film-like images. I shoot wide but most often keep a standard 50mm lens on the camera. I get wide by shooting multiple overlapping images and “stitching” them on a computer. Result is very large files that can be printed large. The large files and intense detail invest mundane subjects with an importance that is impossible to achieve with smaller files.
Today’s images is three frames stitched. I’ve taught myself how to stitch reliably without using a tripod.
Day 1,817 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1.087): Fall lack of color.
KENT CONNECTICUT – Here’s more Autumn color in black and white. I’m sticking by my guns here.
Day 1,816 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 720): Riverside Park.
