Woody Campbell

Thursday April 18, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday April 27, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – April is intense. We have an expectation on Spring that seems to be a bit frustrated this year and a heavy schedule of meetings in my legal life. I sneaked this image out our dining room window – a different take on a familiar scene. Leica M with 35mm bokeh king lens.

On this day last year: Sunset out my window.

Tags Manhattan, New York

Street

Wednesday April 17, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday April 23, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK = It’s Alexander’s birthday. I didn’t get anything that I really liked at his celebration at Blue Smoke, but walking downtown to join him there (from the Apple store on 5th Avenue where I took a computer in for some warranty work) I caught this. The building is Tiffany, which appears to have developed a tattoo.

http://www.woodycampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130414-M1000492-1298.jpg — Tiffany gets a tat

On this day last year: Yankees. Yankee stadium. That’s back when the Yankees were healthy. It’s sad to see how far they’ve declined in one year.

Tags Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

Landscape

Tuesday April 16, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday April 22, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – This morning I took a break from professional cares and walked to the office through Central Park in curtain filtered sunlight. Sometimes too filtered and flat; at other times lovely. Today I shot with the Leica Monochrome: the fact that it’s limited to black and white protected me from my worst tendencies and instincts in shooting this time of the year. My lens for the day was the ’60s era Leica 35mm Summicron v.IV, aka the “bokeh king”. The first is three frames stitched.

On this day last year: Look up.

Tags Central Park, Manhattan, Spring

Landscape Urban

Monday April 15, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday April 22, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – That’s right . . . the date above says April 15. Tax day in the US. Ugh . . . We pay our first quarter estimated taxes today and it turns out that the recent tax increases have real teeth. I may have to give up photography for chalk drawing on sidewalks. My heart’s certainly not in imagery. Here’s what seems to be my best photo effort for the day.

On this day last year: More damned Spring color. Stop doing this you idiot.

Tags New York, Trees

Landscape

Sunday April 14, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday April 21, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – We’ve had a pattern here in the past few weeks where most days have a high overcast, but at sunrise the sun peeks under it for a few minutes. So here we are in lovely early morning light looking straight up with my Leica M and an 18mm Super Elmar M lens.

Two takes on the same subject. Same camera but with my 35mm Leica Summicron v.IV, a lens from the 1970s known as the “bokeh king”.

On this day one year ago: Spring in Connecticut. Spring is arriving at least three weeks later this very cold year. But last year at this time . . . this year I’m working with my Monochrom a lot to avoid the Spring colors trap.

Tags Connecticut, Spring, Sunrise

Garden Landscape

Saturday April 13, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday April 21, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – You call this spring?! This is an outrage! I want my money back. The snowdrops (galanthus) have just poked their heads up. Six full weeks later than last year. The forsythia haven’t bloomed! I might as well be in Minnesota.

I shot the snowdrops with my iPhone – that’s how I get close to small things.