Tuesday February 11, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some day. I got up bizarrely early to go to a meeting that started at 7:00 AM and actually ended at 9:30 PM. I decided to walk to it, despite the bitter cold, because walking would be my only chance at exercise, and walking presented the possibility of getting my daily photo done in the dark. I went to my office first and saw a nice dawn breaking across Manhattan so I captured it, fulfilling my daily photo obligation early. On the short walk from the meeting to its continuation at dinner at the Four Seasons I managed to find a new (to me) angle on the rat at Lever House. Not great but an accomplishment under the circumstances.

Day 1,580 without a break of at least one photo a day every day for the rest of my life.

Chrysler at dawn
Chrysler at dawn

On this day last year: Fog. Yeah, another “fog” but this one is really elegant. A favorite.

Fog
Fog

Monday February 10, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A cold brisk day for a walk from the Upper East Side to Midtown. Some just ok images, then I ran into a pedestrian 50s era white brick building that was transformed by reflections. Three frames stitched in Photoshop and converted to black and white. One of my favorites for a while. Then later in the day in my office.

Day 1,579 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

Reflection
Reflection
Conference room
Conference room

On this day last year: Tanner Hill Road.

Tanner Hill Road
Tanner Hill Road

On this day three years ago: Film!

Park Avenue straight up
Park Avenue straight up

Sunday February 9, 2014

WARREN CONNECTICUT – We took advantage of the snow that fell over night to strap on our snowshoes and wander out across the New England landscape, generally following snowmobile tracks. There was lovely soft light and windblown snow. As you can see from last year’s image snowshoeing isn’t an uncommon pastime here this time of year.

Day 1,578 of my daily photo blog. Without a miss.

Warren
Warren

On this day last year: Snow in Warren.

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Friday February 7, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked to the office this morning with my Leica M and a 50mm Summicron Asp. lens. I work more in black and white than color. Surveying my posts for the past four plus years about two thirds have been black and white. Of course shooting with a camera with color capability I can always convert to black and white which I’ve done with three of the four images below. The first is three frames stitched and perspective corrected in Photoshop.

This is day 1,576 of my one photograph a day for the rest of my life effort.

Dutch revival
Dutch revival
Cars
Cars
Look up
Look up
Post office in good light
Post office in good light

On this day two years ago: Lipstick. Same site as the image immediately above but three hours earlier and from the opposite direction (this view is looking South).

Lipstick
Lipstick

Thursday February 6, 2014

ANTIGUA – I took a walk on the beach with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm lens. The actual picture that presented itself was a very large cloud that demanded very wide angle, so I shot 12 overlapping frames and stitched them together. It actually worked. I shot very, very quickly because my experience suggests that the movement of the surf from shot to shot can make it very hard to stitch. Here it is. This is a very high resolution file that could be printed to billboard size.

Day 1,575 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.

Beach
Beach
Pareo
Pareo

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On this day last year: Gumbo. Curtesy of Diana Fisketjon.

Gumbo
Gumbo