GROVELAND CALIFORNIA – Most of today was spent editing photographs. The light was poor at sunrise so I didm’t go out. Here’s a detail from the town taken on a break from editing with my usual kit: a Leica Monochrom and 50 Summicron Asph. lens.
Day 1,560 of one picture each day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Post Office and Lipstick Building.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CALIFORNIA – A long day of shooting here, starting with a sunrise in the valley, then a visit to the Sequoias, and finally a sunset. I shot with a lot of equipment so I won’t bother with a summary. I’m putting up a mini gallery here because I really haven’t been able to decide on one single image.
Day 1,559 of an unbroken string of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day one year ago: In the barn.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CALIFORNIA – We came here hoping to photograph Yosemite in the snow. Guess what. California is in the grip of one of the worst droughts in history. There’s no snow. Not a flake. Mid-day temperatures are in the high 50s. It is nonetheless a pleasure to have the park relatively to ourselves – Yosemite is overrun by tourists in the summer – there is actually smog in the valley. This was a very productive day with images along the Merced River. Taken with a variety of equipment including my Leica S2 medium format camera, my Leica Monocrom and a Sona A7 outfitted to wear Leica M lenses.
Day 1,558 of one foto every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Rose:
CHINESE CAMP CALIFORNIA – A ghost town/refuge for those living off the grid. Not the friendliest town that I’ve ever been in. Chinese Camp is a gold rush town settled in the mid 1850s and is reputedly the site of the first Tong war in the US. All images with my Leica S2 medium format camera.
Day 1,557 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.
On this day one year ago: Litchfield Church.
UNITED FLIGHT 1120 – Well here I am on the way to San Francisco where I pick up a rental car to drive to Groveland California, which it turns out is the home of the oldest continuously operate saloon in California, the Iron Door, which dates to 1849, the first year of the gold rush. I’ll be joining a group of kindred spirits there to photograph Yosemite. The plan was to shoot Yosemite with a snow cover, but under current drought conditions there isn’t a single flake in evidence. This was taken on the flight to San Francisco with my iPhone.
Day 1,556 of one image a day for the rest of my life.
I caught this more conventional image before leaving for the airport with my Leica Monochrom camera.
On this day last year: Looking uptown. This is the image that I posted last year:
This is an image taken on the same day that I wish I had posted.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – More work on “bokeh” shots around the house (those of you who follow this blog will know that bokeh refers to the quality of the out of focus portions of the image). Taken with my Leica Monochrom camera and a 50mm Luxocron lens.
Day 1,555 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Rat, not a work of sculpture at the Lever House but a real inflatable rat.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back on my home turf with my Leica Monochrom in Central Park. A pretty hackneyed image.
Day 1,554 of one picture every day for the rest of my life
On this day one year ago: Dallas training center.
