NEW YORK NEW YORK -I went to the Armory Show today. There was very little in the two vast halls that I could pass off as interesting so I’ll spare you (I did see some nice pictures at Yancy Richardson’s but I’ve done plenty of photos of photos here so I’ll spare you). Walking back through Hell’s Kitchen with my Alpa I caught this:
On this day last year: Ze Cafe.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – With my Alpa in my neighborhood.
On this day one year ago: Weston. Since then we’ve gotten rid of the plant.
NEW YORK HEW YORK – Taken with my iPhone at the end of a long, hard day. My first approach to this image was half-hearted – it’s the second image below. I revisited it in Lightroom and Photoshop to even out the background (antique linen that’s framed above our bed) and resaturate and adjust the color on the gummy plastic heart. It’s sort of a gummy plastic treatment of the subject, but overall not bad. I’m no longer embarrassed by the image.
On this day last year: House of Brews.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A lovely day with good light on the street. I went shopping for images with my Alpa TC and the usual setup. Here’s what I got:
On this day last year: rain.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent most of today at Harvard Business School, where the turn-around of the James Beard Foundation was discussed by a class as a case. Very, very bright kids, who over an hour and a half identified most of the issues that we actually dealt with and thoroughly debated all sides. Very interesting – these students are well-qualified to take on the world and all of its problems. We were rushed the whole day with not many opportunities for photography. I captured this at home after I got back from Boston, as I was leaving for dinner. Basil looking irritated. Taken with my Sony Nex-7 and 24mm Leica Summilux lens. The photograph on the wall is by Lalla Essaydi.
On this day last year: River Club.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – We got home from Connecticut and had a quiet dinner with our daughter, Francesca, who is pictured in context here. Sony Nex-7 and 24mm Leica Summilux.
On this day one year ago: out my window with a 135mm Leica APO tele-elmarit.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – A scary moment. I took my pictures for the day and this evening uploaded them to my computer, imported them to Lightroom, put the CF card back in the camera and formatted it, sorted through the files; cleaned a couple of items up on the computer and deleted the trash to free up disc space. After dinner and a movie I returned to the computer to make a selection for the day, and found out that I had accidentally deleted the files. They were gone. Period. Too late to take another March 3 picture. What to do? Write a post that says “no picture today because the dog ate my homework?” Ruin a perfect record now 30 months or so long?
After puzzling over alternatives for a bit I realized that I had enabled automatic Time Machine backups from the laptop to this little white Apple box hidden under my desk. I opened Time Machine, paged back a couple of pages, and there they were. Lesson: even seasoned veterans can make stupid mistakes. Automatic backups are a very good idea.
Anyway, here is one of the recovered files taken with my Alpa TC, 35mm Schneider lens and Phase One IQ 180 back.
On this day last year: Tree on West 12th Street.
