WARREN CONNECTICUT – I don’t usually shoot with long lenses. As I’ve noted elsewhere my most energetic work tends to be shot with wide angle or very wide angle lenses. But having a Panasonic GH2 and a 200mm-600mm equivalent lens has encouraged me experiment a bit with telephotos. Here’s the view from a friend’s building site over looking Lake Waramaug and Hopkins Vineyard.
On this day one year ago: Alexander Campbell, our son.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m continuing to experiment with my new Panasonic GH2. I walked down Lexington Avenue with it (an errand to pick up our dog from a haircut), taking images that I might have done with my Leica M9. Here’s a sample. The images are fine at web resolution, but don’t have the impact that the Leica files have when viewed close up or printed large.
On this day one year ago: Another errand – this one to Jean Silversmith.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had dinner tonight with our friends Phyllis and Victor Grann. Taken with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens.
On this day one year ago: Venini glass in our window.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I met a colleague for lunch at Ze Cafe, my new favorite lunch spot near my office. Shot with my Panasonic GH2.
On this day one year ago: Times Square at sunset.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I had a long day in the office so I caught up with my photo-a-day obligations at home. Why not a project of photographing personal objects? Here’s a photograph of a photograph of Charis Wilson on the dunes at Oceano in 1936. As photographed by Edward Weston. I’m knocking off Louise Lawler’s ideas. We were about the same age that Charis was in this picture when we bought it. We had no idea how young she and we were.
On this day one year ago: Fogged in in Palm Springs.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Duvel Green? Not as bad as it looks – this Belgian beer is not actually green. Captured with my Leica M9 and a 90mm elmarit lens.
On this day one year ago: Joshua Tree National Park in the snow.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well here we are, still in the rain. Only today it’s heavy. Actually pouring for hours. I decided not to go out except to walk the dog. For my picture for the day I explored out my window with my Hasselblad H4D-60 with an HC 300mm lens and a 1.7x tele extender giving an effective focal length of 500mm (equivalent to 330mm in 35mm terms). This combination doesn’t work very well and Hasselblad doesn’t suggest otherwise. The camera doesn’t autofocus and optical quality is just ok – it looks fine a web resolution but really can’t be printed large. Based on some testing that I did a bit later image quality is better if you use the HC 300 without the tele extender and crop to achieve the 500mm point of view. Anyway, here’s the image:
On this day last year: Joshua Tree National Park. I rated this image poorly last year but on reflection I like it.
