NEW YORK NEW YORK – As noted yesterday we stayed in New York this weekend to attend an engagement party at the River Club. Shot with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens..
On this day one year ago: Joshua Tree National Park.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in New York this weekend to catch up on some personal stuff and to attend an engagement party for the daughter of some long time friends. I’ve shifted my equipment line up a bit: I sold my Nikon gear and used the proceeds to buy my Alpa and a Panasonic GH2, which I’ll use for long lenses, low light and fast moving objects – similar to the Nikon but more compact and lower cost. I spent the morning sorting out the GH2 (which is in very short supply – I bought it from an individual on ebay at a slight premium to its list price). One of the nice things about it is that it uses Leica M lenses (with an adapter) and I have a lot of these. Here’s an image out my window taken with the GH2 and a Leica 135mm APO-Telyt lens. Two frames stitched.
On this day last year: Salvation Mountain – right next to Slab City, California.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here’s the dark underside of the photo-a-day experience: sometimes you just don’t feel like it. I found myself walking in the Village today, coming back from a meeting at the James Beard House. I just wasn’t seeing well. Here’s the best of a bad lot – a tree shadow on West 12th Street.
On this day one year ago: an IR image from Indio California.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent this evening at the Armory Show, a major annual art show held here in New York. It was held this year on Piers 92 and 94 on the Hudson River. Pier 92 was focused primarily on modern – I spent most of my time there. Why is it called the “Armory Show”? I guess because it used to be held in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, but has clearly outgrown that space. It was a nice chance to catch up with my old friends James Barron, an art dealer based in Rome and Kent Connecticut, and Jeanette Montgomery Barron, a prominent photographer.
There was a lot that was of interest, but nothing new or radical. Here’s my picture for the day, captured with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens:
On this day one year ago: Cholla, Joshua Tree National Park.
More images from the Armory Show picking up on some of the themes. As I said, nothing really new.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back in my comfort zone. A clear, cold sunny day in Manhattan with really good light and reflections.
One of the things that I like about this is the way the the building mimics Manhattan’s grid.
On this day one year ago: Barrego badlands.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A very gray day here. I took my Leica and a few lenses out to capture something moody. Carl Schurz Park lent itself to to these explorations – it has a Victorian feel and is magnificently sited on the East River. For some reason, though I wasn’t in the moment and wasn’t really seeing. Here’s the image that I went out to capture – I liked the curving steps, the barren tree, the background and the very subdued light, but the picture is ruined because of the overlap of the light post and the tree. There juxtaposition creates a real compositional problem, probably solvable by taking a step or two to the right or left. Oh well . . . .
On this day last year: Salton Sea sunset.
This was the first evening of our Salton Sea explorations last year.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – After three inches of new snow overnight we had a bracingly cold and clear day in Connecticut. Have I mentioned that this has been the coldest, most snow-covered winter ever? But at least I feel that I’m back on my daily photo game again after a rough day yesterday. Taken with my Hasselblad H4D-60 and a 35-90 zoom lens. I’m using the Hasselblad rather than the Alpa because the external battery that I bought to power the digital back on the Alpa doesn’t seem to have enough capacity in this very cold weather. A common issue with batteries, but disappointing nonetheless. Basil the Norwich terrier snuck into this one, creating another exception to my “no pets” rule on this blog.
If you compare this images with yesterday’s, you’ll see that we have a lot more snow in Warren than in New Milford, which is less than 20 miles south. This is typical. Warren, and even our hillside in Warren, is at least one USDA zone colder than the surrounding towns.
On this day one year ago: Portrait of Richard Cohen for the jacket of his book Chasing the Sun.
