Tag: Restaurant

Monday June 24, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday July 9, 2013

NEW YORK – A new lens arrived today: a Leica 50mm Summicron Asph. Leica announced this lens last year. It’s specs are daunting: it is diffraction limited at f4.0 and nearly so at f2.0 and f2.8 across the full 35mm sized frame. “Diffraction limited” means that it has the highest resolution permitted under the laws of physics. It’s also tiny, about the same size as my Leica 50mm Summicron.

Here’s an image with it from today taken outside our office. I’ll be using this lens a lot over the next month. “Induro” is evidently a new restaurant – I think of Induro as a brand of high end carbon fiber tripods.

On this day last year: Photo shoot.

Tags 919 Third Avenue, Restaurant

Portrait

Thursday February 21, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday February 27, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had dinner with some friends at Pizza Fresca, a local pizza joint in the ’20s with a truly remarkable wine list. Snapshot with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm f.95 Noctilux lens.

On this day last year: Beach club.

Tags New York, Publishing, Restaurant

Food and wine Street

Tuesday February 12, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday February 19, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK Street food vendor in good light taken with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar lens.

On this day last year: Hopkins vineyard.

Tags Manhattan, Restaurant

Family and friends Food and wine

Thursday December 6, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday December 12, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had a dinner at a local restaurant with Kimball Chen. He is serious about his wine so the table setting was dominated by glasses and bottles:

On this day last year: Andy.

Tags Restaurant

Family and friends Landscape Street Urban

Monday September 24, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday October 1, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Fuji has furnished a firmware update for the XPro-1 which I installed last night so I took the Fuji out for a spin today. The autofocusing is improved as promised. The problem with this camera, though, is that there are not a lot of lenses for it – the 50mm equivalent is terrific but that’s about it. Later in the day I met up with Maria and some friends for dinner and carried my Leica Monochrom and an f.95 Noctilux lens. The Monochrom fits my shooting style much better than the Fuji – I suppose that I’ll be putting the Fuji up for sale soon.

First with the Leica Monochrom:

You'll need a bigger one than that to impress her — You’ll need a bigger one than that to impress her

Now with the Fuji:

On this day last year: Pudong at sunrise.

Tags New York, Night phography, Restaurant

Culture Food and wine Landscape

Sunday April 1, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday April 12, 2012

NEAR NASHVILLE TENNESSEE – We woke up after a monumental night’s sleep to a lovely, soft, late spring day. I spent an hour in the morning shooting around Gary and Diana’s house before we took off looking for cowboy boots and barbecue. This was with my Sony Nex-7 and 50mm Leica Summilux lens.

So after driving a while we found a joint (actually a dive) that advertised barbecue. Here’s their sign. This struck me as pretty promising and not bad for an April Fools day (of course the joke is on the pig).

Inside it was clear the the ole boys who populate this place are drinkers (quiet and deliberate), not foodies. The barbecue was very disappointing – it completely failed to live up to the low-down vibe. You just can’t trust appearances any more.

Later in the evening I experimented with photo booth (an app) on my iPad and with some of Gary’s local whiskies. This is how my head felt.

On this day last year (April Fools day 2011): The High Line makes a feeble attempt at Spring.

Tags Restaurant, Tennessee

Events and holidays Family and friends

Friday March 16, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 22, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in town tonight (rare for us on a Friday) to take some Swedish friends to the Red Rooster, a restaurant owned by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. “Celebrity chef” is used without irony here. Marcus is a sensation and his success is well-deserved. Think of the dinner as an “event” in very poor light. I shot the following with my Sony Nex-7 waring a 50mm Leica Summilux lens.

On this day last year: The familiar view out my window. A brick wall torture test for a new lens.

Tags Harlem, New York, Restaurant