WARREN CONNECTICUT – September is one of the busiest months of the year for me professionally. I squeezed a shot of nice light on the interior of our house here with my Leica M and Luxochron lens. Converted to black and white in Lightroom with a preset that I’ve developed for the purpose.
On this day one year ago: Foot.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Day four in a long weekend of rain and fog. And of course the toothache from hell. I’m abusing Tylenol to be able take pictures at all. My liver hates me.
I’ve moved to color today – rain and fog can actually yield lovely saturated hues. I’ve swapped my Leica Monochrom for a Leica M. Still shooting through the Luxochron: the 50mm APO Summichron Asph. Somehow I made a couple of images. I didn’t go very far.
On this day one year ago: On board the Chris Craft.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another day of leaden skies. Even worse, I woke up with a toothache. Not one of those little sensitive tooth ones but a great big “someone drove a nail into my jaw” feeling. I really can’t do anything but abuse non-prescription painkillers and try to sleep through it. This is Saturday morning of a three day weekend. No dentist in the world is available this weekend. And I don’t need just any dentist. I need my dentist, Dr. Heilbut. My mouth has a lot of history. It’s to dentistry what Chartres Cathedral is to masonry.
All in all this was a challenging day to photograph. Here you go with my Leica:
On this day last year: Monochrom!
WARREN CONNECTICUT – We’re here for a long weekend. Unconscionably long as you will soon see. Remember that I’m a blue sky and puffy clouds guy. An optimist. A sunny disposition. I have to be fully caffeinated to be irritable enough to do my job a lawyer.
The weather is grim in Warren Connecticut today. The gray sky presses down. I took a walk down to the spot where we push plant life trimmings that are too small for firewood and too large for mulch. Taken with my Leica Monochrom and a Leica 50mm APO Summicron Asph. lens. No great shakes as a photo. No mojo today.
On this day last yeaR: Our Chris Craft is in a commercial shoot! Follow this link if you don’t follow any other!
NEW PRESTON CONNECTICUT – I stopped the New Preston Congregational Church on my Sunday morning newspaper run. This is not a new subject for me but this time I took in some details with my Leica S2 medium format camera. On reflection the angel is not a great work of art – the face lacks the plasticity that a talented sculptor can provide – but hey, who doesn’t like an angel.
On this year last year: Flags project.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – A perfect day for a lovely party put together by some neighbors. As you scroll down you’ll see an Aunt Alice shot – a lineup of people squinting into the setting sun. I object to these in principle but have decided to start taking them as a documentary record. Complain to my editor if you don’t like it. All images take with my Leica S2 and 70mm lens.
On this day last year: Urban poetry. A construction site in Manhattan. Proof that color has a function, despite by bias toward black and white.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – We had a full house in Connecticut this weekend. Maria is in Paris but Alexander and Laura, Francesca, and Will Hoar (Maria’s godson) and his fiancée, Olivia Wolf. What a riot. Shot with my baby Sony RX100 II all weekend. The Sony has a zoom lens but I only shoot it at the wide end which is 28mm equivalent. Thus the wide angle distortion.
On this day last year: Fishers Island.
