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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Tags: 20mm prime,a pen and a pancake,Black and White,Bus Stop Friday,E-PL1,Manhattan,New York,Night,NYC,street candids,street photography
 It’s the remnants of a chair next to an empty lot on Dunham Place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Shot hand-held with a 50mm prime wide open at f/1.4, with simple processing to increase the texture and contrast on the chair while leaving the background a blur. In addition, I think that Photomatix managed to properly align…
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 Just an average guy checking out the new Hollister store on Fifth Avenue. Tweet
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Tags: 85mm Prime,Black and White,D700,Manhattan,New York,Night,NYC,Sidewalking,SilverEfx Pro,street candids,street photography
 There are 20 inches of snow on the ground, with drifts 3-4 feet high. So I thought I would pull out an image from September, when people wore shorts and had bare arms. Tweet
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 Christmas is a season, and it does not begin until Christmas Day proper. The Church celebrates Christmas over eight days, or an Octave. The period before Christmas is not part of Christmas season, it is a separate season known as Advent. Yesterday, the first Sunday after Christmas Day, was the Feast of the Holy Family….
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 My daughter was very sad when Christmas ended yesterday, so we’re doing what we can to extend it. Tweet
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 I feel bad about not having taken or posted any Christmas pictures this season. Last year, when I was still really just starting this blog, I took a lot and they were the main subject in December. As a result, it seemed as if this year I had already covered the main Christmas subjects in…
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 The Woolworth Building and Beekman Tower. Damn, but that was one beautiful morning. Tweet
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Tags: 20mm prime,a pen and a pancake,Black and White,E-PL1,Manhattan,New York,NYC,Sidewalking,SilverEfx Pro,street candids,street photography
 This was taken last march during one of my first nights out doing street photography. I put it in the marginal reject pile because of the focus issues. Lately, however, I’ve come to appreciate the blurry soft-focus look in some of the shots. This look was not so much due to poor focus, I believe,…
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 I realize this isn’t the world’s most visually appealing graffiti, but something about the text resonated with me as a digital photographer. Tweet
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 Looking north up Broadway from the corner of Houston Street. Tweet
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 If you recognize the area, then what is going on here is probably obvious. If you do not recognize the location, it’s a mildly amusing scene I stumbled upon. Tweet
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Tags: 20mm prime,a pen and a pancake,Black and White,Bus Stop Friday,E-PL1,Manhattan,New York,Night,NYC,street candids,street photography
 Three months ago I posted a rear view photo of a Mercedes 250SL, explaining that I was not too excited about the front view shots that I took, but noting that I might try to salvage them at a future date. Last week that post received a new comment from Dave who asked to see…
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Tags: 50mm prime,Black and White,D700,Glamour Glow,hdr,Manhattan,New York,Nik Color Efex,NYC,Photomatix,Tonal Contrast
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