I’m really not much of a Halloween person, yet I’ve managed to scare up a decent Halloween image two years running now. Have a safe, fun holiday. Tweet
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Monthly Archives: October 2011 Without any sort of official survey, my experience for the past two years has led me to conclude that the political leanings of online photographers are similar to that of most online communities (excluding, of course, the overtly political communities): libertarians are over-represented proportionally to their presence in the greater world. Although I’m not libertarian,...  I take it that these items are not particularly rare. From a shelf of small Epyptian statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tweet  This is probably the least ostentatious piece of artwork in the Caesers Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. I quite like it, including the way the image is broken into 4 pieces, creating black horizontal lines across the statue’s face. It would probably not be considered subtle in any other context, but here, it earns the...  I have mentioned this tip before, but it is worth repeating. If you are shooting through a chain link fence, or similar obstruction, try opening the aperture on your lens as wide as possible (assuming you have that control available to you). Then place your camera right up against the fence, and the fence wires...  Normally when I arrive in a city for a business trip after 10pm I think of nothing but bed, and maybe late night room service if I missed dinner. But this was Las Vegas and I did not have to be anywhere in the early morning so I grabbed my x100 and headed...  Being a New York City based photographer, I could approach New York, New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in one of two ways: as a second rate copycat abomination to be avoided at all costs, or as an opportunity for fun. In truth, I think it is one of the most...  I just returned from a brief trip (1.5 days, 2 nights) to Las Vegas for business. For a variety of reasons, Vegas is not my thing, but I was glad to have the occasion and opportunity to visit at least this once. I knew there were slot machines in the airport, but was surprised to...  Busy, so very few words today. I’ve no idea what this is supposed to mean. It appears to be the work of two people. The second part seems like it is meant to be menacing, but it doesn’t quite work. Tweet  Statue of The Priestess Tagerem displayed within the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The statue depicts a priestess who served at a different temple, and would not have been displayed in a temple sanctuary. Tweet  I missed my two-year blog anniversary yesterday. I didn’t intend to do anything big, unlike last year for the first anniversary when I built a whole retrospective around it, but I had planned at least to mention it. I’ve just been very busy, mostly with work stuff, and the date slipped my mind. So, today marks my...  Yesterday, one of the nicest, friendliest, supportive, generous and talented people in the blogosphere, photosphere, Twitter, Facebook and G Plus announced he is taking a hiatus, possibly for good, but certainly for a long time. Toad, aka Scott Johnson, aka husband to the lovely Mrs. Toad, is going to have to stop taking photos and...  Yesterday there was another Google Plus New York Photowal, this time in Chinatown. In addition to the usual crew of local Google Plus photographers, about 60 or so I’d estimate, I was joined by Bob Lussier and his lovely wife Jean. They reside in Massachusetts, but were in town for a wedding this...  I spent the afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday with my family, and grabbed some shots along the way. I was very diligent about remembering to shoot a picture of the plaque identifying each object, except for this one. All I know for certain about this fellow, is that he’s Greek, he lost...  As much as I love Nik’s Silver Efex Pro 2 for black and white adjustments, I also keep trying to learn how to make black and white adjustments in Aperture or Photoshop. I find it tends to get better results on shots featuring people. One of the counterintuitive but powerful tricks is to adjust colors...  I had been shooting down by the East River at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, and was heading up towards the New York by Gehry building to get some close-up detail shots, when I spotted it sandwiched by the 1960s era apartment buildings. I stopped to change lenses and had the camera sitting at...  This is the Queensboro Bridge and Queens, taken from Roosevelt Island, with an orange balloon floating in the water. I really like it when the foreground element in a wide angle landscape shot is very small, but still holds your attention. Tweet  |
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