Category Archives: Buildings This Astoria Water Tower was shot during the Google Plus New York Photowalkers outing in Astoria a few weeks ago. I’ve shot several more film rolls since then and I’m waiting t get most of them back from processing. While I’m certainly not going to limit myself, I do think I am going to devote...   This is a storefront in either Long Island City or Astoria.* Google Maps street view indicates that it is or was home to a florist, but it appeared closed when we walked by during the G+ Astoria Photo walk. What ever it is, it certainly is not Saks. In fact, this was at least the second and maybe...  The Chelsea Wine Cellar is a liquor store that advertises its wide selection of specialty and boutique wines. I was mostly interested in the neon sign, set off against the health food store awning next door. How was your weekend? I had a nice quiet 2 days with family, and also managed to get out...  If you are connected to me on social media like Twitter or Google Plus, then you might have already seen this earlier today. I was very lucky this morning in that I picked the perfect winter day to get up early and head out to Coney island. Reasonably warm, beautiful sky and light. I shot mostly...  I messed this roll up 17 ways ’til Tuesday. I meant to shoot as a 16 image roll, but shot 12. Even then, somehow managed to get only 10 shots. I meant to use the sky in the first shot as a background for a double exposure but didn’t. I had the camera set to...  This is the Landmark Theatre in Downtown Syracuse, which just reopened on November 18, 2011 after a major renovation and expansion that cost $16 million. Originally opened in 1928 and known as the Loew’s State Theatre, the lobby of the theater was renovated and restored in 2000. This time they expanded and improved the stage area and...  It’s the gate that caught my eye. I probably should have also shot the building to the left. The plaque honors William M. Beauchamp for being the “Historian of the Iriquois.” The building is the Central New York Telephone and Telegraph Building, being the first building in Syracuse built to house the telephone company in 1899. It...  The cube, which is only a few years old, underwent renovations that concluded a couple of months ago. The cube used to be made up of many small glass panels, and is now composed of much larger glass panels, leading to a much cleaner look. There are not as many reflections, but you can still create some...  This is another shot from Route 17 in Central, NY. This is around the town of Windsor maybe 20 minutes east of Binghamton. I have no idea what is in those big silos. Tweet  I was on vacation the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and I extended that to include photography expeditions so it was just a week to sleep in and relax. As much as I enjoy getting out to take photos, it does involve some work. But I made an exception when I read a...  The entire building is quite attractive, to the point where I’m wondering why I did not take a shot that shows it off. Nevertheless, this entrance to Syracuse City Hall is quite attractive in its own right. Tweet  What’s “Behind the Green Door?” Apparently it’s a building filled with sprinklers, if we can believe the sign. And unlike Bob Lussier who first played coy about using the “Behind the Green Door” reference before stooping to do so, I have no such qualms. ;) There’s no such thing as the wrong kind of traffic....  I took this just before getting into position for yesterday’s image. The people a watching a light display, with music, on Saks Fifth Avenue. You can imagine how enchanting it must have been to get all of these people — all or most of whom came to see the tree — to turn away and look...  Sometimes I feel foolish all the times I admit that I notice a photographic element only when I review the image at home, and had no sense of it when composing in the field. This is another example. I carefully composed to get the tree in the image, obviously, but also I specifically remember that...  This is, of course, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, shot from behind a toy solder statue and through a row of golden flags being blown by the wind. By the way, if you’re visiting this page on the day it is posted, December 27, 2011, go to the Bing.com home page. It is featuring a photo...  So this is the same star as yesterday: the star, or snowflake, above 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. This time I’m standing on Fifth Avenue just above 56th Street and looking uptown. I’m not sure why but I had all kinds of trouble getting a black and white image I was happy with. I made...  I walked up to the Fifth Avenue Apple Store Cube last night wondering (1) whether the cube and Apple symbol would be decorated for Christmas in any way, and (2) whether I could manage to get a shot of it that was in some way unique. The answer to the first question was “no,” although...  Just a parking lot, and some rear facing windows on an old building in downtown Syracuse. Tweet  “The Upper Rust” is an antique store on East Ninth Street. It has some interesting window displays, but I was taken with the balconies on the third and fourth floors. Tweet  Another shot from the highway here. I do wish I managed to get it without the pole, but I did end up with a couple of nice golden mean and rule-of-thirds ratios. This is off of Route 17 near Hancock, New York. Tweet  |
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