Category Archives: Buildings Walking along River Street in Hoboken, I came across this subtle bit of neon advertising for Hoboken Cigars, and was immediately drawn to its studied, understated cool. You can see me and my tripod reflected in the bottom center window. While I do not mind it here, I wish there were a magic tool that would allow...   I’m running behind today, so I cannot give this the historical background I would like, but I should have the chance with at least one more image later. For now let’s just say the building and clock tower are a little over 100 years old, that the clock tower was removed and restored at some...  An empty parking lot in downtown Hoboken, NJ last Sunday morning. I did what would you might call light tonemapping (as opposed to heavy tonemapping) to partially even out the diference between the shadow area in the bottom left and the brighter area in the top right. The saturation is dropped about 40%, except for the sky...  It is time again for Plastic Lens Friday (#plasticlensfriday) over at Google Plus. This was taken using a Holga plastic lens on my Nikon D700, on the extremely photo friendly Doyers Street in Chinatown. Tweet  According to the mural, “Mom” passed in 2009, and my web research indicates that the “M&M Variety Hardware” store closed sometime between fall 2010 and fall 2011. The “In Memory of Mom” moral on the roll down gate was done by local muralist Chico, who also does a rotating series of murals on the wall...  Last week I was invited by a group of New York area photographers active on Google Plus to take part in an excursion to an abandoned community on Staten Island. The trip was planned and led by Jose Vazquez, and also included Angel Figueroa, Howard Gaines, Mike Marin, and kora foto morgana. It was a...  The lower Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Bridge Park. There was a dramatic sky that morning — the weather was beautiful but the sky and clouds looked as if a great storm was brewing — and that sky combined with the tilt-shift lens created a rather surreal look to many of my shots. Tweet  I took this picture because of one thing — the simple unaffected translation of the name of the restaurant. “El Sombrero,” or, “The Hat Restaurant.” Tweet  I pulled this one from the archives. It’s about 2 years old and I don’t know what to say about it. The scene pretty much speaks for itself and I don’t have anything to add in the way of history or insight. The partially destroyed mural is a mystery to me. Processing was straightforward, except...  Bondi Road is a restaurant with an Australian surfer dude theme and a lot of sea food on the menu. I presume the store below the Underwear sign once sold underwear. This is Rivington Street on the Lower East Side about a block from the Williamsburg Bridge. Tweet  these weeks go by fast, and this is the last image in the Grand Central Terminal series on the blog. I went back and forth on deciding which image to use. It came down to this one, or another that was less interesting but technically superior. I decided to go with this one despite its...  This is the same ramp that I showed here from a slightly different perspective. People seem to have liked the lights and reflections in that shot and I think they are shown to even better effect here. Happy Passover and Happy Easter Triduum to all visitors who celebrate either holiday. Tweet  I was drawn to this ramp down to Track 38 because it seems a bit unusual for being so narrow and tight. Many of the other Grand Central Terminal ramps don’t even have walls, just railings. Tweet  The ramp leading up on the right serves an entrance at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue. the doors straight ahead lead to a walkway to the Grand Central Subway Station. This section of the Terminal might have a name but I do not know what it is. At the far end of...  Back in the day, when train travel was the way to get around the country, Grand Central Terminal was much more than a commuter railroad terminal. The 20th Century Limited, running between New York and Chicago, was quite possibly the most famous train in the world, and certainly the most famous and elegant in the United...  The ticket windows in Grand Central Terminal do open, but I think this particular set might be permanently closed, so it would be a good idea to familiarize yourselves with those vending machines. Tweet  With the Coney Island Series wrapped up, it’s time to return to Grand Central Terminal, for another week of shots taken early on a Sunday morning using Ilford HP5 Plus black and white film pushed to 1600 ISO. It’s roughly impossible to get a shot of this room empty, and this is nearly as close...  As I come to the end of the Coney Island winter series, I still have some images I think are usable but I also continue to think I’ve about spent the time that should be devoted to them on the blog. I’m considering an ebook, but distribution and e-commerce get complicated quick. Free distribution is...  I’m fascinated by the whitewashed silhouette of a person in the sign. Did the clam bar have to obscure it, and if so, why? Tweet  |
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