Tag Archives: 50mm prime 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 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...  Repeating patterns, contrasting patterns. What’s no to like? I’m only wondering if I should have switched to a wider angle lens to get these windows on Dover Street and shot straight on, instead of from this angle. I’m certainly happy with the shot as it is, but it could maybe be better. Tweet  This is the side window to the Cowgirl Seahorse restaurant at the corner of Front and Dover Streets in downtown Manhattan near the South Street Seaport. The vintage Americana look is kind of generic, but I liked the light. I also understand that the interior decor is a bit more interesting, and actually plays off...  This is obviously the companion piece to yesterday’s image, but while that photo made me reflect on the origins of the pilings, this one has me reflecting on a powerful concept – life finds a way. I expect most of us picture Jeff Goldblum saying that in the Jurassic Parkmovie, but this takes me back...  Dawn on the East River looking north from almost directly underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Who set these pilings and lashed them together? Tweet  Steps to becoming a SoHo environmentalist: Buy a good book, or maybe take a course where one is assigned. Gaining Ground: In Pursuit Of Ecological Sustainability (edited by David Lavigne) should do well. Read enough of the book to learn some impressive buzz words. Use what you learned at cocktail parties and rallies. Complain that the...  About a month and a half ago, my buddy Scott Wyden came up with the idea for Self Portrait Friday.* The idea is that every, or at least any Friday, you take a self portrait, probably just using your camera phone, maybe with one of the fun smart phone photo apps, and post it...  My family and I just returned from a whirlwind long weekend at Disney World. We were so busy fitting in many attractions that I had little time for photography, but I did carry my Nikon around for one evening which included our tour of the It’s A Small World attraction. Took these with a 50mm...  This is the sign for Silvercup studios, home for at least some operations for The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Fringe, Big Daddy, Meet the Parents, Gangs of New York, and many others. It takes its name from a bakery that used to occupy the same location. The sign is visible when traveling to Queens...  This diner is one of those places that has been around for as long as I remember, and am glad to see still surviving, even though I’ve never been inside. This area of Tribeca is a place I spend more time passing through than in, so I’ve never had occasion to enter. Processing went though...  You’re walking up West Broadway on a photo safari and you see this old liquor store sign lit up from a couple of blocks away. You make a mental note to make sure you head up that way to grab some photos, and when you get closer you realize this is an unusual liquor store....  Three things stand out to me in this scene. The sign announcing an active driveway where there is no active driveway; The telephone number to report “suspicious activity” is suspiciously missing from the No Trespassing sign; and The stencil on the Active Driveway sign of a man who appears to be dancing with a refrigerator....  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...  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....  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...  That’s the Whalebone building on Duane Street, just off of Hudson. According to this article, the building was built in 1843 as a residence. At some point it was converted into use as a whalebone cutting establishment, and when it closed in 1920 it housed the last working whalebone cutter in the country. The sign...  With apologies for the title, but sometimes you want to mix old and new. Other times you want just to feature a nice row of older buildings, and any illusion is broken by a silly mod banner for restaurant week, and really, does anybody who was planning on eating at home change their plans because...  I considered calling this “Sunshine Is The Best Disinfectant” to capture the play between the sun hitting the corne of the building in the back and the Antiseptic Soap advertisement on the side of the brick building on the right, but instead I chose the song reference, which also calls to the morning sun on the aged buildings. This...  The full text of this ad reads “Brush Up Your Business With Paint Paste Paper Push.” The ad, on West Broadway at Reade Street, was apparently uncovered in 1994, and confused people then as it confused me today. Paint paper and paste all go together, and I could image a store that sold all three....  |
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