Tag Archives: Black and White One thing about New York is that because of its size, no single event can take over the entire city. No matter how big something is, there is always a critical mass of people who just won’t care. This is especially true of sporting events, because apart from the people who care not at all...   One of the reasons I rarely do panoramas isI just never think of them. Another is that they are easy to do, but hard to do well. A third is that more than 98-99% of my images are viewed only on computers, which is a less than ideal way to see a panorama. Yesterday when...  When I can’t look at you and You can’t look at me, I’m not certain If we’re tired of each Other or just tired. Tweet  Two days ago I got my film back from the Google+ Photowalk in Astoria Queens last Saturday, and I noticed a small theme that I had unconsciously developed during the walk. I’ll post the individual images later, but I thought they worked well as a unit. These were shot on a Minolta CLE rangefinder (circa...  Back in November I suggested I had an idea for a photo series, but it was too intimidating to truly consider. It was simply to get a shot of every station in the NY subway system. Depending on who is counting and when, there is some number of stations slightly greater than 420 in the...  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...  It has been a while since I posted some street work. This has been sitting in my library for over a year. I crossed the street to get a shot closer to the couple, and meant to get even closer but traffic interfered. Tweet  Another shot from St. Mark’s Place, which I’ll let speak for itself. Instead let me take the opportunity with less than a week before Thanksgiving to send out some early thanks. First, my audience, as measured by daily visits, keeps growing. I appreciate that and am grateful for everyone who comes by here, whether...  This is black and white because I shot this with a funky filter that gave the image an odd color cast and I could not correct it in post. Actually maybe I did. I can’t be sure, because I would adjust it, and it would look better until I looked at it again a few...  In April of this year I had a bit of an epiphany on the virtues of better composition in the field, and in particular better basics with respect to untilted horizons, and making sure my architectural shots were squared up instead of leaning left or right. Unfortunately my Los Angeles trip preceded this revelation, and...  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...  Do you find the pair of elbows distracting? They don’t bother me. It seems clear where the focus is, but I’d be interested to know if others disagree. Tweet  This is the Colgate clock in Jersey City, which lights up quite nicely from the front as can be seen from downtown New York. Tweet  This is one of those occasional shots I post even though I’m not fully satisfied with it. I’m not sure exactly what I want it to be, but I do think it should somehow be better and more interesting. It also is a different take on the building (599-603 11th Avenue) I showed here....  I came across this Central Park harpist while walking along a path one morning with my infrared converted D40, and could not be more pleased about this marriage of gear, technique and subject. Tweet  In the foreground is the American radiator Building, now the Bryant Park Hotel. It is the subject of the famous Georgia O’Keefe painting, “Radiator Building—Night, New York.” Looking over its shoulder from approximately a quarter mile is, of course, the Empire State Building. This was taken from Bryant Park, which sits behind the New...  |
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