Month: December 2009

Thursday December 10, 2009

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We went to the opera Thursday evening: The Met’s riveting production oF Richard Stauss’s Elektra. Susan Bullock had her Met premier singing Elektra, Deborah Voigt broke new ground for herself as Chrysothemis, and Felicity Palmer did a sensational job as Klytemnestra. I went to Lincoln Center early to do my photo of the day – my one potentially good image was spoiled as a security guard got in the way. You evidently can’t shoot with a tripod in the Lincoln Center plaza – not even a very small one. I’ve substituted the same point of view and time of day from a few days earlier. I hope not to have to do this again.

Lincoln Center Fountain and the Metropolitan Opera House

Tags Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Urban

Landscape Out my window Urban

Wednesday December 9, 2009

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday December 9, 2009

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – An early heavy rainstorm drove me off of the street. When the weather cleared in the afternoon. This from my window.

Tags Lexington Avenue, New York

Events and holidays

Tuesday December 8, 2009

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday December 8, 2009

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Party at home.

Tags Debevoise, New York, Urban

Icon Landscape Urban

Monday December 7, 2009

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Today I worked on a long-running project – photographing iconic structures. I’ve been putting off the Brooklyn Bridge for some time – John Roebling’s masterpiece is a truly intimidating subject. The light was dull so this is not a day for great art, but for exploring angles and pedestrian approaches in a part of Manhattan that is dominated by on and off ramps. The plan as always is to sneak up on on the icon, rather than confront it frontally. I plan on exploring the Brooklyn side later in the week. If we have a decent sunrise or sunset in the next week I’ll try it in infrared.

Tags Brooklyn Bridge

Landscape

Sunday December 6, 2009

WARREN, CONNECTICUT – Sunrise after the storm.

Tags Connecticut, Forrest, Snow, Sunrise, Warren, Winter

Landscape

Saturday December 5, 2009

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday December 5, 2009

WARREN, CONNECTICUT – We’re having our first snow storm of the season. We’re on a high point, a few hundred feet above Lake Waramaug. The difference in elevation is enough that we have much more snow over the winter season than the lake. There are many, many more churches to photograph in Litchfield County but I felt that I should give you a break.