Month: September 2011

Saturday September 10, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday September 16, 2011

KENT CONNECTICUT – We visited our friend Greg, the owner of R T Facts, an antiques store in Kent that specializes in industrial and architectural stuff. We’ve been looking for a large fire pot for our terrace – these are now the vogue in these parts – you bundle up and light a roaring fire, extending the season for using the terrace a month or two. We found a large steel pot that was used in a steel mill in India. Here’s the inside shot with my Alpa TC and 35mm Schneider XL lens.

Friday September 9, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday September 16, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took my Leica to the office today and captured Ray Bari Pizza in pretty good light. In the late afternoon I was back uptown with my Alpa, a 47mm Schneider XL lens, experimenting with a center filter on the lens. A Center filter is a glass filter that’s darker in the middle – it compensates for the natural light fall-off that wide lenses have, but requires increased exposure. I found that the necessary 2 stop increase in exposure made the Alpa much harder to hand hold so when I need the center filter I also need a tripod.

On this day last year: Second Avenue Subway construction.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Restaurant

Interior Portrait

Thursday September 8, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday September 15, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I have breakfast once a month with a small group of college classmates to talk about things. We’ve been doing this for seven years now, and find it very helpful in dealing with the various stuff that life throws at us. This was with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summicron.

On this day one year ago: The Central Park Conservatory Garden.

Tags New York, Yale Group

Landscape Street Urban

Wednesday September 7, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday September 13, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – More rain. Really. A lot of rain. I walked around with my Leica and a 90mm lens looking for rain themes. The Leica isn’t billed as being “weatherproof” but it does tolerate the rain, especially if you sheild it with a coat or your body when you’re not shooting. A couple of examples:

On this day last year: Andy Berkman.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Rain

Culture Interior Landscape

Tuesday September 6, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday September 13, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I dropped by the Matthew Marks Gallery to catch up with a show on landscape called La Carte d’aprês Nature. It caught my attention because it included a dozen or so images by Luigi Ghirri, who we collect. Interesting show. I was there with my Leica M9 and 28mm Summicron lens.

From the street walking back from the gallery.

On this day one year ago: New Milford Connecticut. I said that this is a crap town a year ago and I’m sticking with my story.

Rugs & Carpets Simmons Bedding Fine Furniture

Tags Art, Chelsea, New York, Photography

Food and wine Home

Monday September 5, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Maria’s in Paris and our children are off in their separate directions and I didn’t have any dinner plans, so I had a lonely guy moment. I ordered a pizza and opened a Stella. Here’s the pizza in its various stages, captured with my Panasonic GH2, 29mm pancake lens and a stepladder.

On this day last year: Evening light adumbrates fall foliage.

Tags Table Top

Landscape

Sunday September 4, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – It was rainy and foggy today. The fog provides an opportunity to isolate elements of the landscape that might otherwise be lost in clutter. Here are three trees at the top of Tanner Hill Road in Warren. Taken with my Alpa TC and 72mm Schneider XL. Three frames stitched. I was unfortunately in flip flops (I was just on my way to buy a paper when I saw this) and there was poison ivy underfoot.

Sunset in Warren

Tags Connecticut, Fog, Warren