Month: December 2011

Saturday December 3, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday December 9, 2011

WASHINGTON DC – So today I’m presenting an iPhone gallery. We spent the weekend here, having a memorable lunch at Zaytinya, Jose Andres’ remarkable Lebanese/Turkish/Greek restaurant, visiting the National Gallery for the Harry Callahan show, and going to a musical in Arlington that was written by a friend. Altogether a fabulous weekend. I decided to travel only with my iPhone, but at the last minute I chickened out and brought my Leica and three lens kit (a 35, 50 and 90 – the Leica holly trinity). It turned out that I managed just fine with the iPhone. Here’s a selection:

And finally, not an iPhone – take with my Leica M9. It was too dark and too far away for the iPhone.

On this day one year ago: Delancey Street

Food and wine

Friday December 2, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday December 8, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still working with my iPhone. Here’s a still life from the kitchen.

On this day one year ago: dinner party.

Tags Still life

Landscape Religion Urban

Thursday December 1, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday December 7, 2011

MEW YORK NEW YORK – Well here I am outside the headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. I’ve written a couple of other posts on this subject: August 24, 2011 and November 24, 2010. I’m standing here because this is the only place within blocks where any sunlight is hitting the street. I loaded a bunch of camera apps on my iPhone and went looking for a scene with a long dynamic range and some bricks to test the apps. Here’s the one taken with an app called Pro HDR, which takes two images at different exposures and combines them in a “high dynamic range” images. The HDR feature is only so-so. Without a tripod the camera moves between shots. The app compensates for movement but the image appears less sharp than a non HDR image. It does give you the two exposures, though so you have a choice of which to use – here I used the under-exposed shot.

So the iPhone camera is working well for me. We’re planning a trip to DC this weekend. I’m taking the iPhone as my only camera.

On this day last year: shot with very cool wide angle lens.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Upper East Side

Interior

Wednesday November 30, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday December 6, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well here I am working with the iPhone again. I really like this thing as a camera. This is taken in our office and surprisingly the iPhone handles the color of the chairs (called “paprika” by the decorator) and the mixed lighting.

On this day last year: má pêche.

Tags Debevoise, Furnishings, Manhattan, New York

Landscape Urban

Tuesday November 29, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday December 5, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – It poured all day. I walked from 56th Street to 27th Street on the East Side with my Leica and a 35mm Summilux Asph. II lens. The first image is a stitch of three frames. Both are taken at f 1.4, which severely limits depth of field (in general a good thing and one of the reasons to own this lens).

On this day last year: Waling to the office.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Rain

Landscape Urban

Monday November 28, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday December 4, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back at it in the office with a number of pressing projects. I often stop at Citicorp Center to see what’s going on, visually. This is a four frame stitch with my Leica M9 and a 35mm Summilux Asp. II lens, shot at f 1.4.

On this day one year ago: Another building in New Preston Connecticut.

Harry O Erickson Pavilion Hall, New Preston Connecticut

Tags Citicorp Center, Manhattan, New York

Family and friends Landscape

Sunday November 27, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday December 3, 2011

NEW PRESTON and WAREN CONNECTICUT – So here’s another one of the buildings in New Preston Connecticut, shot with my Alpa Max, a 47mm Schneider Digitar lens and a Phase One IQ 180 back. I caught our friend Dorothee Grisebach and Maria with my Leica after we packed the car up to come back to New York.

On this day one year ago: Dog treats.

Tags Connecticut, New Preston