Month: January 2012

Wednesday January 18, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday January 24, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back in New York I met Francesca (our daughter) for dinner at a college burger joint near Columbia. They had Full Sail beer on the menu (the only time that I’ve seen it on the East Coast) so I ordered a dark one. Taken with my iPhone (what did I do before I had this thing?).

Because I’ve assiduously kept this blog I know that I was at the Full Sail Brewery in Hood River Oregon (a bit east of Portland) on October 27, 2009, over two years ago, when I captured this image:

On this day last year: a lonely guy view of a parking lot in historic Boston.

Tags beer

Family and friends Food and wine Portrait

Tuesday January 17, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday January 23, 2012

NAPLES FLORIDA – In a break from meetings I ran into a friend having lunch at a casual bar on the beach. He posed as I photographed him with my iPhone. But this presents a dilemma. This guy is pretty prominent in the world that I work in; when he posed he didn’t realize this was destined for the web; I don’t necessarily want to “out” him as having fun in the middle of the day. How to handle it? Well here’s one idea: There’s an app for the iPhone that converts an image into tiles. At tile resolution he’s not recognizable:

Another sunset. This does happen every day so I’m generally against shooting sunsets (same category as pets and cute kids). It was really, really clear and occasionally when the sun sets toward the sea and it’s very clear you see a brief green flash. I’ve actually seen it once from Basil’s Bar in Mustique. So I set up to catch it but alas it didn’t happen. Here’s the sun where there would have been a green flash had it happened.

On this day one year ago: humongous ice-sicle.

Tags Florida

Landscape

Monday January 16, 2012

NAPLES FLORIDA – I flew down here from New York this morning for two days of client board meetings. I managed a long walk on the beach today. Beaches aren’t great for photography (at least when I’m pushing the shutter button) I suspect because they are all similar, if not the same. Here’s a sea bird admiring its shadow, taken with my Panasonic.

A few hours later, a sunset from my hotel room.

On this day one year ago: snow.

Tags Beach, Florida, Sunset

Landscape Small town Transportation

Sunday January 15, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday January 22, 2012

MORRIS CONNECTICUT – I drove over to Morris this morning to catch the Morris Congregational Church in good morning light. I got a late start – we had house guests so I needed to attend to breakfast. By time I got to Morris it was too late – the light was flat and dull – but I saw these school buses on the way back and they seemed unusually vivid. Taken with my Alpa Max and 72mm Schneider.

On this day last year: a snow covered barn in Milton CT.

Tags Connecticut

Food and wine Landscape Small town

Saturday January 14, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday January 21, 2012

KENT CONNECTICUT – I’m getting back on my game in Connecticut. I took my Alpa Max out with a tripod on a field trip to Kent Connecticut where I stopped at a remarkable chocolate shop called Belgique. Do click through the link – the site is over the top. So Belgique is closed today – evidently on vacation to rest after the holiday rush. Taken with the Max, a 72mm Schneider lens and my Phase One IQ 180 back.

On this day one year ago: Lexus of Manhattan.

Tags Kent

Out my window Travel

Friday January 13, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday January 20, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’ve operated for a few days on the theory that the point of this exercise (a daily photo blog) is to document my daily life. A visual diary. Ok. So here’s a picture taken with my Panasonic while waiting for a red light. I may have to give this a bit more thought. Maybe it’s a Friday the 13th effect.

On this day one year ago: Hell’s Kitchen.

Tags Automobiles

Landscape Urban

Thursday January 12, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday January 18, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – My photography has been feeling a bit listless post Tuesday’s lunch. I decided to shake myself up bit with a radical equipment change. I walked around the upper eastside with a small Panasonic that I had converted to infrared last year. I like IR images in the winter; when there is foliage on the trees infrared renders the leaves as white and they look phony. Here we go with an image in IR false color:

Another, converted to grayscale:

On this day last year: a shot of the El Dorado across the frozen Central Park Reservoir.

Tags Infra red, Lexington Avenue