NEW YORK NEW YORK – Near the end of the busiest season of the year in my law practice. Taken on the street with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Dual Range Summicron.
AC
NEW YORK NEW YORK – On the sidewalk near home. A plant with a punk haircut. In this era of the hipster I didn’t realize that this style still existed.
Weird plant
On this day last year: Infrared. I’ve got a small Panasonic point and shoot that I’ve had adapted to infra red only shooting.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Ugh. Tax day is April 15. Today is my day to complete pulling our 2012 documentation together to hand over to our accountant, who will make an educated guess as to our liability so we can file an extension on April 15. This, plus some calls and reading in my law practice, took over the day. Visually I’m out of the moment and out of touch.
But wait. What about my blog. On days like this I get small with my iPhone. Here you go:
Philosophy
Actually on sorting back through some files on April 13 I found a couple of files that I like so I’ve edited this post and included the following shot with my Leica Monochrom and a 21mm Super Elmar M lens:
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another poor landscape day so I busied myself around the house getting close with my IPhone. Today I made Bauhaus-style images along the lines of Ringl and Pit. This is actually working out really well.
Bauhaus
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well. Another day of blah light and a large project in my day job. I’m sticking with my “no dull landscape” pledge. So I fussed around with my iPhone at home. Getting close. Here’s a view into a Venini vase.
Venini
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here’s a major difficulty that I’m having with this photo a day gig. I’m basically a landscape shooter. Cityscapes are landscapes so most of what I’m doing here in New York counts toward my landscape quota. (This is where I live; if I lived in Indio California I’d be doing sand dunes.) The problem is that landscape photography is about finding light. It’s like trout fishing. When you see great light stop what you’re doing and shoot. It actually doesn’t matter much what’s in front of the lens. When you don’t have good light the trout aren’t biting so you pack up your gear and go home.
But some days (maybe most days) sensational light doesn’t come along. If you try to force the case in dull light you get junk. Period.
So on those dull days I’ve decided to do something different. Shoot with my iPhone. Close. Real close. Or odd. Funny angles. Dark. Indoors with poor light. Push things a bit. After experimenting with dozens of camera apps I’ve finally found one that I like: kitCam. Try it. Anyway here are some kitCams from today. You’ll be seeing these whenever crap light makes landscape a challenge.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Today we’re having a Beantown extravaganza. There was interesting light, at last. I made my way around the center of Boston with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar lens. At last some decent images. Here you go:
Beantown in front of the FedBeantown IIState Street
On this day last year: Boston. I was in Boston on this same date last year. I seem to be experiencing time a a wheel rather than an arrow.
