NEW YORK NEW YORK – Bruisingly busy day. Snapped a few iPhones around the house. The iPhone photo app that I’ve settled on is KitCam, where I’ve adopted a square format, a faux tilt tool, and frame lines that look like a Hasselblad film camera’s (the app calls it “Victor”).
On this day last year: Japanese maple. At Lever House.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m looking for a tilt shift solution for my Leica M. So I bought a Nikon 24mm tilt shift and a Nikon to Leica adapter from B&H (which has a no questions asked returns policy) to give it a try.. Nice lens, but focusing with the Leica electronic view finder is plausible but not great. So I returned the lens and adapter to B&H – I’ll repurchase something along those lines if Leica ever does a firmware upgrade to improve the functionality of the EVF. Here’s an images that uses the tilt capacity to extend the focus range on the runner on our dining room table.
On this day last year: Landscape with the Nocti. Birches! Ugh. Stop it, Woody.
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:
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:
On this day last year: Paris Review benefit.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – So here I am out on the street (actually a side street in the 80s on the East Side) with my Leica Monochrom trying to take a serious picture. This is with my 18mm Super Elmar lens and a yellow filter which does nice job of darkening the sky. And of course the second image is a shot around the house with my iPhone and the kitCam app, which I actually think is a better picture.
On this day last year: Leaving town.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Once again I’m distracted – really having trouble getting into the moment and seeing. A day of shots at random with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm lens. Here we are on the cheese isle at Fairway.
On this day one year ago: a good-looking barn.
GASPARILLA ISLAND FLORIDA – Bike shop take with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar super lens. A very gray day – I haven’t felt much like shooting anything else.
On this day last year: March snow storm.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve spent the day here having what feels like a speed bag workout with my day job. Not much time or space for photography. At around 8:00 I decided to see what I could do handheld with my Leica Monochrom around the house in near darkness with my 24mm F1.4 Leica Summilux lens.
On this day one year ago: Sunrise and sunset.
