Category: Small town

Wednesday January 4, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday January 10, 2012

TAOS NEW MEXICO – It’s become clear to me that occasional ski lessons aren’t going get me to a reasonable level so I decided to focus elsewhere. One of the nice things about Taos is that there are other things to see and do within a reasonable driving distance. Today I visited Earthship homes outside of Taos. According to Wikipedia:

Earthship homes are primarily constructed to work as autonomous buildings and are generally made of earth-filled tires, using thermal mass construction to naturally regulate indoor temperature. They also usually have their own special natural ventilation system. Earthships are generally Off-the-grid homes, minimizing their reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels.

Here are some images, again taken with my Panasonic:

On this day on year ago: my office.

Tags Taos

Landscape Religion Small town

Saturday December 24, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday December 31, 2011

WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – I went out with my Alpa Max today to add to my collection of Litchfield County churches. In reviewing my progress to day I realized that I hadn’t yet taken a full frontal image of the iconic Washington Congregational Church with high res medium format gear. I wasn’t satisfied with the image that I captured so I’m not showing it today – I’ll have to go back to try again – but I caught this as a set up the tripod and did a test image to assure that all was in order.

On this day one year ago: Frnacesca trimming the tree.

Tags Church, Congregational Church, Connecticut, Washington CT

Landscape Small town

Sunday December 11, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday December 18, 2011

TORRINGTON CONNECTICUT – Back to Torrington for the Center Congregational Church. This is an oddity – the only stone Gothic revival Congregational Church that I’ve seen I’m my travels in this part of the state. Here it is. Two frames taken with my Alpa Max and cropped to fit the form factor of the church. Torrington by the way was the birthplace of John Brown, the radical abolutionist who merits a line in the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

On this day one year ago: Union Savings Bank.

Tags Church, Congregational Church, Litchfield County

Landscape Small town

Saturday December 10, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday December 16, 2011

TORRINGTON CONNECTICUT – This afternoon I drove to this former mill town on the Naugatuck River to photograph churches. The light was right to collect two of the large Catholic Churches in town, St. Peter Church and St. Francis Assisi Church. The light was wrong for the Central Congregational Church – I’ll be back tomorrow morning for it. The large Episcopal Church, Trinity Church, is very tight to a narrow street and accordingly very hard to photograph. Anyway here are St. Peter and St. Francis Assisi, taken with my Alpa Max and an 80 meg Phase One back. These subjects require full use of the camera’s rise and shift features. The St. Francis Assis (the second image) is two frames stitched.

On this day last year: Marty gives us a sinister look.

Tags Church, Connecticut

Landscape Small town

Saturday October 15, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday October 21, 2011

WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – Perfect autumn day. I got to New Preston before the stores opened so I had an opportunity to capture some of the local building before cars showed up. Taken with my Alpa Max and 47mm Schneider lens. I used the shifts on the camera to correct perspective in the camera.

The end in a series of 24 self portraits, taken in my studio in Warren on February 13, 1999 at 3:00 PM local time.

Tags New Preston, Shopping

Culture Icon Landscape Small town

Friday September 2, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday September 7, 2011

LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT – I spent the late afternoon giving myself a walking tour of North Street in Litchfield. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article on the Litchfield Historic District. Shot with my Alpa TC and 47mm Schneider XL lens. Two frames stitched.

On this day one year ago: Infrared image. One of the better examples of these.

Tags Connecticut, Litchfield, Litchfield County

Landscape Religion Small town

Friday August 19, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday August 25, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Back to photographing in the actual world (as opposed to taking pictures of cameras). There was a lovely, fleeting moment at sunrise in Connecticut to today when the first rays of the sun caught the ground fog. I grabbed my Alpa TC with the IQ 180 and Schneider 3mm XL attached and captured the moment.

Later in the morning I went to the town of Warren to experiment with my new 120mm lens, capturing the Warren Congregational Church from a slightly different angle.

On this day last year: The beginning of our safari in East Africa. One year ago things start getting really interesting for the next week or so. The Cliff Notes version of our safari is the top gallery on the right of this site.

Tags Congregational Church, Fog, Sunrise, Warren