Tag: Manhattan

Wednesday November 7, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday November 13, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – You read a lot about the weather on this blog. Woody’s weather channel. what a bore. But the weather really affects me. At the core I’m an landscape photographer; in New York we happen to have an urban landscape; the weather dramatically affects how it looks. Today we had a serious snow storm. The snow turned to slush by the time it reached the ground and photographed as a medium gray sludge. Not to my liking so I pointed my camera out the windows of our apartment to give you a gallery of water tanks, obscured by the snow, on surrounding buildings. All taken with my Leica Monochrom and a135mm APO-Telyt lens.

On this dat=y one year ago: Dandy. Taken with my long-g0ne Ricoh GRD.

Tags Manhattan, Snow

Landscape Urban

Monday November 5, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday November 11, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Once again I find myself walking around in the 20s with a camera in my hand. Not much is happening. The light s good but I’m having trouble getting into the moment. What came out of it were a couple of images that I’ve taken before: The New York Life Building and the really big movie poster at 24th and Lexington. Both take with my Leica Monochrom and a 35mm Summilux FLE lens. The movie poster is two frames stitched.

I've been here before — I’ve been here before

On this day one year ago: a facade on 72nd Street. Taken with my Alpa medium format camera.

Tags Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Events and holidays Family and friends

Thursday November 1, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday November 7, 2012

NEW YOKR NEW YORK – A good day with my camera. We had dinner with Patrizia Chen and some friends of hers. I’m getting even better results from my Leica now that I have glasses that correct my astigmatism. Before Patrizia’s dnner I stopped at Ladurée, an outpost on Madison Avenue of the French cathedral of macaroons. All images taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Ceiling. I was struggling here.

Tags Dinner party, Manhattan, Patrizia Chen, Shopping

Landscape Urban

Wednesday October 31, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday November 6, 2012
22 Comments on Wednesday October 31, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out my window, looking north, après le déluge. Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens. Two frames stitched.

This evening we went to the Met’s new production of The Tempest. Very cool. This with my iPhone during an intermission.

On this day last year: Central Park.

Tags Manhattan, New York

Landscape Urban

Tuesday October 30, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday November 5, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Sandy passed by here last night. It was noisy, but up here on Carnegie Hill we didn’t loose power (or anything else). We think of Carnegie Hill as a neighborhood on the Upper East Side, but it’s actually on a hill. We stayed in until the weather quieted down and then took a walk in the neighborhood. Not much drama here. The FDR Drive is closed, which permitted getting some angles that I’ll never be able to photograph again. All taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux FLE lens.

On this day one year ago: Fall colors after the blizzard. As I said . . . we had a freak storm last year on this date.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Rain, Storm

Landscape Street

Friday October 26, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Lunch today at ABC Kitchen followed by a walk to the New Museum on the Bowery, which has devoted three full floors to the work of Rosemarie Trockel, a German artist who can do just about anything with anything. Photography is not permitted at the New Museum, a common problem these days, so I have to content myself with pictures from my walk. I’ve commented before on the declining state of New York’s tenderloin areas. The winos are being priced out of the Bowery, which like the rest of the Lower East Side is undergoing rapid gentrification. All images with my Leica Monochrom and 28mm Summicron lens.

On this day one year ago: Subway.

Tags Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan

Interior Portrait

Thursday October 25, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday October 31, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I stopped at the Nespresso store on Madison Avenue to buy a coffee machine and some coffee for the country. Here’s a picture taken with my Monochrom and 28mm Summicron lens.

On this day last year: Good light on Madison Avenue.

Tags Manhattan, Shopping