Tag: New York

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Events and holidays Interior

Thursday December 16, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The New York chapter of the Commanderie de Bordeaux had its Holiday dinner (featuring an ’82 Palmer) at the Union Club. Here are some musicians at the event. My Panasonic GF1 is getting a workout this week – it’s discrete and pocketable, and has ok low-light performance (as you may have noticed I work only in available light). The Union Club is the grandest of Delano & Aldrich’s New York structures; in situations like this I like to shoot wide to take advantage of the context. Shot with a 14mm pancake lens on the GF1.

Music at the Union Club

On this day one year ago: infrared image of Citicorp Center.

Citicorp Center
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Landscape Street Urban

Wednesday December 15, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Waldorf Astoria. Here’s a Wikipedia article on this deco landmark. The photograph is taken with my Leica M9 and my new 36mm Summilux II lens, with a neutral density filter to permit shooting at f 1.4 in daylight. More work on out of focus images. The overexposed area in the lower right is intentional – dramatic overexposure can result in a banding artifact with some digital cameras – I removed some banding in this image in Photoshop.

Home of the famous salad

On this day one year ago: Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
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Events and holidays Family and friends Interior

Monday December 13, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Christmas party at the Knickerbocker Club shot with my Panasonic GF1 and a 14mm pancake lens.

Christmas at the Knickerbocker Club
Christmas at the Knickerbocker Club

On this day one year ago: Dinner at Quatorze Bis

Quartoze Bis
Quartoze Bis
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Landscape Urban

Thursday December 9, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I’ve decided over the next few weeks to spend more time shooting with my Hasselblad. It’s a terrific tool for landscape, urban or otherwise. It’s poorly adapted for quick shooting in poor light so on days when I’m counting on getting my photograph at an evening event I’ll continue to rely on my Nikon or Panasonic.

Here’s the view straight up on the extension of Riverside Drive South from 72nd Street with my Hasselblad H4D-60 and an HCD35-90 lens at 35mm.

Riverside Drive South

On this day one year ago: A not so interesting shot from my dining room window. Every day can’t be great.

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-Woody's Picks Culture Interior

Tuesday December 7, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I spent the morning visiting galleries in Chelsea. There was a terrific Hiroshi Sugimoto installation at the Pace. Pictures of “lighting” manufactured by a telsa coil and a few of his much earlier “beyond infinity” seascapes, shown below. My largest regret in life is that I didn’t buy one of these images years ago when they were first offered at $3,500 each (well it seemed like a lot of money at the time). Here’s a link to Sugimoto’s seascapes.

Sugimoto at the Pace

I also spent some time with Elizabeth Kabler, a friend of my daughter’s and now a friend of mine, at her gallery Skylight Projects.

From this day one year ago: Approach to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Brooklyn Bridge

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Landscape Urban

Friday December 3, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I took a walk today on the Lower East Side, ending up at Frankies on Clinton Street for an excellent lunch. Frankies Spuntino. The Lower East Side maintains its sruffy vibe well into the 21st Century, although some streets like Clinton Street are edging cautiously toward gentrification. This is a storefront on Delancey Street taken with my Leica M9 and my ever-present Voigtlander 12mm lens.

Delancey Street

On this date last year: Lexington Avenue and 93rd Street.

Ottomanelli
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-Woody's Picks Events and holidays Family and friends Interior

Thursday December 2, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We had a dinner party for Michael and Penny Hayward, visiting Australian friends. This image was caught with my Nikon D700 and an 85mm f1.4D lens. For more pictures from this dinner see my flickr account: Dinner party for the Haywards.

Party

On this day one year ago: Seagrams Building from the balcony of the Racquet and Tennis Club. This is one of my favorite images of the past year.

Seagrams Building
Seagrams Building
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