Tag: Park Avenue

Wednesday May 14, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday May 20, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – This is one of those days that I worry about. Am I phoning it in? Lip syncing? Engaged in a major self-deception. Alexander and I went to a Mets game at Citi Field, but my camera felt like a millstone. Forced a few shots. Ugh.

Day 1,672 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 942): On the fringe of DC. Here’s a part of DC that doesn’t have a name. I had second thoughts after posting about using this iPhone image in color. Here I’ve done a different crop and converted to grayscale.

Tags Baseball, Park Avenue

Garden Icon Landscape

Tuesday April 29, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Spring is arriving. This is a tough time of year to photograph cityscapes around here. The city is flamboyantly in bloom. The street crud from the winter has been completely cleaned up. It’s hard to take a picture that doesn’t look like a cut in a White Flower Farm catalogue. Tedious. The temptation to shoot big flowering trees is irresistible. I’m fight this by sticking with black and white and using selective focus. Here are some tulips from the Park Avenue mall.

Day 1,657 on one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day four years ago (day 196): Chrysler Building with the UN Secretariat Building in the foreground. This was originally in color – I subsequently did a fairly aggressive black and white conversion, which I like much better.

Tags Manhattan, Park Avenue, Spring

Landscape Urban

Thursday April 3, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday April 9, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back to my favorite spot to photograph: the plaza between the Seagram Building and the Racquet and Tennis Club. Here you go:

Day 1,631 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year (day 1,266): Rustic philosophy.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue, Racquet and Tennis Club

Culture

Friday March 21, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday March 28, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – More Alice Aycock sculpture on the Park Avenue islands. I’ll be coming back to these from time to time. And of course Second Avenue, which is always messed up by subway construction.

Day 1,618 of one picture a day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago: Grace’s. Note the flowering tree on March 21 two years ago. This year the ground is still frozen.

Tags New York, Park Avenue, Sculpture

Culture Landscape

Friday March 14, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 20, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Alice Aycock sculpture on the Park Avenue Islands.

Day 1,611 of one picture a day for the rest of my life.

On this day three years ago (day 515): Bloomberg Building.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue, Sculpture

Landscape Urban

Saturday March 1, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Construction site.

Day 1,598 of at least one photo a day for the rest of my life.

On this day three years ago: Grid.

Tags Construction, Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue

Landscape Urban

Friday February 28, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 6, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A beautiful, clear, but very cold day. A nice day to photograph Manhattan and get numb fingers and toes in the process. I’m continuing to work well in black and white – the photo-a-day-for-the-rest-of-my-life project has really helped me achieve greater clarity and consistency in my work. Still relying on the Leica Monochrom as my primary camera.

Day 1,597 of at least one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 866): Chrysler Building.

Tags Look Up, Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue