When Frank posts his challenge for the week, I don’t usually respond until the weekend. Most of the week, I am busy with work, commuting in the dark to a location filled with ugly office buildings. Photography is only possible on weeknights. The last few weekends, and during the week as well, the weather has…
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Dressing Warm for Winter Photography
Friend and family who know me well, they know that I detest the long dark cold months of winters of the Mid-Atlantic states. I even compiled a list of Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate the Winter. I awake and dress in the dark. Outside my bedroom windows, I can hear the cold winds blowing.…
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This morning, I ventured out to Rojo's Roastery for a cappuccino. There wasn't much activity on Palmer Square. I am enjoying experimentation with Fuji Film Simulation recipes for my Fuji X-T2. This one from Ritchie Roesch is a simulation of Ilford HP5 Plus. This image is SOC.
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I took this yesterday while strolling across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was the golden hour and people were everywhere walking and using the magic of the light to take selfies and group photos on the bridge. It was too crowded for the tripod. I was worried that someone would trip over the legs. I switched…
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From the George Washington Bridge, we drove over to the other side of Manhattan to the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is located between 59th and 60th Streets in Manhattan. Construction of the bridge was completed in 1909. Designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by…
Click To Read Full PostGeorge Washington Bridge and The Little Red Lighthouse
This past weekend I attended a New York City Bridges Photography Workshop with Loren Fisher and a group of photographers from New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. The New Jersey group met at the Bridgewater Train Station. Loren drove to Penn Station where we picked a photographer from Weehawken, then we zipped over to…
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Last weekend I walked through Van Horne Park looking for interesting things to photograph. I normally visit the park in the spring and summer when the air is sweet with the scent of flowers and aroma of backyard grilling. I thought that perhaps it would be different in the winter. It is. Van Horne Park…
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More bird photos because that is the only thing I can photograph from my kitchen window because I'm at home, sick with a cold.
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Frank Jansen (Dutch goes the Photo!)Overcome all aspects
[exif id="36745"] Guess what? 1/1000s is also a good shutter speed for photos of backyard birds in the snow. But I have no clue what sort of bird this is. Do you?
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Wake me up when it’s summer.
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Recently I have felt that all my work is effluent. Shit! Crap!
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The magnet in the Watch strap obviously lines up perfectly with the one in the MacBook which detects when the screen is closed.
[exif id="7475"] @Colin I have a similar story about magnets. Some DSLRs have a feature called live view. Live preview is a feature that allows a digital camera's display screen to be used as a viewfinder. This allows the photographer to preview the framing and exposure before taking the photograph. It’s very useful for landscape…
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