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Goooooh Giants!!

The Empire State Building has been decked out in Giants Blue and Red all weekend. It must have brought them luck. On to Arizona for Super Bowl XLII.

West Village

40 Bond Street

I don't know how long this residential building has been on Bond Street but I'll be back with a wide angle for more shots.

East Village

My 18-70 mm lens is in for repairs so I picked up a 50 mm 1.8. I ddn't realize how much I had become dependent on the zoom. It was difficult to see in just one focal length. The 50 is really a 75mm telephoto on a digital camera. I'll probably use it for portraits and night shooting.

Lower East Side StreetArt

Pell Street and Doyer Street

One of the more narrow streets of Chinatown.

All in a Night's Work

Big jobs in the Big Apple are nothing new. Off loading a 54' by 10' oil water seperator into a 12' wide trough is just childs play to these professionals. It is one of the small facets that make up the machinery of NYC. And when the project is done no one will even know its there.

Verizon View

Spring has sprung. The snow is gone. Views around the Verizon Bldg on Pearl St.

13 Street and 5 Ave

Beautiful summer days seem like a long distant memory. An example of a typical street shoot from me.

Step

I stood in front of this location taking several shots as people walked by for quite a while, trying to capture a splash of color on the white background or an interesting character against the white. This young lady turned towards me, at the last second, to cross the street and made the shot. When street shooting and trying to capture people I primarily walk and shoot on the move but I must admit I like this result better.

Lower East Side

Walking along Houston Street from the East Side to the West Side is one of the best ways to grasp the scope of the violent change that NYC is going through. Spitting distance from these images, Trump towers and Avalon apartments, are being erected at record paces. More and more lots with peices of former glories, like in the third shot are popping up all over the neighborhood.

4th of July

It was my first time venturing into Manhattan on the 4th to witness the fireworks off the FDR Drive. I always thought it would be a Times Square New Years type of event but it was quite the opposite. On a beatiful night a good time was had by all.

Parts of Saint Barts

Midtown People

42 Street and 8th Ave

Looking Up Midtown

East Village Stroll

NYC Photoblogger 7

Heavy rains did nothing to dampen the mood of NYC Photoblogger 7. Jay Parkinson, Kevin Walsh, Ed Leveckis, Matt Weber and Justin Ouellette formed one of the most talented panels presenting at the Soho Apple, to date. Amit Gupta provided a very entertaining presentation as he explained his photography site.

MOMA 3

MOMA 2

As you can tell, I spent the entire visit in the Impressionist section of MOMA. My favorite...now that I figured out that I have free access due to my companies corporate sponsorship I'll be covering alot more of MOMA in future posts. There will be one more from this visit.

MOMA 1

With a "beg your pardon" to Seurat, Picasso, Kokoschka for the editorial license on these shots.

50s and 5th Ave and Apple

For a boat load of pics of the new 5th Ave Apple Store go to Gothamist and nycp.org and look up the Apple store Tag.

From the Queensborough

David Blaine @ Lincoln

David Blaine often uses NYC as the backdrop of some of his Magic. This time he promises to live in this fishbowl for 8 days and then complete and escape from 150 lbs. of chains while breaking the 8 minute record for holding one's breath. It might not be on the scale of The Gates buts its definitely a fun happening in the Big Apple.

SoHo

After spending the afternoon at the Botanical Garden, Beloved and I dropped down to the Angelika and caught "Hard Candy". We ended our marathon walking day (at least it seemed like it to us) by strolling down Broadway to Canal over to West Broadway and back up. Besides the street vendors and outdoor dining the density of the crowd in this area of Manhattan reminds me of the old Herald Square days when Macy's and Gimbels had dueling sales.

Lower West Side

Exchange Alley

Exchange Alley has to be one of the most narrow streets in NYC. It runs from Trinity Place to Broadway.

Vesey Street

MJH @ Battery Place

These are the shots I was able to get of the park outside of the Museum of Jewish Heritage before being approached by park security and asked to desist.  I was tempted to pull out my photographers rights leaflet that I carry for just such occassions but the repercussion would have been a lot greater than just being detained.  The park officer was very polite but it still irked me and has been eating at me ever since.  He gave the usual blah blah about it being "different times" and "a sensitive area" and so  on and so forth.

Liberty @ Battery

Chrysler Building

New York Uncovered

Remove a few layers of black top, concrete and a little soil and you get some idea of what it takes to service the Wall street area with electricity, gas, water, sewer and communications.

West 40s Shade

Sunny West 40s

West 40s

NYC Photobloggers 6

It was another smashing success at the SoHo Apple store Friday night.  Jake did an excellent job hosting and the presenters were informative and more entertaining than usual.  The question of the night was "What was your most harrowing experience as far as being hassled as a street photographer?".  The answers ranged from being kidnapped to the "if looks could kill" variety.  There was plenty of lively discussion about it at the Merc bar afterwards.  Corrie and Lex provided great insight into developing a project. Joe Holmes provided us with glimpses into his passions. Noah Kalina showcased NYC's restaurant interiors.  Tod Seelie exposed some of the more unusual party scenes and events of Brooklyn.  Jimmie Yoo uncliche'd some of NYC's night shot and Reza Mazaheri treated us to his insightful portraits and wry wit.

East 30s

Just a lunchtime stroll around East 30s Streets.

Those Daring Young Men

With the recent cold snap and the latest adventures of these daring young men, I tend to appreciate my nice warm truck and keeping both feet on the ground.

Expo Day

Saturday was a pretty miserable day to be out, so it was great to get to the Javits Center and check out the PhotoPlus Expo. I didn't see any revolutionary stuff that's going to change photography much in the near future but it was cool to check out all the vendors. Nikon and Adobe had excellent seminars. Apple's Aperture presentation was excellent and in typical Mac way seemed to be a more natural and logical program for working with images. We'll see what the expert say, as far as the math behind the adjustments are concerned. Along with all the vendors there were some inspiring photographers showing and speaking about their art. David Alan Harvey was especially compelling. He may not look like your typical high end shooter but his basic technique and gorilla style reminds me of our photoblogging community. Which reminds me, there was almost nothing specifically aimed at the photoblogging community. We're an after thought to most program and product manufacturers.

Fall Light

NYC Photobloggers 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Friday was NYC Photobloggers 5 at the Apple Store in Soho.  As usual Jake did his bang up job of hosting the event,  along with Jen Bekman it made for a memorable evening. Work flows and photographic processes were discussed by Sean Sheridan, Marcin Wojcik, Frank Kolodziej and Dave Martinidez.   Lia Bulaong's presentation probably stirred a little envy in the throng and wondering when her next project will take place. Masood Kanmandy's presentation was nothing short of inspiring and I think I'll make a special effort to go to First Light: Teaching Photograph in Kabul exhibition and fund raiser.

 

Around the Horn

 

 

I thought I had some nice shots of the Staten Island Ferry and of Brooklyn Heights form Lower Manhattan but it seems that using the Battery Park guardrail as a tripod is not as rock solid as I had hoped. So you only get two sides of the horn. [unrelated: Don't forget to check out NYC Photobloggers 5 on September30 at the Apple Store in Soho.]

Riverview Sunrise

The first morning of the Fall was an inspiring sight. I was lucky enough to find myself by the Riverview Towers on the East River looking towards LIC and the Queensborough Bridge.

East 7 Street

Downtown Roam

Like many photobloggers, I have expanded my internet posting to Flickr. I did this a while a go but really didn't have a plan about how to use it. Thanks to nycpb and friends like those at steetsy I think I'm getting a handle on what direction I want to take all this in. Playing with all the Flickr features is quite easy. The organizing aspects and group participation are making my work more cohesive.

Minetta Street

I went to see William Eggelston in the Real World over the weekend.  I highly recommend this film.  If you are a photographer perhaps you'll empathize with the mania that drives this man to genius.  Its playing at the Film Forum, just a stone's throw from Minetta Street where Al Pacino as Serpico temporarily set up residence.  The last two shots are on W. Houston and Spring St.

Downtown at Dusk 2

Downtown at Dusk

Not much to say about this posting except that they were taken from 25 Street south to Union Square Park.

Hiroshima Nagasaki Memorial 2