Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Composition
An ancient master of Frogger.
Croton-on-Hudson, NY - June 2008
The more I start to feel like I know my style of photography, the more I start to feel it change. One day I experiment with landscapes, the next with weird alternative processes. Either way, though, once in a while, I come back to photos, like this one, which just feel... right to me. They're simple, classic, elegant, almost completely centered in composition. I've felt for a really long time that it was all about composition. You could have the most interesting subject ever imagined in your photo, but if the composition is off, no one's going to look at the photo.
There's a lot of other factors that go into things, but ultimately, for me, the key is making sure the photo simply looks right. No tricks. No megapixels, no concern over focal length or shutter speed.
Thanks to the kid for refusing to look at the camera that day.
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Olympus XA, expired Kodak Tri-X @400, Diafine.
An ancient master of Frogger.
Croton-on-Hudson, NY - June 2008
The more I start to feel like I know my style of photography, the more I start to feel it change. One day I experiment with landscapes, the next with weird alternative processes. Either way, though, once in a while, I come back to photos, like this one, which just feel... right to me. They're simple, classic, elegant, almost completely centered in composition. I've felt for a really long time that it was all about composition. You could have the most interesting subject ever imagined in your photo, but if the composition is off, no one's going to look at the photo.
There's a lot of other factors that go into things, but ultimately, for me, the key is making sure the photo simply looks right. No tricks. No megapixels, no concern over focal length or shutter speed.
Thanks to the kid for refusing to look at the camera that day.
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Olympus XA, expired Kodak Tri-X @400, Diafine.
Labels: annabel, baby, bw, composition, diafine, diy, olympus xa, xa
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Jamie's Ball
A little bit more than happy.
Near the New Croton Dam, Town of Cortlandt, NY - March 2008
Here's a little bit of a plug. Each year, my friend Jamie has a huge party, a ball, to celebrate his being free of testicular cancer. He's holding his last ball later this month to celebrate his being cancer-free for six years. It'll be March 29, 2008 from 9 PM to 2 AM at Pressure at 110 University Place, in Manhattan. It's $20 at the door, and goes to two great causes, The Lance Armstrong Foundation, and The Testicular Cancer Resource Center. If you're in town and can go, please do, or if you can swing it, you can donate online. For more info, check out www.jamiesball.com.
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Minolta X-700, 50mm f/1.4, Fortepan 400 @400, Diafine.
A little bit more than happy.
Near the New Croton Dam, Town of Cortlandt, NY - March 2008
Here's a little bit of a plug. Each year, my friend Jamie has a huge party, a ball, to celebrate his being free of testicular cancer. He's holding his last ball later this month to celebrate his being cancer-free for six years. It'll be March 29, 2008 from 9 PM to 2 AM at Pressure at 110 University Place, in Manhattan. It's $20 at the door, and goes to two great causes, The Lance Armstrong Foundation, and The Testicular Cancer Resource Center. If you're in town and can go, please do, or if you can swing it, you can donate online. For more info, check out www.jamiesball.com.
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Minolta X-700, 50mm f/1.4, Fortepan 400 @400, Diafine.
Labels: "minolta x-700", ball, bw, cancer, charity, diafine, fortepan, jamie, minolta, party, testicular, x-700
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Coffee III
Shoot Steve that's checkmate.
Brooklyn, New York - October 2007
Walking Millie around this neighborhood isn't always the most pleasant way to spend time. Either other people walk, keeping you from walking in a straight line, or drivers cut you off when you're trying to cross the street, or Millie walked a little too, or a little too unfocused. I might be the only guy around who doesn't particularly like walking his dog.
So, lately, I've been paying myself fifty cents every time I walk her. I know, I'm a big spender, but in one of the last bargains left in the world a deli not far from my apartment, which is on our walk route, happens to sell your regular every day self-service ten ounce coffee for a mere half dollar. Every day in Manhattan seems to break with one less place where you can get this kind of cup. It's the sort of coffee that in most of San Francisco would have the people in line and behind the counter confused about what I was asking for, "Regular coffee? You mean a half double banana latte with dry foam, right?" Either way, if you try, you're out three dollars.
It's kind of a waste to go out for a walk, buy a coffee in a paper cup that I'm just going to drink at home, where I can make my own coffee, but in my line of work, it's hard to make anything remotely breakfasty before 9:00.
We get great morning light in our apartment, and this morning was one of the best in a while. I took a few shots of this one cup sitting there by itself on the table, as cleared by Annabel. This was the best of them.
Shoot Steve that's checkmate.
Brooklyn, New York - October 2007
Walking Millie around this neighborhood isn't always the most pleasant way to spend time. Either other people walk, keeping you from walking in a straight line, or drivers cut you off when you're trying to cross the street, or Millie walked a little too, or a little too unfocused. I might be the only guy around who doesn't particularly like walking his dog.
So, lately, I've been paying myself fifty cents every time I walk her. I know, I'm a big spender, but in one of the last bargains left in the world a deli not far from my apartment, which is on our walk route, happens to sell your regular every day self-service ten ounce coffee for a mere half dollar. Every day in Manhattan seems to break with one less place where you can get this kind of cup. It's the sort of coffee that in most of San Francisco would have the people in line and behind the counter confused about what I was asking for, "Regular coffee? You mean a half double banana latte with dry foam, right?" Either way, if you try, you're out three dollars.
It's kind of a waste to go out for a walk, buy a coffee in a paper cup that I'm just going to drink at home, where I can make my own coffee, but in my line of work, it's hard to make anything remotely breakfasty before 9:00.
We get great morning light in our apartment, and this morning was one of the best in a while. I took a few shots of this one cup sitting there by itself on the table, as cleared by Annabel. This was the best of them.
Labels: bw, canon powershot s80, coffee, home, living room, morning
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Old & New
What you got here is a watch.
Brooklyn, New York - September 2007
Taken in my apartment this morning with my Canon Powershot S80.
What you got here is a watch.
Brooklyn, New York - September 2007
Taken in my apartment this morning with my Canon Powershot S80.
Labels: black, bw, canon powershot s80, cord, new, old, phone, white, wires
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Duckie
Summer at Ice Station Vostok.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
Rubber duckies are the purest form of happiness.
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Minolta X-700, 50mm f/1.4, Ilford XP2, Diafine.
Summer at Ice Station Vostok.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
Rubber duckies are the purest form of happiness.
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Minolta X-700, 50mm f/1.4, Ilford XP2, Diafine.
Labels: baby toy, black and white, bw, carpet, diafine, diy, duckie, ilford, ilford xp2, minolta, minolta x-700, rubber, rubber duckie, spotlight, toy
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Boathouse
Quiet up there Webster is on.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
I love how old this photo looks even though I only took it a couple of weeks ago while walking through prospect park. I dig this Efke film. This is ISO100, and I feel like I had a hard time exposing it correctly. I wonder what's going to happen when I get to the roll of ISO25 I bought not long ago. If it looks old timey like this, I'll be thrilled.
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Kodak Brownie Starmite, Efke R100 127, Diafine, Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Quiet up there Webster is on.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
I love how old this photo looks even though I only took it a couple of weeks ago while walking through prospect park. I dig this Efke film. This is ISO100, and I feel like I had a hard time exposing it correctly. I wonder what's going to happen when I get to the roll of ISO25 I bought not long ago. If it looks old timey like this, I'll be thrilled.
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Kodak Brownie Starmite, Efke R100 127, Diafine, Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Labels: boathouse, brooklyn, brownie, bw, diafine, house, kodak, kodak brownie starmite, lake, nyc, pond, prospect park, starmite, sunday
Friday, May 04, 2007
Sentences
Keep your girdle on you putz.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Another obnoxious PhD holder.
Try throwing him a curveball.
"Dead" isn't really accurate.
Hey Jackson Browne watch out.
Sure if you were a hot chick.
I dub thee Sir Elgin McQueer.
Col. Potter to the Lido Deck.
Our only choice is to sautee.
Some say I'm not dumb at all.
So you think you know hockey.
The grand king of drag bunts.
Steven your sarcasm is trite.
I was replaced by Rudy Sarzo.
I don't need your free Monet.
Enough hair spray for Poison.
She makes a sort of quacking.
Born in Cuba raised in Maine.
I don't know what valence is.
No can do without Daryl's OK.
Greetings from Downtown Kiev.
I collect empty plastic bags.
During Satan's pre-evil days.
He just isn't into you Linda.
I got a Macintosh bomb error.
Yanks combine on nine-hitter.
I used to be daft like Al is.
A farewell to Mr. Tom Poston.
Yet you think iPods are cool.
I shouldn't be this terrific.
This is Emeril's last hurrah.
My villain laugh: Bwuhahahah.
We prefer the term "ice box".
They call this thing a woman.
Just dusting off the old gun.
Daryl only talks about Daryl.
You can only be so Pakistani.
Found the elusive hoser gene.
The correct answer is: Belen.
Four thousand seven hundreds.
As Lou might say: "I am Lou".
There's just no pleasing you.
Ok Pete go put on some pants.
Ho go scare me up some toast.
Love in the time of Ed Asner.
I think she's just overtired.
Your old man's a real square.
I'm sorry I slept with Diane.
You and your free hamburgers.
But today's not her birthday.
Thems some big ears you gots.
It's time for Mork and Mindy.
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Nikon F, 50 mm f/1.4, expired Fuji Superia 200, Diafine
Keep your girdle on you putz.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Another obnoxious PhD holder.
Try throwing him a curveball.
"Dead" isn't really accurate.
Hey Jackson Browne watch out.
Sure if you were a hot chick.
I dub thee Sir Elgin McQueer.
Col. Potter to the Lido Deck.
Our only choice is to sautee.
Some say I'm not dumb at all.
So you think you know hockey.
The grand king of drag bunts.
Steven your sarcasm is trite.
I was replaced by Rudy Sarzo.
I don't need your free Monet.
Enough hair spray for Poison.
She makes a sort of quacking.
Born in Cuba raised in Maine.
I don't know what valence is.
No can do without Daryl's OK.
Greetings from Downtown Kiev.
I collect empty plastic bags.
During Satan's pre-evil days.
He just isn't into you Linda.
I got a Macintosh bomb error.
Yanks combine on nine-hitter.
I used to be daft like Al is.
A farewell to Mr. Tom Poston.
Yet you think iPods are cool.
I shouldn't be this terrific.
This is Emeril's last hurrah.
My villain laugh: Bwuhahahah.
We prefer the term "ice box".
They call this thing a woman.
Just dusting off the old gun.
Daryl only talks about Daryl.
You can only be so Pakistani.
Found the elusive hoser gene.
The correct answer is: Belen.
Four thousand seven hundreds.
As Lou might say: "I am Lou".
There's just no pleasing you.
Ok Pete go put on some pants.
Ho go scare me up some toast.
Love in the time of Ed Asner.
I think she's just overtired.
Your old man's a real square.
I'm sorry I slept with Diane.
You and your free hamburgers.
But today's not her birthday.
Thems some big ears you gots.
It's time for Mork and Mindy.
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Nikon F, 50 mm f/1.4, expired Fuji Superia 200, Diafine
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, fuji superia, nikon, nikon f, nyc, sentences
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thriftee
You're absolutely everything.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
That's some intense grain there. That's what happens when you develop expired Fuji Superia 200 color film as black and white in Difine. Shot with a Nikon F and it's beat up 50 mm f/1.4 lens with a loose inner element.
I like this one. The grain makes it look old, maybe taken from a newspaper, even thuough I just shot it last week.
You're absolutely everything.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
That's some intense grain there. That's what happens when you develop expired Fuji Superia 200 color film as black and white in Difine. Shot with a Nikon F and it's beat up 50 mm f/1.4 lens with a loose inner element.
I like this one. The grain makes it look old, maybe taken from a newspaper, even thuough I just shot it last week.
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, fuji, fuji superia, grain, nikon, nikon f, nyc, store, thriftee
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Owl's Head Park
It's just a big pile of wood.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
I was wrong. Getting hit in the head with a rubber duck over and over isn't such a bad way to wake up.
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Shot with an Agfa Isolette on expired Ilford HP5+ at EI800, give or take, developed in Diafine, and scanned using a Canon Canoscan CS8600F
It's just a big pile of wood.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
I was wrong. Getting hit in the head with a rubber duck over and over isn't such a bad way to wake up.
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Shot with an Agfa Isolette on expired Ilford HP5+ at EI800, give or take, developed in Diafine, and scanned using a Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Labels: 6x6, afga, agfa isolette, bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, ilford, ilford hp5+, isolette, nyc, owl's head park, park, tree
Monday, April 23, 2007
In the Grocery Store
A romantic comedy about bees.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
A romantic comedy about bees.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Labels: aisle, bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, grocery, ilford, ilford hp5+, olympus xa, xa
Monday, April 16, 2007
Under the Pig
He came back and ate the pie.
Brooklyn, New York, January 2007
I've entered the "concerned about safety features on spoons" stage of my life.
With the world turning more and more megapixelish, I've started developing my own film here in the bathroom (no, I'm not in the can rightnow). I figured the time was right to have noxious chemicals lying about in my apartment, what with a now-crawling child.
This photo is from the first roll I developed: Arista.EDU 120 (ISO 100), shot in an Ansco Ready Flash, and developed in Diafine. This was taken on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
He came back and ate the pie.
Brooklyn, New York, January 2007
I've entered the "concerned about safety features on spoons" stage of my life.
With the world turning more and more megapixelish, I've started developing my own film here in the bathroom (no, I'm not in the can rightnow). I figured the time was right to have noxious chemicals lying about in my apartment, what with a now-crawling child.
This photo is from the first roll I developed: Arista.EDU 120 (ISO 100), shot in an Ansco Ready Flash, and developed in Diafine. This was taken on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
Labels: ansco, ansco ready flash, brooklyn, bw, diafine, park slope
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Millie
Rambo IX: Back to the Future.
Brooklyn, New York - December 2006
This might be the best photo of old M-Dog ever taken. Here's to you, old girl.
taken with a Canon Powershot S80
Rambo IX: Back to the Future.
Brooklyn, New York - December 2006
This might be the best photo of old M-Dog ever taken. Here's to you, old girl.
taken with a Canon Powershot S80
Labels: black and white, bw, canon, canon powershot s80, dog, millie, powershot, s80
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