Snow Squalls

Now this is street photography. Very brief snow squalls rolled in strangely form the northeast across the city today.  The snow was just enough to barely register as a lighter tone on the asphalt surface of Morse Road.

-Tom

One More Black and White from NYC

The apartments along the Hudson River on the upper west side are impressive.  This area of the city was away from the hustle and bustle.  We could go down to Riverside Park to get away from the feeling we were visiting some gigantic how "many humans can we put in a box" experiment. None the less, I'd still like to live a year in the city to see if I could survive.  Sinatra sang a song about that, right?

This is the last black and white image I'll share from NYC.  Up next, we'll get a little color.

-Tom

The Medusa Tree

On our walk through Central Park in January 2007, I distinctly remember Megan looking at this tree and saying something like "now I could draw that!"  I called her on it, yet I still haven't seen anything.  I tried to replicate the success of this photograph back in 2010, but my black and white version is way better.  The contrast between the natural, seemingly random craziness of the tree branches contrasting with the rigid angles of the baseball backstop makes this photograph for me.

Three years later, same subject, different angle, not nearly as effective.

-Tom

Union Theological Seminary

Yes, these photos from our January 2007 to NYC are drab, dreary, and colorless.  Our next visit come December will be a much brighter, happier affair.

-Tom

View From Above

Film Image- July 2015.  Kodak T-MAX 100, Mamiya 645e camera body, Sekor 45 mm F2.8 C S lens

The summer of 2015 has been the year of film for me.  I purchased a medium format Mamiya which produces a 6x4.5 cm negative with 120 roll film.  What do I like the most about film?  With each emulsion, I feel like I'm shooting a totally different camera.  Just think if we could swap sensors in our digital cameras!  So far, my favorite film stock has been Kodak Portra 160 for outside and 400 for inside, but I've also been exploring black and white photography.  I use Dodd Camera to process my film, and scan it with the Epson V600. 

Why all this film use?  Well, it is really fantastic, but I have the folks at the Film Photography Project to blame.  If you haven't listened to their podcast, now is the time to start if you have any interest whatsoever in getting your old film cameras up and running again.

-Tom