Another pairing of photos (*) from recent trip to New York (*).
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Two Photos - Broadway / Harlem / New York (Sun 14 Aug 2011 / Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Another pairing of photos (*) from recent trip to New York (*).
Gerald (1 of 2) - Wilson Lane / Newtown (Fri 25 Nov 2011)
Saw this a few weeks back and decided to photograph it recently. Gerald lives on.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
PD's Santa Lineup - Santa Fest 2011 - Darling Harbour / Sydney (Sat 26 Nov 2011)
Intersection - Redfern / Sydney (Fri 18 Nov 2011)
Could not walk past this one.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Two Photos - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Bethesda Fountain - Central Park / New York (Apr 1994)
Saturday, November 26, 2011
The Met - 5th Ave / New York (Apr 1994 / Aug 2011)
When I took this photo on my recent trip to New York, I had the top photo in mind. Cropped it to get the panorama effect.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Two Photos - New York (Aug 2011)
Have started to print a few photos from the recent trip to New York (*) and have put them on the floor to look at and shuffle around. These two seem to talk to each other in way I had not connected until printing them.
The intersection photo is one of my favourites and it reminds me of Trent Parke's (*) famous intersection photo (*).
Fun to start relating the photos like this and will put a few more here.
Alice in Wonderland - Central Park / New York (Apr 1994/Aug 2011)
The above was taken on a disposable panorama format (*) 35mm Kodak camera on my last trip to New York way back in 1994.
Made sure to photograph 'Alice' on my next trip to New York, 17 years later using my little Canon S95 digital camera. Who would have thought 17 years ago that cameras would record photographs in bits and bytes and stored electronically, rather than film.
Lots of things have changed in New York and our lives, but some things will always remain the same. These two photos taken 17 years apart are proof of this for sure.
I wonder what future holds for us, particularly with regard to technology. I remember reading a computer magazine on my return flight back to Sydney in 1994, where I read for the first time about and Internet web browser called Mosaic (*), Netscape's predecessor. At the time I was a member of Compuserve, but had never ventured onto the Internet and the world wide web.
I hope it is not another 17 years before I get back New York.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Conservatory Water - Central Park / New York (Apr 1994)
I seemed to have a pretty good feel for using and seeing with a small disposable panorama format (*) 35mm Kodak camera on my last trip to New York way back in 1994 (*).
Had never heard of Ken Duncan (*) back then and I wonder why I even bought a panorama disposable format camera.
Some more panorama format photos to follow (*).
Doors - Levanto / Italy (Fri 12 Aug 2005) / Boston / USA (Sat 20 Aug 2011)
Like to photograph doors and windows. Here is a couple of doors photographed six years apart.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Sir Robert McAlpine - Tower Hill / London (Tue 01 Sep 2009)
The entrance to Tower Hill Tube Station.
Vibranalysis - WTC / Greenwich St / New York (Fri 12 Aug 2011)
I guess it was about the orange.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Fountain - Trafalgar Square / London (Tue 30 Aug 2005)
Monday, November 21, 2011
Street Scene - Prince Street / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
The mid afternoon light on the northern side of the street was quite soft, much less contrasty than I'm used to back home in Sydney. The light was beautiful here and I took quite a few photographs, so there might be a few more to come.
Saw the following photo by Jan Meissner (*) last week from here (*) where the work was described by Nick Turpin (*) as:
graphic color scenes of the New York sidewalk often take parallel to the buildings which had a continuity of approachWhen I saw the photo I felt I had seen something similar. If you look at both closely they are the same street. Small world.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Tracks - Av de la Grande Amdee / Paris (Tue 24 Aug 2005)
This style of photo was inspired by Andreas Gursky's (*) Rhine II (*) - see below - which I had been impressed by in my early photography days. I have a few variations of this and will put them here when I have time to find them.
Rhine II (*) recently sold (*) for a record $4.2 million.
Robert McFarlane (*) recently described (*) Rhine II (*) ..
"It's very simple, very graphic. In a funny way it makes you contemplate the very ordinary moments in your life,"A nice way to look at my own humble efforts.
Some interesting discussion and videos from here (*).
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Tracks - Jean Drapeau Subway / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Friday, November 18, 2011
Jenny and Geoff - Yallingup / Margaret River / Western Australia (Wed 08 Oct 2008)
Another time. Another place. Another life.
We were lucky to have this time with Jenny. A beautiful sunset over the Indian Ocean.
Water - Ligurian Sea - Cinque Terre / Italy (Fri 12 Aug 2005)
If you look hard in the top left hand corner you will see a small boat - the traditional tiny figure in the landscape.
Found this great little quote yesterday which seems right for this photo ..
"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water (*)"
Rabindranath Tagore (*)
Tracks - Mets-Willets Point Subway Station / Queens / New York (Sun 14 Aug 2011)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Model and The Chef - New York (Tue 16 Aug 2011)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Picasa Collage - New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
Intersection - Numbers (3 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Made sure the dog was in each of the 3 photos (*).
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Intersection - Numbers (2 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
The Corner Deli (2 of 2) - 114 Kenmare Street / Little Italy / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Monday, November 14, 2011
Birgit and Jenny - Bronte Beach / Sydney (Mon 15 Oct 2001)
Intersection - Numbers (1 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Corner Deli (1 of 2) - 114 Kenmare Street / Little Italy / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Rainbows and Triangles - 192 8th Street (2 of 2)/ Chelsea / New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
Friday, November 11, 2011
GE - 17 Ave A (2 of 2) / Alphabet City / New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
GE - 17 Ave A (1 of 2) / Alphabet City / New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Rainbows and Triangles - 192 8th Street (1 of 2) / Chelsea / New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Intermezzo - 202 8th Ave / Chelsea / New York (Wed 17 Aug 2011)
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Under Construction (1 of 2) - Bathurst Street / Toronto (Wed 31 Aug 2011)
Intersection - Avis - Metcalfe Street / Montreal (Wed 24 Aug 2011)
Monday, November 7, 2011
Fix You - Coldplay - Late Show with David Letterman (Tue 20 Sep 2011)
Was watching this Paradise Clip (*) of Coldplay playing Live on Letterrman and found that they played a few more songs (*), including this one.Will always remember watching this clip (*) of Chris Martin on Extras (*), with Jenny and Jo, which I had recorded on my PVR.
Fix You Lyrics
[..] And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you [..]
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I . . .
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I . . .
A Goodbye - Peel Subway Station / Montreal (Wed 24 Aug 2011)
Joel Meyerowitz (*) describes in his YouTube video (*) on Street Photography (*) ..
So the idea is to walk and watch what is happening in any crowd and see if there is an interaction.
A gesture or a hug or kiss or goodbye.
Something that is a significant gesture that makes it interesting for people to look at in a photograph.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
New York Map (2 of 2) - New York (Aug 2011)
My well used map from our trip to New York City in August 2011.
It has a few scribblings and did well to survive the rain at Flushing Meadows on Sun 14 Aug 2011. For me, it is a nice memento of the time there.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
New York Map (1 of 2) - New York (Aug 2011)
My well used map from our trip to New York City in August 2011.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Portrait - 635 Queens Quay / Toronto (Wed 31 Aug 2011)
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Keep Off - Diamond Head Crater Park / Honolulu (Sat 10 Sep 2011)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Intersection - S Ashley St / Tampa (Mon 08 Aug 2011)
Walking back to the Hotel at the end of the last day of the Regatta, I saw this scene and captured this photo. To me it marked the end of the campaign (*) and maybe the directional arrows on the road meant something to me as I pondered the reality of my experience in Tampa.
Almost 3 months later I have had plenty of time to reflect on my - our - experience and I move forward enjoying my paddling.
I just read the following quote by Kirk Tuck (*) in a great article (*) about doing the things you love ..
Intention? That has to come from you. But I would suggest that, as a functional person, you no doubt find things in life that spark you up. Give you pleasure, satisfaction, happiness. That inflate your will to live. Distill down to those things and make them the base of your art. Then the intention will drive everything else.From Developing muscle memory and fluid technique is almost as important as developing a sense of purpose (Kirk Tuck - Wed 28 Sep 2009) (*).
It is a great article (*) from a great blog - The Visual Science Blog / Kirk Tuck (*). Not a bad way to look at things.
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