Walking the Dog - Stuyvesant Square / Lower East Side / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Walking the Dog - Stuyvesant Square (*) / Lower East Side / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Walking the Dog - Stuyvesant Square (*) / Lower East Side / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
A little exposure trick to make the dog glow - was reminded of a Trent Park photo (*), particularly when it is converted to black and white.

A beautiful small park just to the east of it's bigger and more well known neighbours - Washington Square and Union Square. Not many people here and the lady walking her dog was one of the few I saw. Definitley a park for the locals. I sat here for an hour or so in the shade of some trees. It was hot and I was sweating, and it was not long before I nodded off into a dreamy sleep. It hardly seems a year ago.

Untitled - New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Untitled - New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Happened to quick to get everything right. Love the shadows of the fire stairs. One year ago today.

On Failure - Some Notes on Photographic Intent - Ground Glass / Spencer Lum (01 Mar 2012)

Mont-Royal Red - Mont-Royal / Montreal (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Ground Glass / Spencer Lum (*) writes (*):

Failure is the sound of a thousand wasted efforts screaming in unison. [..]

So the goal [..] should be to use those things that inspire us as a framework for exploration, so we can learn the process behind them.

Shots aren’t preordained.

They are happy accidents, lead by intention, and founded on a combination of preparation and discovery.

In other words, photography isn’t seeing the big picture.

It’s knowing how to stumble from one adjustment to the next, eliminating choices along the way, while focusing on others, until we find that one thing that says just what we want. [..]

Success is the sound of a single action made of a thousand efforts.

Hop On, Hop Off Bus - Blue - Crosby St / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Hop On, Hop Off Bus - Blue - Crosby St / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Bike - Lexington Avenue / Harlem (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Bike - Lexington Avenue / Harlem / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Two Photos - Redfern / Sydney (Wed 17 Mar 2010) and Greenwich Village / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Redfern / Sydney (Wed 17 Mar 2010)Greenwich Village / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Two Photos - Broadway / Harlem / New York (Sun 14 Aug 2011 / Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Subway (*) - 42nd Street / Broadway (Sun 14 Aug 2011)
The Eye (1 of 2) (*) - E 125th St / Harlem / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Another pairing of photos (*) from recent trip to New York (*).

Two Photos - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Calvin Klein (*) - E Houston St / Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
DGK All Day (5 of 5) (*) - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Two more photos (*) that I have printed and put together as they seem related.

Street Scene - Prince Street / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 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 approach

When I saw the photo I felt I had seen something similar. If you look at both closely they are the same street. Small world.

Street Scene - Jan Meissner (*) - Prince Street / SoHo / New York (2009?)

Intersection - Numbers (3 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 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 (*).

Intersection - Numbers (2 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 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)

The Corner Deli (2 of 2) - 114 Kenmare Street / Little Italy / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Intersection - Numbers (1 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Intersection - Numbers (1 of 3) - SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

The Corner Deli (1 of 2) - 114 Kenmare Street / Little Italy / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

The Corner Deli (1 of 2) - 114 Kenmare Street / Little Italy / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Intersection - SoHo (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Intersection - SoHo (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Learning is Earning - Cnr 120 St & Lexington Ave / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Learning is Earning - Cnr 120 St & Lexington Ave / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

BE NOT AFRAID LADY - Crosby St / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

BE NOT AFRAID LADY - Crosby St / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
Noticed this text marking and thought I would wait around and see what I could get. Have a few photos here and I now regret not waiting a little longer to get a stronger photo of the obvious thing I was trying to do here.

Pavement Stencil - Houston St / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

Pavement Stencil - Houston St / SoHo / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
The decayed black bubble gum markings above his head (and elsewhere) become part of the black spray paint, while the cigarette butt makes us realise the photo is colour and not black and white (which we would otherwise think).

DGK All Day (5 of 5) - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

DGK All Day (5 of 5) - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
A little closer now and the head is down.

Starting to wish he would look me in the eye.

Press the shutter a couple of more times and this is the better photo because of the skateboard position.

All done now .. time to move on,

Just like life, who knows what's a bit further up the street.

DGK All Day (4 of 5) vs Banana Republic - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)

DGK All Day (4 of 5) vs Banana Republic - Soho / New York (Thu 18 Aug 2011)
But wait a moment .. (*)

Always looking out.

Notice someone on my right walking down the pavement ..

Wait (*) just a little longer ...

Either she does not notice me or does not care.

Note to self - have to stop worrying about what people think about me and my camera (the G10 is lot bigger than the S95).

Press shutter and I have another Pair of People (*). Seem to be getting a few of those here in busy New York (*).

OK. Now time to get a little closer without zooming. He wouldn't have a clue ..