Month: July 2017

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Grand Central Station

I was in NYC a few months back for the introduction of the Leica M10 camera.  After the official meetings with Leica, I was sent off with the new camera to give it a try.  It was a fun camera to shoot with and I enjoyed using it and the images from it.  However, like I do many times I always take images on my iPhone. I did a whole series of images about Being Square and Seeing Double.  Article coming soon on that project.  I also did a few Pano images.  The place is an architectural marvel so how could I resist doing some panos.  This image is one pano made there.  I’ll share more in the future.

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Near Zion

Zion National Park in October is really beautiful.  The crowds are gone and the roads are open for cars.  As much as I enjoy shooting in the park I also love to wander the back roads around the park.  It’s not uncommon when doing this to come across some really nice scenes like this image.  This image was close by the park and was different from all the cliche images made in the park.  I am driving to Zion this fall and look forward to doing a lot of backroads along the way.

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More Heavy Metal

As you may know, if you are a regular reader, I am big on rust and big metal things.  This is an image from the waterworks pumping station in Buffalo, NY.  This place is very interesting.  Kind of a steampunk kind of place.  Big pipes and pumps.  The pump house takes water from Lake Erie and was built around 1920. It’s a great place to shoot images. This image was made with an iPhone.

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Found Abstracts

Many times as photographers we get stuck on seeing the big scene.  yet, under our feet or in front of us is art and we just need to train our eyes enough to see this art.  These images today are abstracts found in a bigger scene.  One image is a wall where numerous posters have been applied and torn off. The other two images are from peeling paint on rusty truck found near the Palouse region in the state of Washington.  I’m always looking for abstracts whether it is man-made or natural.   You need to keep your eyes open and always be looking.

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Ladders

Ladders are cool.  Back in my firefighting days, I was the first to line up to climb ladders.  The 50 foot and 100-foot ladders were the best.  I’m not or maybe when I was younger wasn’t afraid of heights.  I now have a slight fear of heights.  Maybe because I have gotten a tad smarter in my old age. These ladders were shot on Deception Island, Antarctica.  They are attached to what were old Whale Oil tanks.  There is something about the repeatability of pattern and of course the rust that works for me in these images.

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Chicago River

Sorry, it has been a little while since my last post.  I was away for a few weeks running a workshop and then in major catch-up mode.  Today’s image was made in Chicago a few weeks ago.  I love this classic shot but maybe not the big letters spelling TRUMP on the beautiful building.