Tag archive: landscape
Self Portrait
People insist that I will like dancing if I just give it a try. Or cilantro. “How could anyone hate cilantro?”, they ask. I say, at 31 years old, there are a few things I do know: I don’t like to dance, I don’t like cilantro, and I prefer to photograph landscapes. So this is what you get when a landscape photographer takes a self portrait.
Central Park
I was taking this photograph in a somewhat out-of-the-way spot in Central Park yesterday when a tourist with a point-and-shoot digicam walked by. He saw me setting up my shot, stood right next to me, pointed his camera right where mine was pointed, snapped a pic, checked his LCD, and walked away without ever saying a word. While it’s entirely possible that he might have spotted this exact scene had I not been there, I suspect that he saw me with my fancy pants camera and assumed that I knew what I was doing. I would love to see how that shot came out for him.
Waverly Street, Philadelphia (ii)
Another from Philadelphia. More on the way as soon as I can develop it.
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Geography, Plumb Beach
I’ve been looking for ways to more accurately describe the area along the shore of south Brooklyn I’ve been exploring for the last several months. The modern maps that I’ve been using are pretty vague about the names of neighborhoods, beaches, and waterways in this area. Last week, I still thought this was in the neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. After a second look, I’m calling this Plumb Beach, after viewing this map.
Archaeology, Raritan Bay
This was supposed to be the day when I posted the next installment in my “taking a picture” series, which will include a contact sheet evaluation. Unfortunately my Hasselblad developed a light leak and half of my photographs from yesterday are ruined! I ordered a new light seal kit, which should be here in a few days, but unfortunately that post will have to wait for a little while.