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Cabbage

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Here are some more garden photographs that I made recently in PA. I think these go quite well with the corn photos from last week. I absolutely love the color and the complexity.

End of the world

Monday, August 24th, 2009

I was in Martha’s Vineyard last weekend (along with the President and the Clintons, apparently) visiting some friends who were vacationing there from California. We were fortunate to get the use of a guest house outside of town in Oak Bluffs near a lake, which proved to be a great spot to watch the Friday [...]

Into the sun

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I was in PA for a wedding last weekend, and I took the opportunity to photograph things that I’m normally not able to do. In this case I went into a cornfield and made some images. I have been experimenting with some counter-intuitive methods of making photographs outdoors, since my efforts thus far have been [...]

Identifing as a Photographer

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Rockefeller Center on a warm February day, iPhone
I was out celebrating the 30th birthday of a friend last night. It was one of those events where several of her friend circles came together, so I ended up talking to a lot of people that I hadn’t met before, and so therefore was frequently asked what [...]

Moody Friday Goodness

Friday, February 6th, 2009

I have a few shots to share from a while back that I’m finally processing. I had just gotten my 50mm 1.4 and was playing around with it wide open. The depth of field is so short it has this crazy ethereal quality.

Obama Inauguration in Times Square

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

One of the first things I did when I moved to New York was to spend a weekend protesting in Times Square. I’d been in the city for just under a month at the time of the election and since I didn’t officially have an address yet, I hadn’t registered to vote. But that fall [...]

Film

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

I’m reading that new Leibovitz book and am enjoying the hell out of it. I love photographer biographies, and although this one is more along the lines of discussions about photos, she does it in a more or less chronological order, and you can see how the work progresses over time.
The book is not about [...]

Portfolio Review

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

I’m stuck at work this week without any actual work to be done. When I look at my office IM system, the only people on the job are the ones in my department, waiting for the ones who aren’t in our department to bring us some work. Which ain’t going to happen.
But I’m not letting [...]



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