Greetings, this blog is dedicated to my life in photography. I want to make this a place to stop and relax. In the hope that this will help in these trying times
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New year's eve 2009 Canon 5D
Let us wish you a joyful new year. Let's hope that this coming year will be better than 2009 and that it will grant you all you want. Thanks for visiting. We hope to bring you more interesting photos in 2010. Happy New Year / Buom Capodanno,
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 30, 2009 Nikon D200
Photo of the day Dec. 29,2009 Canon 1D II
Monday, December 28, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec 28 2009 Canon 1D II
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 27 2009 Canon 5D
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Photo of the Day, Christmas 2009 Canon 1DII
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec 23, 2009 Olympus E 300
Monday, December 21, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec 22, 2009 Canon 20D
Photo of the day, Dec 21. 2009 Canon 1D II
The winter solstice. The only good thing about it is that from now on the days wioll get longer. I return to this spot on the Delaware River. This is shot from the Pennsylvania side looking south and taking in a bridge by Roebling. Beautiful spot. Shoy in the Middle od October 2007 with the canon 1D II and the 16-35 2.8 L.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 20 2009 Canon 5D
Because it's really snowing in NYC, my thoughts turn to summer. I hate the winter, the snow and anything wintry. This is an old school house in northern NJ. Up to a few years ago, it was run by a local group that kept it open for people to visit and enjoy. It was then turned over to the Federal Government that now keeps it closed all the time and allows no visitors anymore. It makes my anarchical genes rise. At any rate, it was shot in late August of 2007 with the Canon 5D and the EF 35mm 2.8 lens.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Photo of the day Dec, 19 2009 Nikon D1X
There's something about the color of the D1X that makes me return to the many images I shot with them. Great color. Just 5.6 mega pixels nut what image quality! This was shot in 2006 during the winter and the geraniums are from one of my flower pots. Just fooling around with the D1X and the 60mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Photo of the day, dec. 18, 2009 Nikon D700
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Photo of the day Dec. 16,2009 Nikon d 700
Monday, December 14, 2009
Photo of the day Dec. 15 2009 Nikon D 700
Photo of the Day Dec 14, 2009 Nikon D2H
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec 13, 2009 Canon 30D
Friday, December 11, 2009
Photo of the day Dec. 11 2009 Canon A 620
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Photo of the day Dec. 10 2009 Canon 5D
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 9, 2009 Nikon D 200
Monday, December 7, 2009
Ohoto of th day Dec 8, 2009 Canon G9
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 6, 2007 Panasonic LX 3
Friday, December 4, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec. 5, 2009 Canon 5D
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Photo of the day Dec 4, 2009 Nikon D1X
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Photo of the day, Dec 2, 2009 Canon 20D
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
A modest proposal
I believe that in the end it will be high ISO and improved DR that will separate the great cameras from the more mundane ones. First we must get away from the higher mega pixel race. There's a point where resolution will actually become problematic. We already have reasonably high resolution so we must insist now that camera makers continue to improve on ISO and DR performance. This will free us from all our attachments to the film days. We can use digital cameras in new ways and finally take advantage of their strengths. This opens up new ways of taking pictures both useful for professional applications and for creative ones. We can shed all our film mannerisms. Not that film mannerisms are bad; they apply to film.
This is not a film Vs digital debate as both have their strengths and weaknesses. This is a plea that we begin to use our digital cameras in ways that we could never do before with film and push the creative envelope further. I hope that the camera maker's are listening. We can only hope.
This is not a film Vs digital debate as both have their strengths and weaknesses. This is a plea that we begin to use our digital cameras in ways that we could never do before with film and push the creative envelope further. I hope that the camera maker's are listening. We can only hope.
Photo of the day, Nov 30. 2009 Panasonic LX3
Photo of the day Nov 29, 2009 Panasonic LX3
Stay tuned for great pizza in Brooklyn. This is Paul Giannone, stoking the fire in his outdoor pizza oven in his house in NJ. He invited us to a pizza tasting as he embarks on a great culinary adventure, namely a new pizzeria. This is not your typical corner pizzeria with the so called pizza cheese and gas oven. Instead this is one of the new breeds of pizzerie artigianiali that use all authentic products like mozzarella di bufala, San Marzano tomatoes and flour all from Italy, not to mention a wood burning oven built in Naples. The restaurant that will honor the great Neapolitan pizza traditions, is about to open in late December 2009 or early January of 2010. From what we tasted, the pizza will be excellent and true to the art. We wish him well. The restaurant will be located at Franklin Street and Greenpoint Anenue. We can hardly wait to go there.
I want to thank Paul for the invite. We had a great time. Good food and good company is an unbeatable combination. BUONA FORTUNA PUL, E GRAZIE.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Photo of the day, Nov 28, 2009 Nikon D 200
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Photo of the day,. 27 2009 Minolta 404
Spring of 2003 at Juniper Valley Park in Queens. The city built these fancy baseball fields but they are not open to the general public. They also keep them in great shape. Very strange but not surprising in view of the usual corruption in NYC. These fields are used by parochial schools. Apparently the city politicians have never heard of the separation of church and state. The camera was the superb Minolta 404 with a great lens and a nice 4 mega pixel sensor.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Photo of the day. Thanksgiving 2009 Canon 10D
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Photo of the day Nov. 25, 2009 Olympus E300
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Photo of the day, 11-23-09 Canon 5D
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Photo of the day Nov. 21, 2009 Nikon D1X
Friday, November 20, 2009
Photo of the day Nov. 20, 2009 Nikon D1X
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Photo of the day 11-19-09 Canon Ft
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Photo of the day, Nov. 18, 2009 Nikon F
Monday, November 16, 2009
Photo of the day, Nov. 17, 2009 Nikon D200
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Photo of the day. Nov. 15, 2009 Canon FT
Way back in September of 1972 with the Canon Ft and the 50mm 1.4 FL lens. The film was Kodachrome II; yes ASA or ISO 25! Those were the days when you had to have steady hands. Th1s was an Amish children in Pennsylvania. We are spoiled today with our new sensors and their high ISA performance. I really miss that old Kodachrome. It is no longer available, alas.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Photo of the day, Friday Nov. 13th Canon G9
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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