West Third
West Third II
“Some photographers take reality…and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.”
Ansel Easton Adams
“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” George Eastman
Brooklyn. 2010.
Brooklyn. 2010.
8.8.2010.
8.12.2010.
“In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.” August Sander
“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” Robert Frank
“What can possibly be different today?”, I ask myself. Then I look outside the studio window and slightly down. Incredibly, the roof is now a garden/ forest where there was debris and a lonely branch just three months ago (small photographs). It is clear what lies ahead. Even for this building- constructed like a fortress as a tire factory ninety two years ago, it is back to the earth eventually.
Renewal. 6.24.2010.
“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.” - Brooks Atkinson
“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to SEE something, and tell what it SAW in a plain way… To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all in one.” - John Ruskin
Clarion. 6.14.2010.
Clarion. 6.14.2010.
Clarion. 6.14.2010.
Clarion River Series. 6.14.2010
The Clarion River- once the most polluted river in Pennsylvania!
Peony 5.27.2010
Carnegie 6.2.2010
“I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.” - Irving Penn
“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” - Robert Frank
Boardwalk. Incredible.
Boardwalk. Storm II.
I had the impulse to bring my camera along to lunch today. After all, we were going to eat ‘al fresco’ at the Boardwalk Cafe with it’s uninhibited view of Lake Erie. Actually, its more like you’re eating in the lake or on the lake rather than at the lake. The cafe’s outdoor tables are right on what was the dock for the former automobile and paper warehouse, Quay 55, which was built in 1929 and abandoned in 1974.
So- about the impulse to bring along the G10- I had it in my hand and then I succumbed to the resistance and put the camera down before leaving for lunch. Given that fact, I was not at all surprised that while finishing up eating the bountiful and fresh garden salad, I was absolutely struck by the impression of Lake Erie framed by the umbrella and the railing, along with the graceful hanging planters.
As I pulled out the Blackberry Storm II to see if it’s fixed focal length lens could ‘capture’ the scene as seen, one of my lunch companions pulled out his new HTC Droid Incredible. I immediately snatched it from him to make some comparison files.
Above are the post production results, after some basic PS color balance and exposure adjustments. Both ‘cameras’ product decently large files, however the Incredible’s is larger. Both produce acceptable file quality, although the Storm II falls a little below acceptable and the Incredible is amazingly above acceptable in quality.
Overall, this quite unscientific test definitely inspires camera envy in the phone category!
Occasionally I come upon expressions of creativity which, in their similarities and simplicity, spark a moment of recognition. On a recent walk these door details and ornaments spoke to me in this way….
#1 1.22.2010
#2 1.22.2010
#3 1.22.2010
“The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” - Emile Zola
[1840 – 1902] French writer and amateur photographer
“…the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models. (referring to his famous photo “Pepper #30″)” - Edward Weston
Wings Confit.
Fromage Blanc. Braised Olives.
Foie Gras Steamed Clams.
Recently photographed (and eaten) at Chef Jonathan Sawyer’s Greenhouse Tavern… Congratulations Chef for being named one of America’s Best New Chefs for 2010 by Food & Wine Magazine!