Working Pictures: May 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Friday, May 25, 2007

Medina, New York

Medina Shop Windows, 5/23/07

I was walking around Medina, NY, taking pictures, when an SUV with police markings pulled to the curb. One of the two officers inside asked me to approach the vehicle. He said they'd had a report that I was taking pictures. I said yes, that's what I'm doing. Taking pictures.

He asked if I had any ID. I showed him one. He asked, why are you taking pictures? I said it's what I do. I'm a photographer. Both cops burst out laughing.

People are a little crazy, the talkative cop offered. I said, you should see what happens when I get out the camera that's two feet wide. They waved and drove off to find other evildoers.

I went on taking pictures.

Medina, New York

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

Sofa & Love, $897

Seems like a pretty good deal.

Laceyville, Pennsylvania

Red, White, Blue, and Gray

Cross Reference

For anyone who is not a regular reader of The Online Photographer, hop on over (link in sidebar) for a fun post about cars, big and small cameras, drive-in theaters, the Zen of perfect packing, and other things as well. Look for a post titled "A Perfect Fit."

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Norwich, Connecticut

Window, Empty Factory Building

As per discussion with Martin in the comments, the earlier lazy version of the file without correction for the barrel distortion of this lens:

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania

Coal Country

Another new negative, shot this past March and headed for an exhibit of my Coal Country pictures in Scranton, PA, next September.

Monday, May 07, 2007

Wellfleet, Massachusettes

Newcomb Landing, Evening

In the past week I've gotten my "real" darkroom out of winter mothballs and hit a stone wall of plumbing problems only some of which I could handle by myself, so getting it back on line will have been pretty expensive. That's on top of the cramps I got from soldering fittings at floor level, under the sink, where I don't fit, on all the plumbing problems I could handle myself. But once done I was able to start in on my backlog of large format negatives from the past months. There aren't many (more on that later and in another venue) but some are quite nice.

I shot this view about ten years ago while teaching a workshop on Cape Cod, and loved the overall look of the 12x20 negative but there were some technical problems. I was delighted to recognize the same place with much better evening conditions while on the Cape a few weeks ago, and found that the 7x17 inch camera actually framed the view at least as well, with a wonderful late evening sky.