BUILD TO SUIT

Great Barrington, Massachusetts (July, 2013)

When I drove past recently, this building was completely remodeled and rented out as shops. But I didn't stop to try any pictures—too dull.

Steamy Windows

Liberty, New York (November, 2011)

Steamed up windows on a cold early winter morning.

Back Rub, Foot Rub

New York, New York (March, 2013)

Shop Window

Liberty, New York (November 2011)

Vacant Storefront

Liberty, New York (November, 2011)

Walden

Walden, New York, February, 2012

Valve 16, Valve 17

Waterbury, Connecticut

Over the past couple of weeks I've been printing from my archive of digital captures made over the past several years. I decided I've been spending too much time with the on-screen presentations and not enough with real prints. Even the process of editing on-screen to select pictures for small proof prints is very different from editing to select pictures for this blog. I find that I'm marking pictures that I didn't select for the blog the first time around, like the one above, from February, 2012.

Studying the little prints might give me a better understanding of what I've been up to with this shooting. I'll use some of the pictures overlooked the first time around for posting here. One thing I notice is how hot and cold the shooting runs. There are months/years where there's a steady stream of successful pictures, but others where almost nothing is working, and others where the success rate is much higher than usual. Don't know what that actually means, but it's pretty interesting.

Blue Cart, Blue Car

Waterbury, Connecticut

Presidents' Day

Woodbury, Connecticut

One Way

Waterbury, Connecticut

Dirty Snow

Waterbury, Connecticut

More Snow and Ice

Litchfield, Connecticut

Another from White Memorial last week.

More Snow

Litchfield, Connecticut

More from White Memorial about a week ago.

Snow on the Ground

Litchfield, Connecticut

At White's Memorial last week. A light dusting of snow during a bitter cold overnight.

From the MetroNorth

Westchester County, New York

I usually post very recent pictures here, but this is a little older one from last fall, made on the train to New York to teach a workshop at Penumbra. Over the past week I've been making a lot of small proof prints from my past three years of digital capture work, trying to get away from the trap of nothing but on-screen viewing and editing. This one somehow escaped my attention back in October and didn't make it to the blog, but I really liked it when I found it last week, so here it is, even if only on-screen.

Chrysler 140

Bethlehem, Connecticut

Lincoln's Birthday

Woodbury, Connecticut

Summer Wind

Bethlehem, Connecticut

Weed and Wall

Derby, Connecticut

Retaining wall along the river. The strange yellow doesn't appear to be paint but some sort of moss or fungus. Still serves as a graffiti scratchboard.

Groomers

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Monument

Seymour, Connecticut

Civil War memorial.

Shop Window

Naugatuck, Connecticut

This property in the middle of town has changed hands many times over the past several decades, always reincarnating as some form of antique or second-hand store.

Blog Notes

Another "Park Walks" Post at WPII, a dozen pictures of ice and snow from last week. Some notes about shooting in snow conditions.

Washington, Connecticut

PetSmart

Waterbury, Connecticut

Winter Woods

Kent, Connecticut

January forest at Macedonia Brook State Park. Deep overcast light with snow coming in.

Winter Swamp

Warren, Connecticut

Ice and snow, a dark sky with more snow on the way.

Winter Dunes

Milford, Connecticut

Doors and Windows

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Underpass

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Cold rain beneath the railroad tracks.