Through the Brooklens

Rocket out on the Loose Tooth!

2009-07-11T10:28:00.000-04:00

early spring photos from prospect park

2007-03-24T17:41:00.000-04:00

Parental challenges on East Broadway in Manhattan

2007-03-07T16:08:00.000-05:00

The kids were curious about what they found on a wall in Chinatown the other day. Since then they've haven't taken us parents quite so seriously.

Saturday afternoon at the galleries in Chelsea

2007-03-03T22:53:00.000-05:00

Couple recent photos

2007-02-27T22:36:00.000-05:00

Jay Street subway entrance

Two from Prospect Park

Reflective playground

2007-01-12T14:35:00.000-05:00

A few more from West Chelsea, art gallery central

2006-12-11T20:30:00.000-05:00

Shot while heading to a book fair in Chelsea

2006-11-26T21:44:00.000-05:00

Similar but different, while walking down 5th St.

2006-11-25T22:55:00.000-05:00

Similar, but different views of a Chrysler side mirror, shot while walking down 5th Street towards 5th Avenue. A beautiful old car. Which do you like better?

A Fall afternoon on 3rd Street near the Gowanus Canal

2006-11-06T12:31:00.000-05:00

1978 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

2006-10-28T12:11:00.001-04:00

What a ride!

This Caddy still looks pristine after almost 30 years. The green and chrome looked great against the gritty gray background of Third Avenue below the BQE.

Learn more about this car at the Cadillac Coupe DeVille wikipedia page.

Great light on a Brooklyn pier

2006-10-24T10:09:00.000-04:00

I was out on my bike and happened upon this public pier near the Brooklyn Army Terminal (different from the Navy Yard). You really need to know it's there as it's hidden behind a building. Here is the closest intersection.

Backways of Industrial Brooklyn

2006-10-23T11:06:00.000-04:00

Prospect Park Portraits - Strangers in the Park

2006-10-04T09:30:00.000-04:00

These are some casual portraits of people I came acrosss the other day while walking the Long Meadow in Prospect Park. I went up to total strangers and asked if I could take their picture. It's always interesting to see what you can get from just a few frames.

Stormy afternoon on the Staten Island Ferry

2006-09-08T12:28:00.000-04:00

I took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry the other day. While we were enroute to Staten Island from Manhattan, a big storm swept in from the west. Heading back to Manhattan the skies were rumbling and very dark. I tried to capture some lightning coming down around the city but it was too quick for me. It was a great time to be on the ferry where you could see big swaths of sky and storm.

Spaghetti Telecomm Manhattan

2006-09-06T17:40:00.000-04:00

When I saw this stuff I thanked my lucky stars that I am not a downtown Manhattan telecommunications lineman. Can you image trying to keep this stuff sorted out?

Precarious position

2006-08-03T17:29:00.000-04:00

I'm sure it's sturdy, but to me it looks like the sculpture is about to swallow this couple up.

From another angle:

Brooklyn's rapidly changing 4th Avenue

2006-07-07T14:17:00.000-04:00

The Brooklyn landscape of 4th Avenue near Park Slope is rapidly changing. Nondescript 1, 2 and 3 story buildings are being pulled down and 10+ story big buildings are going up, fast. This neighborhood will look radically different in just a few short years.

An evening at Coney Island

2006-06-26T14:08:00.000-04:00

Foggy morning along the Gowanus Canal

2006-04-26T12:18:00.000-04:00

I took a foggy walk the other morning along the Gowanus Canal. Fog simplifies backgrounds very nicely. You lose some details in your subjects, but that's not always a bad thing.

Wandering through DUMBO

2006-03-21T20:28:00.000-05:00

Down underneath the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (and therebouts) this is what I came across.

Puerto Morelos, Mexico

2006-03-09T11:50:00.000-05:00

I don't do a lot of color travel\scenic photography, but sometimes certain scenes are hard to pass up. I shot this while walking along the beach in Puerto Morelos, Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula, near Cancun). I was looking for street portraits (I'll post some of those later), but I saw and liked the dramatic cloud over the water. The bird and boat help to give a bit of interest and perspective to the photo.

Stranger in the Park

2006-03-08T09:40:00.000-05:00

I took this photo a few days after the big February snowstorm. This gentleman was taking in some late afternoon sun in Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library. His face glowed in the warm sun and stood out strikingly from the background shadows. I asked him if I could take his photo and he agreed. I took a few closer up, but I liked this composition of him sitting amidst the snow and chairs.

Here's the other photo, closer up. It definitely shows more of the character of the face, but less of the environment. Such are the tradeoffs in composition.

Flags on Fifth Avenue

2006-03-02T16:53:00.000-05:00

In the image above, I like the compositional possibilities of these three flags, waving in a light afternoon breeze. With no control over the wind, this is the situation where you need to take a number of shots and then see if anything interesting comes out of it. This is much easier thanks to digital; I don't think I would have tried this with film.

In the image below, I liked the shape and contrast of the man's coat against the bright sidewalk and the backlighted flags.

Urban reflections

2006-03-01T08:58:00.000-05:00

I took this photo on the corner of 43rd St and Madison Avenue. There was a big puddle at the corner that people were stepping around. The reflections of buildings, the lamppost, and the pedestrians made for some interesting compositions. I stood on the corner for about 15 minutes waiting for the right one to happen. I won't call it the 'decisive moment' (see Cartier-Bresson), but its a moment that worked better than the others.