Tag: pier

Red Hook

In late November, 2003, a friend gave us lunch at his restaurant and walked us around Red Hook, Brooklyn. Still new to shooting jpegs, straight out of the camera with the 5 MP Dimage A-1, I took these (an many other unworthy ones) as we walked through the neighborhood. Click any one of them, to see them all enlarged.

Piering at Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge Park
Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge Park

Like beautiful flowers or sunsets, it’s impossible not to take shots like these when you find them in your path – no matter how may times you (and countless others) have done it before.

The Case for Color

Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York

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To crop or not to crop?

After visiting Photoville I’ve been overcome by the feeling that my standard B&W view of photography is hopelessly outdated: I’m creating works that simply betray my age. The web world is colorful, bright, spontaneous (and superficially ephemeral). So here are 2 very different takes on the exact same shot: one black and white, one color; one almost the entire original frame, the other severely cropped. The cropped version focuses more on the face of the boy with his arms dramatically outstretched. the B&W version shows the distance between the black boy and the 2 Asian friends and shrinks the people relative to the gargantuan New York harbor and skyline, the Brooklyn bridge looming behind them. Which do you prefer (open the blog post to answer a poll)?