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NYC Photo Journal: Creativity Module: Finding the Magic Within
The current photography module is CREATIVITY. So let me explain … Watch the progression “Excuse me, but you’re sitting on my orange!”
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: Street Photography Module
7th and 57th Basically anything “out there” is street photography. Always my favorite. I have achieved the ability to “shoot from the hip” (without looking), shooting with my phone looking totally innocuous. Try me. The subway, NYC Nassau County, Long Island The Neue Gallerie, 5th Avenue at 86th Street Upper East Side, Manhattan editing process: the front of my car is removed, the items removed from subject’s hand, umbrella handle extended down, street cleaned, filters added. 59th Street Bridge (Ed Koch Bridge) into Manhattan Buildings, Reflections, More Driving by a busy street in Manhattan, … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: Night Module
Night: Oakland Lake Park A few photos from the night module Masters course IPhone Photography Academy all work on this module taken and edited with iPhone 6
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: The Picasso Sculptures at the MoMA
The Picasso Sculpture exhibit recently closed. It filled eleven galleries at The Museum of Modern Art with 140 pieces from 1902 to 1964. A few of my favorites. All photography taken with and edited on the iPhone 6 .
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: Being Driven to Abstraction
NYC Photo Journal: The Still Life
A recent iPhone course module was “still life.” Here are a few of my photographs. .
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: The Snow That Was a Blizzard
The recent almost-record-making blizzard of January 22-24, 2016, (NYC was short about a tenth of an inch in Central Park to tie for the title) provided a little opportunity for photography.
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: Weekly Winner in Composition
You can view the article here: 30 iPhone Photos That Use Excellent Composition The photo was taken looking down from one of many overhangs and was tightly cropped.
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: From the Whitney to The Highline: Spring in December + Contest Wins
Hello and Happy New Year! The first nice thing I can report is that the above photo which was one of thirty in a weekly contest held by the iPhonePhotoAcademy, was also one of one hundred in the annual contest: (click link>>) The 100 Best iPhone Photos Of 2015 The second thing is that I just found out this morning that another photo, also in the architecture domain, was chosen for The iPhone Academy on-line magazine. You can view it here>>>: 10 Essential Design Elements To Improve Your iPhone Architecture Photography On to business. New York City … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: Holiday Wishes
Well, dear friends, I am here to wish you good cheer and good health during the Winter holidays and the months to follow. Pick a holiday, any holiday, and enjoy it. Find its true meaning and let it sparkle within you. Or just go and have a damned good corned beef sandwich on rye. As I sit here writing, I am at the tail-end of a scintillating scotoma. For want of a better description, it is that shape that takes over my vision when I least expect it. I was innocently having my split pea soup when this “thing” … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: The Process of Processing
Telling a story. The process of processing. Getting drawn into the world of the captured. I have always loved street photography, the candid, and the other worlds of others. I do this as a blogger, incorporating where I go and what I see into a world for the viewer. Recently at the Museum of the City of New York I saw an exhibit of Jacob Riis’s heart-gripping photography from the late 1800s and on. Riis was so taken by the way the poor lived–rather existed– in the city that he was compelled to photograph every example he could. … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: The World Around Me
red All you have to do is look … All photos taken with iPhone6 and edited on the iPhone .
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: I Guess I’ve Been Busy: BKLYN/OHNY/Kings Theatre, East Midwood
This is me multitasking: notice how I can take a selfie of my selfies at the same time So, kids during my hiatus I have been caring for my mother’s issues, caring for my own issues, taking a lot of iPhone photos, doing a little playing: I’ve watched up to Season 5 of Game of Thrones, and everything but the final six or so episodes of Season 7 of Mad Men; I’ll be sorry to see these series end. As for movies; I loved Learning to Drive, I liked 99 Homes, saw a few plays at MTC (Manhattan Theater … Continue reading →
Travel Photo Journal 9: Smith College Museum of Art and Gardens
One of my favorite museums in the area: the Smith College Museum of Art; it was almost closing time and two of the floors were being renovated, so there was just a little time for a run-through to revisit some pieces. I am partial to Hassam’s painting of Union Square; I grew up half a century later and several blocks to the east on East 14th Street and Avenue B. Smith College has a lovely greenhouse and various gardens throughout the campus. Lots of yellow. Great dinner with dear friends at Viva Fresh Pasta, in Northampton. … Continue reading →
Travel Photo Journal 8: Amherst: The Yiddish Book Center: Molly Picon to Kutshers
The Yiddish Book Center is on the Hampshire College Campus. This is another place I have written about over the years; Aaron Lansky, its founder, made it his personal mission to save every Yiddish book he could, and he has, over decades, done so. The books have been rescued from all over the world and are in the process of being translated and uploaded to the internet. There is always an interesting exhibit, and the collections on Jewish culture and Yiddish authors are fascinating. The Current major exhibit: Photography by Marisa Scheinfeld: Echoes … Continue reading →
Travel Photo Journal 7: Williamstown: Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College is a joy to visit; pleasant beyond words, manageable in size and it provides the area with theater and art. The Williams College Museum of Art is a delightful, compact venue to view incredible collections. While there, I saw an exhibit of Whistler’s early sketches and small paintings which were almost a prequel to the Clark’s current exhibit. There was a comprehensive exhibit on Andy Warhol that focused on his beginnings as a graphic artist, book illustrator, designer, book cover designer, children’s book author: all the things I never knew he was before he became a pop art … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: Flora, Fauna, Farm, Flushing, NY: ifone Fotografy: Part 1
Flora home garden Lens experimentation The iPhone can zoom into macro mode, but the olloclip system can get to 7x, 10x, 14x, and 21x. I am still feeling my way with the strength of magnification. Fauna in and on the home front Flora & Fauna at The Queens Farm Museum, my now-place for fresh eggs and produce
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, LIfe: The N. Y. Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York is honoring the Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo from May 16 – November 1, 2015. Please visit this site for a multimedia bio.>>> Frida Kahlo Another article is here But first, a little Mexican food-truck lunch before the art and then the florals. The truck is fittingly called : Casa Azul, or “blue house,” named after Frida’s home and studio. [Food trucks are becoming popular all over the country. The tacos here were wonderful: the choice; fish and beef. And don’t forget the Tamarindo Jarrito soda.] Frida Kahlo was … Continue reading →
Goodbye to Al
This past Sunday I attended a memorial service for a lovely friend of the family. He passed peacefully in March and had reached the age of 95. He had a broker pack him up, sell his apartment and he moved to an assisted living facility in Connecticut near his sister. I sens that he sensed the end was near. He was a brilliant, kind and gentle man who was active in the New York State Teachers’ Union. He was a high school teacher and held degrees in business. You can read more about Al here, as well … Continue reading →