A cold morning in NYC

Photos from a morning in NYC last week.  All photos taken on Ilford Delta 100 film on a Fuji 6x9 medium format rangefinder camera.  I am really enjoying shooting film again.

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Carl

Pete Seeger - January 19th 2013

 The Master's hand

 Pete Picks a tune with Jim Scott.

I was fortunate enough to see Pete Seeger in concert again.  This time he performed with Jim Scott and also the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Rock Tavern, NY.  Pete is just amazing.  At 93 years of age he carries his own equipment, plays and tells the most amazing stories.  I can think of no better way to celebrate the legacy of Dr King than to sing 'We Shall Overcome' with Pete Seeger and a 150 other folks on a cold night in January, in Upstate New York.  It was an amazing experience.  Pete is still an activist as well.  Some things will never change I guess.  The note above is something Mr Seeger sent to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to weigh in on the fracking debate.  The man is a national treasure.  If you agree with his politics or not you have to admit he has stood up for what he believed his entire life.  I hope to be able to see Pete in concert for many more years to come.

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Carl

A Foggy Sunday Morning

last Sunday Morning I woke to one of my favorite things to photograph... Fog after snow.  So I headed to the falls at Minisceongo Creek and got these photos.  The conditions were changing fast.  I love these they are so moody and thoughtful.

What are your favorite conditions to photograph in or depict in paintings?

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Carl

F-Style Mandolin

Here is the another mandolin for the series of shots I have taken.  This is an F-Style Loar Mandolin.  They are such beautiful instruments.  The last one that will get photographed my Mom gave to me and was my Grandfathers.  It needs a little cleanup work first though.  These have been fun to photograph and I am having even more fun learning to play the mandolin!

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Carl

Another Mandolin

This one is my Ovation mandolin.  it was feeling left out.  It has more of a guitar shaped body than the traditional mandolin, but for learning on it is much easier for me.

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Carl

2013

I took these photos of my mandolin yesterday.  It is an Epiphone A type Mandolin.  I have picked it up again recently after it hanging on the wall for a while.  It is part of my plan (although one of my plans is to be less of a control freak and have less plans) for 2013.  I am re-aligning some priorities.  My family and my art still come first and are a whole tier above anything else, but some of the things I have been spending time on that have not yielded any of the results I hoped for will fall down the list or off of it all together.  One of the things I am pursuing in 2013 is to stop messing around with my mandolin and really learn how to play folk tunes and bluegrass on it.

What are you plans for 2013.  I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2013.

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Carl

After the Snowfall...

It snowed on Saturday and I had planned to get up at first light to shoot the freshly fallen snow, but could not sleep so I went out two hours before sunrise and shot these beauties of the old pump house at Skylands. The exposures were 30 seconds long.  I used a flashlight (That's a torch for my friend Dave in England) to paint the front of the building with light and bring out hidden detail in the shadows.  I let the wide open shutter do the rest.

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Carl

Daytona - WWI Fallen Soldiers Memorial

I saw these columns and trees in a park in Daytona and thought it would make a great infrared photo.

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Carl

Florida foliage in Infrared Black and White

Mery Christmas to all!

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Carl

 Ponce Inlet Light

 Atlantic Sunrise, Daytona Florida

After 3 days in the car and several nights in motels it was great to get out with my camera for a bit at sunrise this beautiful Sunday Morning in Daytona.

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Carl