Two sides of the same coin. Hoboken Terminal Station.

I went to the Hoboken Terminal Train Station today with the goal of showing two sides of the same coin in one place.  I chose the classical elegance of the Beaux-Arts Waiting room and contrasted it with the modern, edgy and run-down platform.  It was an awesome exercise!  I truly enjoyed the challenge.

I will post more images of the waiting room soon.  It deserves its own post and a write up of this grand space.

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An oldie, but a goodie

Here ia an old favorite that I found When I started scanning film for my upcoming B&W project.  Taken an evening many years ago at my wife's parents place in Naples, NY (In the wine country of the finger lakes).  It's just a nice little sunset, but it has always made me happy.

Tomorrow much paperwork to do and some organizing.  If I get my work done early enough I may that myself to taking some photos (film and Digital) at a nearby train station.

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Carl

Sunrise - Whitecap Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod

Sunrise at Whitecap Beach in Eastham was just incredible!  One of the best sites I have ever seen.  You can't beat the bay side of the cape for sunsets and the ocean side for sunrises!  If you are on the cape get out there with your camera and capture one of these incredible scenes.

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Carl

Gray's Beach at Sunset

I went to Gray's Beach around sunset one night last week and was treated to one of the best sunsets I have ever seen.  I will have more to post tomorrow.

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Carl

Cape Cod photos from last week.

Here are the first few photos from our trip to Cape Cod last week.  We were there celebrating my parents 50th anniversary.  It was nice to get a chance to share the Cape with my folks and Wendy's Mom and Al.  Thanks for a great time everyone.  Lobster rolls taste even better in the fall!

These photos are from a morning I went out to shoot the sunrise and Salt Pond Landing in Eastham.  I will post shots from different locations on the Cape over the next couple of days.

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Carl

Days on the Cape...

Hi Folks

No pics today.  We are on the Cape and having a lovely time.  I have been testing out my medium format film cameras to shoot B&W for a new project I am working on where I shoot on film.  Then have it scanned and then have the images produced on hand toned traditional fiber based B&W prints.  This will be a way to create beautiful traditional hand made prints while still being able to have the digital workflow for editing I have grown used to.  I am shooting on 6x9cm negatives to get the best scans possible.  All of this is in the testing stages, but I would like to make my next solo show all about the glory of B&W.  Stay tuned.  I will post my progress along the way.

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Carl

Maybe it is the time of year....

At least once a year (and in the fall I think) I start to want to start shooting film again.  There are aspects of film that I truly miss.  The slower craftsman like approach to each exposure for one comes to mind.  This normally runs its course after I have shot a few rolls and have been faced with the wait for the lab to develop the film and then for me to have hi-res scans done of the best shots.  Ultimately I love the digital workflow.  Shoot in the morning, edit in the afternoon and send off to the lab to have beautiful finished work back in a few days... or even sometimes print myself.  The quality on digital is great and I have had digital prints done up to 30x40 inches.  So why get nostalgic for film at all?  For one thing I have some great medium format cameras with great lenses just waiting to be used.  I have decided that this year I would shoot film again, but only if I can not do something in digital.  I have found two cases that will allow me to use my favorite digital B&W lab Digital Silver Imaging (these guys are the best around) and produce images I can't get with my Canon 50D.  I have a film based panorama camera that I will shoot in B&W.  This is a fun camera and I look forward to knocking around the city with it.  For landscape... My old Fuji 6x9 rangefinder is coming out of retirement.  This old gem has great glass and produces negatives nearly seven times the size of a 35mm negative.  Shooting with the Fuji will help keep me snap too.  It is a manual focus camera with no meter.  I have gotten lazy about exposure and don't want to lose that muscle.  This can allow me to produce big beautiful B&W prints on traditional fiber based B&W paper and have the best of all worlds.  So look for me to start posting about what I am up to with my film cameras.  I will post the headaches and triumphs here on the blog every once in a while.  I now have a camera bag for my film cameras and one for my digital stuff.  I am heading to the Cape for a few days with my family so will start my journey back into film there.  Maybe some long time exposures by the ocean in Black and white would be fun.

This will be the year I start making a name for my self with the beauty of old fashioned B&W.

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Carl

B+W from Rickett's Glen

I just love the rich texture of these in nice warm Black and White prints.  I will be shooting B&W film here this fall I can't wait to see them side by side.

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Carl

One more from Rickett's Glen

Here is one last image from Rickett's Glen.  We are heading to Cape Cod again for a few days with family next week.  I'll have some new images to share then... and maybe something before then.

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Carl

Waterfalling Rickett's Glen Pa.

I went to an absolutely amazing place today called Rickett's Glen State Park.  Within a seven mile trail there are over twenty named waterfalls and scores of small waterfalls.  Due to a time limit I set on myself I only got to see about a third of the trail, but was able to come away with these beauties!  I will be back later in the fall to see more of the wonders held in this gem of a park.  It was totally worth getting up at 4:30 and driving two and half hours to get there.

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Carl

More Cape Photos

Here are a few more photos from last week on the Cape.  We had a great time.  I am starting to go thru the pictures of us and our friends enjoying Cape Cod.  I will post a few of those this weekend.

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Carl

A Week on Cape Cod

After wrapping up my solo show I headed to cape Cod to join wendy and our friends for our vacation which was in progress.  I found a lot of great stuff to take new photos of as i wandered around the Cape.  Just what the Dr ordered after all the hard work that went into the show.  It was great to be out with my camera again.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl