Monthly Archives: November 2014

The season begins

Here in NYC, although stores start putting up Christmas decorations right after Halloween, the real sign that Christmas is near is the arrival of the “tree people” as we so affectionately call them. All over the city, the wooden frames … Continue reading

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On the street in snow

This was a day of all weather.  It went from a fairly warm 50 degrees in the early hours to wet snow and, rain and then wet snow with temps in the mid thirties . Not the ideal weather for … Continue reading

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Classic East Village

20 years ago Joshua and I lived in the East Village, a few blocks from where today’s photo was taken.  Mosaics like the one in the photo can be found all over the East Village (except near Astor Place, where … Continue reading

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Before and after

Recently I’ve been learning how to use Photoshop again, after years of working only in iPhoto to make basic adjustments.  I’m not a big fan of wildly altered photos, unless they are so stylized that it’s obvious and not just … Continue reading

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Ducks on display

I don’t know why ducks are so much fun to photograph.  They’re just ducks, after all – never one of my favorite animals.  But everything about them works in photos; the colors, their behavior and often the surroundings they are … Continue reading

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Back to photos

I’ve decided that I’m going to start posting my photos of the day here again, because honestly sometimes Facebook just doesn’t cut it.   It doesn’t matter how many hours you spend on a particular photo, it won’t get as … Continue reading

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