http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog New York | Dave Beckerman Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:20:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Infrared - of course.  I miss my camera.  There's one incident in New York (I think it was New York) that I can't get out of my mind - and that's the guard at a Walmarts that was trampled to death by a crowd looking for bargains on Black Friday.  They ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/12/03/boy-on-steps/ Something from a Beatle song when I see this... "Good mornin', Good mornin', Good Mornin'" and the sound of a rooster crowing.  And also Robin Williams! At the nexus, plexus, and sexus of the bridges. http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/12/01/good-morning-nyc/ p.s. I'm moving the images around in the photo store... so don't freak if you see a bunch of missing images tonight.  DB http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/30/manhattan-bridge-jogger/ 1991 - View Camera.  I used one of the wooden Wistas back then.  That's what I used for Poets Walk, Night Storm, Subway Car Interior and a few others that are in the store all these years.  It was called a field camera, but the front of the thing really ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/29/grand-central-1991/ Large format camera, looking south towards 59th street bridge. I'm still going through my old view camera work looking for shots to put in the store. Man, that was some lens. Rodenstock something, maybe a 75mm?  There's an overpass, halfway into the shot and you can easily read the sign.  You ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/28/fdr-1992/ On my third trip to Sedona, I rented a Jeep (I think it was a Jeep) and wandered around until towards the end of the day I found this cow pasture. I put the tripod up on the roof of the car, and took a couple of shots as ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/28/cow-pasture-sedona/ 2008. During the winter, at around 3:00, this light reflects from a condo window onto the sign. These tidbits of confluence interest me. I can't attribute any meaning to it; but nevertheless I have a collection of shots of this sign taken when the shadow of the window frame splits ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/28/no-parking-in-driveway/ Happy holidays. http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/27/couples-on-steps/ More ancient view camera work - maybe 1992?  I spent a lot of time lugging that thing in the down under the Manhattan Bridge area before, or as it was about to get the upgrade.  The writing was on the wall. http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/26/dumbo-factory/ Somebody had a vision, or a command to build a church in this unlikely place.  But there were a lot of unlikely things in Sedona before influx of tourists.  Back then, it was a big new-age place with lots of magic circles, and power spots.  I sat on many a ... http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/2008/11/25/rock-of-ages-church/