This week I happened upon a neat scene motivated by several articles in the news on the Standard Hotel.  You can search for them and see what's going on in the windows looking out on the city.

So as I shot the hotel to capture the unique scene I thought i'd share the two very different looks you can capture of the same subject just by changing your perspective.

Just as a fyi these shots were made about 3 mins apart - so nothing major.  Just enough time to walk under the building and get two shots of the window area.  If you need to see more of the hotel I have that shot as well - let me know.

This week I was playing around with a new point n shoot from my company.  One of the nice camera features to have at night is a manual exposure mode so you can really play with light and capture interesting scenes.

Here I shot the sunset happening across the river in NJ and as I crossed the West Side Highway I put the camera on the curb for the street scene.

These images were made at 1 second and 2 seconds with the FinePix F70EXR.

This week the Northeast was hit with our first heat-wave.  Luckily I got to the beach for a couple days and went for a swim.
The waves were crashing and I was playing with our "waterproof" camera the Z33WP.

I snapped this one just before the wave came down and it turned out as a fun one.  Hope you get to the beach soon as well.

This week marked a somewhat somber moment in the (slow?) rebuilding of the WTC in NYC.

Almost eight years later - the trade center construction has finally reached "street level".  The massive 1 World Trade Center building is inching its way towards its 1,776 feet height.  A huge 60ft (70 ton) beam was placed, and the build-out begins.    I was interested to learn that the main support beams are manufactured in Luxembourg.  The building is slated to be completed in 2013.

The PATH and subway trains have been running for years @ WTC and that's been great.

So here you have views of the underground and aboveground.  Though this is not the PATH train - but a shot from travels down there this week. Depending on your email viewer the street may look like you're peeking under....you can't see the beam in this photo - but i found a neat site referencing the moment for concrete professionals.

http://www.aggregateresearch.com/article.aspx?id=16960

There are some spots in NYC where you just can't go wrong when you point the camera out the window.

In the northern shot you can see the rail yards, the Javitt's center and if you know what to look for - the new Highline park snaking along the photo.

This week was a fun one with the camera.  So many great shots happened my way.
But the theme I focused on was circular, so here you have a few of those shots.

Yellow - One of the big stories this week was the debate on whether to ban the use of all handheld devices while driving.
As I sat in the back of a NYC Taxi working on emails the other night -  I was suddenly thrown against the divider and really wasn't sure what happened.  Clearly I was not the cause of the accident - but I wish I had seen it coming.

So out I hopped out and figured I'd take a couple  shots while two people who didn't speak english that well argued about who's fault it was.

Blue - The sky image is one that I think makes a great desktop image - so give it a whirl and replace that silly windows or mac desktop you've had since you got your computer.

This week I was lucky enough to capture three interesting scenes.

I've always thought the tennis courts at Stevens are situated in a neat spot and this shows them off.
There was an amazing sunset glow over Louse Point near Amagansett.
And lastly, I've always wondered how a tree grows out of the side of a building - but it does.

One of the neat events which happen in the area during the summer are the outdoor movies.

There are several locations where they occur and one of the neat ones due to its unique view is in Hoboken.

Here are a couple shots from that "theatre".

Dillon Remler

One of my favorite cousins - Dillon Remler

Dillon Remler

Dillon Remler

For about 35 years the diner on my corner - Joe Juniors - has been a neighborhood landmark.  As I type this I can smell the bacon on the grill wafting in my window.   It seems they are in a dispute with our landlord and are slated to close this weekend.   News trucks have been by and there is a petition etc etc.

It's hard to imagine they won't be there to feed the neighborhood - and I'm not yet sure something won't break last minute since by the look of the video on ny1.com you can see the father (landlord) is admitting that his son is making a bad decision - and as a tenant having dealt with the son for some time there's no surprise there.

Here are a few shots showing the character of the place many of you probably know.