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Weekly phone post

Wedding fun from Sunday!

Everyone always asks me " Do you always carry a camera with you?" and I always say yes of course!

The other day it was hot - real hot - dam hot - and carrying my DSLR was not really working for me and I debated what to go with and picked up my point n shoot instead.

No sooner did I step out my door did I see the first major accident in my hood in 10 years. Two taxis ricocheted off each other and one hit the phone booths pretty hard. I began snapping best I could with my F70EXR and here are some of the many pix. It also gave me a new appreciation for the barriers they put up in front of the phone booths. It protected the phones and took the brunt of the car - crushing the front end of the cab.

The lesson of the day is the old saying - when you least expect it......

Have a great weekend. A short video from the event is posted here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mlqfQsOvo

Weekly Email 6-18-10

This week I shot a couple neats portraits. One was an experiment with the panoramic feature in the camera and the other was a great setting.

At the beach I thought about trying to see what happens with the sweep pano feature if the scene didn't change during exposure. With this feature you need to rotate the camera as it shoots and it then stitches the photo for an approximately 180 degree image. So as I rotated the camera I kept my face in the way and the image you see is what the camera did. The pano image are of course very long but not very high so hopefully you can view them large enough to see details. Certainly won't work on the phone!

The other image is of the Brommers, who when I saw them step up to the alter at a party in a converted synagogue on the lower east side - I knew I had a great shot with the colors and their "look" during this spontaneous moment.

Have a great weekend.

Weekly Email 6-11-10

This week I was playing with high speed capture in both video and still.

One of the shots I've always liked is the sand flying from the swing of the golf club in a sand trap.

Of course any golf day is bound to have one or two of these so when the opportunity came I got ready and decided to take a chance and just shoot it.

I wouldn't recommend trying this on a drive - since I was just playing the odds that Kayce would hit it over me as I was laying down near the edge of the trap.

Have a good weekend.

Brandon

FinePix HS10 @ 1/1400

PS - Kayce rocked a 65ft put on the 18th that was beyond words with a corkscrew finish to drop in.

New Gadget for Followers

If you haven't been to Times Square in a while - things have certainly changed over the past year.
With the new traffic patterns instituted and the pedestrian mall - the area is alive and teeming with people from all over the world.

These pics show the depth of people from edge to edge.  It's really an amazing transformation now that Broadway is closed.

The overview shot is from the top corner of the risers which is shown in a sweep panoramic shot far left corner.  The last is a shot from about 3 blocks away of the big screen with tourists taking pics at the top of the stairs.  720mm close up shot.

Have a great weekend!

This week my wanderings around NYC opened my eyes to many different scenes.

There was the sign of the times with gold hitting near record highs and a barber shop branching out to take advantage of desperate souls needing a buck while getting a trim.  I'll trade ya for that necklace!

There was the hasidic man crossing the street with his minimal garb compared to a young woman schlepping two fancy bags full of her daily gear.

Then I saw a man sleeping on a BP sidewalk in Soho while the world passed him by.  The added touch that caught my eye was the AIR and the billboard in the background saying Watch. Listen. Be blown away.  We can all be thankful we're not calling that sidewalk home.

Lastly was my bus ride home.  There's just something nice about a late night bus ride through NYC.

Have a great weekend.

This week I went to watch my nephews play some of their first Little League games in Woodstock.

They are both still getting the hang of it and I'm sure they will grow to enjoy the game as I did.  For now though, it is Simon's turn in the spotlight as he works on his timing in batting and catching.  I got to thinking how rare it is to have photos from my first games versus today's photographic landscape and how almost every kid will have an abundance of memories captured.
The lesson of the day to is to print the photos you like and to make sure to back up regularly so you don't lose the captured memories.

I am sure one day he'll find these shots and thank me for making the most of a 7 year old's efforts.

Shooting a game like this made for many fun shots, so get out there and go for it.  It was also a good workout for shooting and timing action.

Not much has to be said here.  Just a terrific view at the bar as I ordered a drink this week.

While the Dow is moving down I am looking up.

This week there are a few images from a different vantage point than usual.  I tried to vary the color choices and keep it lively.

I shot the photos using the flip out screen of the HS10.  It makes it much easier to shoot up while looking into the screen at waist level or ground level.

Hope you have a great weekend.