The Vatican
- At September 08, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, Travel
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Summer has come and gone, as has vacation time. Our trip to Italy is now well behind us, and I’m no further along in transposing my shots into a photo book. Likewise Blog Negligence has set upon me with too little content. Both due in large part to the unfortunate confluence of an out-of-date computer and larger image files; the whole process of reviewing and developing photos is now such a chore punctuated by waiting-for-things-to-happen that I no longer enjoy it. But I digress. Figured it was time do something at least with the blog. And as it’s Sunday I figured The Vactican would be as good a choice as any.
Read More»Beauty and the Beast
- At July 01, 2013
- By Jay
- In Black & White, Color, Long Exposure, Travel, Urban & Street
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I hadn’t intended on publishing anything else until we left Florence, but going through photos and making selects gave me pause. As we get ready to go out and enjoy what Firenze has to offer I give my daughter a little lesson in humility. She has the good fortune to enjoy views like this:
This fellow, unfortunately, sees life a little different yet sits only 10 feet away from where the above was taken.
It’s worth giving thanks from time to time.
Italy Precursor: Venice Fave
- At June 30, 2013
- By Jay
- In Black & White, Long Exposure, Travel
- 1
Italy is all that and a bag of chips.
In our limited time here the vibe and view are precisely what I expected. And starting in Venice was a fascinating experience. I find it mindblowing how that city developed into a labyrinth of narrow passages and canals with nary a road in sight.
Read More»The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- At June 25, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, Travel, Urban & Street
- 1
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
That would have been me during a recent trip to beautiful Montreal. With my camera firmly resting on a tripod (Really Right Stuff – you guys rule), aimed up at the monolithic structure that is the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. And yours truly bent down trying to frame the damn thing. Even with a 24mm lens it barely fit.
Read More»Number 32
- At June 24, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, iPhone, Urban & Street
- 0
Clearing off e-mail and came across this which I sent to myself for post-processing while in Saint John. We were just heading in to a fine local establishment late in the afternoon and I stopped in front of this great looking old building. Low, hard light brought out the texture of the brick and the shadows added to the graphic presentation.
Fortunately my iPhone is always handy.
Usually I’ll process iPhone photos on the phone itself, but for this I had some geometric distortion to take care of and Adobe Lightroom’s new lens correction features work amazingly well to square things off. Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 finished the black and white treatment.
