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2025 Picking Pics (from a westernized perspective)
I’ve decided to review my photos for 2025 and select a few for posting to help analyze why they speak to me. Curating photos is difficult for the photographer. I’m sure the professionals would disagree, but the truth is that a hobbyist, by definition, isn’t a pro and therefore, requires more TIME to complete the…
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The City That Never Sleeps
The Christmas holidays distort reality in New York City. For a short time, the visitors revel in the holiday spirit, the street performers cater to the holiday cheer and the windows on 5th Avenue are decorated to interest the tourist with a style that is all New York… Sigma Bf, Meike 55mm 1.8 Pro But…
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The Fog
A mile East of here lies Manhattan Island. To be invisible from this location, a dense fog must take hold over the river and grip the atmosphere with a stranglehold; such is the overt presence of a 22.8 sq. mile island with more than 100,000 buildings and 1.6-1.7 million residents. Buildings reach more than 1400…
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Some BS from the Bf
Speaking to self: “I’m going to use that 24mm I bought when I purchased the camera and try for some dramatic photos of landscape. And you know what else? Maybe I could stop off in a small town and come up with some interesting photos of the place on the way to the reservoir/lake.” Problem…
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NYC Street Portraits
Technically flawed, spontaneously captured, “run and gun,” trying to keep up with the hustle and bustle. I present those that visit, those that work and those that live…in NYC. December 2025 All images taken with the Sigma Bf camera and Sigma 45mm 2.8 lens.
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Can you grab some bagels?
I woke up this morning to another grey sky day and it seems December is transforming into November. The Art of Noise has a wonderful song named Opus 4 and I suggest, when you have a chance (preferably in November), to play it on your typically cloudy mid-autumn leafless day. No sun, no birds, no…
Amateur in photography. Amateur in life. 