It was another quiet week, not exploring the frontier, here in New Jersey.
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#WeeklyGrindThingie: A quick macro perspective thingie.
It was another quiet week, not exploring the frontier here in New Jersey.
For spring, the weather has been ‘meh, at best. Most days, cool, some days rainy. The week was not that enjoyable. I guess that’s a good thing considering currents events.
I got bored with photography around my house. I decided to change my perspective and pull out my favorite macro lens. It did the trick. I used it a lot, kept calm, and carried on, sipping coffee along the way.
For spring, the weather has been ‘meh, at best. Most days, cool, some days rainy. The week was not that enjoyable. I guess that’s a good thing considering currents events.
I got bored with photography around my house. I decided to change my perspective and pull out my favorite macro lens. It did the trick. I used it a lot, kept calm, and carried on, sipping coffee along the way.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.#WeeklyGrindThingie: Keeping a stiff upper lip
It was another Socially Distanced week, not really exploring the frontier here in New Jersey. 
The Ides of March had passed as well as a turning point in history. Current events, it seems, would be keeping us isolated a lot longer than initially thought. All I could do to support the efforts was to keep a stiff upper lip, keep calm, and carry on. Luckily for me, there was work to be done.
Something I had to figure out in all this was how to adapt my photography to the new normal. I had made plans, but world changes made that impossible.
I am keeping up with my morning cup ritual. It has been an excellent start to the day.
I do manage a walk now and then. I need to add something new to the rotation. Maybe look back and resurrect some old projects. Lots to think about.
I need to add something new to the rotation. Maybe look back and resurrect some old projects. Lots to think about.Weekend walks have been the same. Nice bits of photo meditation did find their way into my life. They are socially distanced, of course.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie: Service Disruption
It has been a quiet busy week exploring the frontier out here in New Jersey.
The weather has been weird for this time of year, temperatures fluctuating wildly. It been wet at times, but not too cold. I have not pulled out my big coat for the year, it feels weird.
My work-life balance has been a little off and a little disruptive. It seems like my day job is going through a bit of a paradigm shift. It’s made things uneasy on most days. After the 12th hour of either email are phone conversations, a bit of mental exhaustion slowly fades in. It is a time where I just have to learn to adapt, attempt to be a finer person, do what’s necessary.
I have not been wandering around much with my camera during the workweek. Calls start earlier lately, and my camera stays on my wrist while I’m either responding to a message. It makes long for the weekend more.
Recently an old lens fell into my world. On Sunday morning, after a rain, I took it out for a test on my Sony a7. It was a screw mount lens, and the adapter I had for it was a bit too big. It made this lens a fascinating macro ish lens. It was fun figuring it out in the quiet next to a lake.
Again this was a week, fueled by coffee. Those quiet moments I found, for a sip, here and there, were helpful.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie:Said the snakes on the vine… Twisting.
It was a quiet week, exploring the frontier as we started another rotation around Sól….
#WeeklyGrindThingie: …needed to look at things differently.
Greetings to all. It was a short and quiet work week exploring the frontier.
I am not a perfect geek. A break from things was needed. The weather was cool, and I lacked purpose. Behind my eyes, ideas were grey, and my creativity was just not there.
To recover my creativity from the darkeness, I decided to change the critical lens of my third eye. I was thinking about a lot of things and realized I needed to look at things differently.
Since I use photography as a form of meditation at times, I broke with my tradition of using a wide-angle or standard lens, and put on an 85mm, walked for a while. It was helpful.
On the weekend, I borrowed a 70-200, went out early in the morning, and worked out some more things in the cold. Getting myself out of my comfort zone was what was needed.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie: A cacophony of camera work
It was not a quiet week exploring the frontier here in New Jersey.
While the October days seemed to be pleasant, they were actually a cacophony of work. The only thing I could do was keep calm and carry on. I was not in control, and if I fought against the current, I would have drowned in work.
There was three press conference, back to back in various parts of New Jersey.
Preparations for a new project were underway.
When I made it to the weekend, all I wanted was a bit of calm and a lot of coffee.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie: different textures, scenes, and characters
It was a week, that required no imagination, exploring the frontier here in New Jersey.
Visually there were a variety of things that appeared before me. The weather was cool and crisp, and autumn was in full swing. Leaves were changing colors, and at night, slight hints of winter were in the air.
The world, before me, was filled with different textures, scenes, and characters. It was almost hard to think about the variety of forms and shapes I encountered.
The first thing of note was a new lens. By some weird happenstance in the universe, I ended up with e Sony 85mm 1.8 FE lens for my Alpha Sony Alpha Camera. It had been a lens I had been dreaming about owning, and like an explosion, it came into existence. I got to play with things a little differently.
I also started using the Tamron 17-28 Fe Lens in my actual camera work. This lens, equation wise, is ideal for my current slate of projects.
One of these projects involved working side by side with a drone operator in some uncanny locations. I think getting a drone license is in my future.
With all the crazy work for the week done, I got to do something fantastic. I spent Friday at ‘The New York Coffee Festival.’ It was a week-long vacation wrapped up one day. Just what I needed.
When the weekend arrived, me still in a caffeinated euphoria, a walk was needed. I took the Sony 85 mm out to explore and hopefully not run into any real weeping angels. (It’s a Doctor Who thing)
Suddenly ART!
My bride heard about and exhibition. Kara Walker & Jason Moran debuted Katastwof Karavan, a steam-powered calliope housed in a parade wagon. The show was at the beginning of the Highline outside the Whitney Museum.
The visit to the museum gave me an opportunity for a evening walk on New York Highline . Something I have not done in a long time.
With a little more coffee on a calm Sunday, I found a bit of calm…
.. and a Monarch Butterly.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie: Well its been two weeks
It has been an insane past couple of weeks exploring the frontier here, on many different paths, in New Jersey.
The fall was in full-on display, and I have tried to enjoy it as much as possible. It’s been difficult, however.
Things have been so busy I have had a hard time keeping up with my personal photography. I basically lost the ‘work-life balance thing,’ and it all blended in. There were times in the past couple of weeks where I, basically, thought to myself, “I can’t bleeping do this anymore.”
One job had me all over the state.
Another job had me out at night.
At times though, I did try to take breaks, make my way away from humans, enjoy the quiet.
One of the places I enjoyed closed also. I am going to miss the coffee conversation at the Peccary.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
#WeeklyGrindThingie: It was a long week.
It was a brutal week exploring the frontiers here in New Jersey. There was so much to do and so little time.
This week was quite the experience, and the weather was brutal at times. Things seemed to slow down to a crawl at times. Amongst all that, there were things to see and camera work.
Waking up early to begin work, I’ve seen things most people would not believe. Exploding atoms leaving the sun in a radiant orange as the city around me awoke.
The reason I was up early at times was to catch a particular train from a particular point of view. It never came. I did get a train in the frame though.
Worked commenced in full after that. I did escape in the morning heat though for a walk in New York, while it was not too hot.
The was a moment of music. It was relaxing even though the bugs felt like feasting on me.
The week went long. There may have been some time travel, or just television production passing through Hoboken. I’m not sure anymore because of the day
I needed a reset after all that. It was a long week.
#WEEKLYGRINDTHINGIE:
These images, from my week of photography, describe to you and explain the light, places, textures, characters I’ve visually observed in my travels. If you can spare a little of your time and share in the wonders, I have seen.
