Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Trees near North Beach.
Most of the leaves around us have now fallen, but there are still a few flashes of colour here and there.
According to their website Muscoot Farm:
…was originally a “Gentleman’s Farm” founded by Ferdinand T. Hopkins in 1880 and operated as a dairy farm until Westchester County acquired the property in the late 1960s. Today, Muscoot Farm is a Westchester County Park that strives to preserve and interpret its agrarian past. Visitors may stroll through the original barns, visit with the animals, participate in educational programs or hike the many miles of trails. There is something for everyone on Muscoot’s 777 acres!
While there’s not as much to do as at Barton Orchards it’s still a great place to take small kids. They can look at sheep, goats, cows, pigs, ducks, turkeys etc. It will keep them interested for an hour or two.
In June 2006 I went on a business trip to New Delhi, India. I’d been there before returning from a family vacation in the Philippines. My wife had to go to India on business so we tagged along. It was very hot indeed. The kids got sick and all they wanted to do was to stay in the air-conditioned hotel room and watch movies. I felt we should visit the Taj Mahal. So we arranged for a driver and, in the kids case under duress, off we went. We didn’t make it. About half way there we got stuck in a long line of cars. The driver went to check it out and came back to announce that there were riots ahead and that cars were being overturned. We would have to go back. When I returned in 2006 I was determined to get there. This time we had better luck. I was more impressed than I had thought I would be. It really is quite spectacular and I was glad I endured the long (around five hours as I recall) trip from Delhi to Agra. On the way back the car broke down. Luckily by that time we were on the outskirts of Delhi. Another car was sent out.
Taj Mahal. I have a picture I like better than this one, but unfortunately it’s technically not good. The dynamic range was too great and try as I might I can’t improve it enough.
Gives a sense of how busy the Taj Mahal gets.
One of the corner pavillions.
Entrance to the Jama Masjid Mosque in New Delhi
Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi
Figures under the arches (don’t recall where this was).
Reclining dog.
Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi. Maybe not as spectacular as the Taj Mahal it has the great advantage of being in New Delhi and is, therefore, much easier to get to.
Steps at Humayun’s Tomb.
We took our granddaughter to the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut. Obviously you’d expect to find fish at an aquarium, but I didn’t expect to find meerkats. They had a very nice display of Meerkats including a small plastic bubble projecting up into their habitat. We couldn’t persuade our granddaughter to go into the bubble. I tried to tempt her by going into it myself but she wouldn’t be swayed. My wife took a very noisy, underexposed picture of me in the bubble with a very suspicious looking meerkat in the background. These are some I took:
From petapixel:
One of the joys of photography is the interesting cast of characters you meet along the way. I’m not talking about the subject’s you’re shooting here, I’m talking about the other photographers you’ll run in to.
No matter how many different personalities you come across though, you’ll eventually start to notice recurring themes. A cast of familiar characters if you will. Today, in order to lighten things up a little, we’ll explore a few of those different characters. Here are 8 different types of photographers you’ll run into in your life
The Eight Different Types of Photographers You'll Find in the Wild.
So which one am I?
I’m certainly not the “Social Media Hawk”. After a period where I posted a lot to Facebook I now no longer post anything.
I’m not really the film only guy. I do like to shoot film occasionally, but I like the convenience of digital too much for film ever to become a large part of my photography.
Digital only guy? No. I like the experience of shooting film. It’s less hurried, more thoughtful etc.
Gear Junkie. Partly. I have a lot of gear, especially old gear. This is because I collect old cameras. I don’t collect them because I think they will make my photography any better. I know they won’t. I just like old things.
The Judge. Definitely not. I only rarely comment on other people’s photos and when I do it’s because I’ve seen something I particularly liked – some my comments are usually positive.
The recluse. Again partly. I don’t like to photograph in a group, preferring instead to walk around by myself. I do like to get out and take photos though.
The non-photographer friend. Definitely not. I’m much to interested in everything photographic. I’m definitely a photographer – just not as good as I’d like to be. My wife is the non-photographer friend. The only camera she uses is her iphone camera. However, she often comes up with really nice pictures. She just has a good eye – it’s really annoying. She also a social media hawk – virtually every picture she takes ends up on Facebook.
So like most people I’m a mixture of all of the above types, some more than others.