Self Portait

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I like black and white photography. In many ways I see things in black and white. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a time before color photography became important. Most of the photographs and movies I saw when I was young were in black and white. Yes, I know that color moviews had been available for quite some time, but the ones I seem to remember were all black and white.

Of all places, this was taken in the men’s room in the building where I work with the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society. The day before I’d been watching a YouTube video about high-contrast black and white photography. As I was leaving the men’s room, bright light streamed in through a high window and fell on my face. It occurred to me that if I could get the exposure right, I might get something interesting.

Many might think that I carry a camera with me wherever I go. But that wouldn’t be true. I don’t usually carry one with me to the men’s room. However, I did have one in a bag, downstairs where I work so I went down to get it.

This is the result. I quite like it.

Taken with a Sony RX100 M3.

Hallowe’en’s coming

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After my lunch at Susuru (See: A Ramen restaurant in Tarrytown) I walked through Tarrytown and into Sleepy Hollow, where the Hallowe’en preparations were well underway.

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Of course, Hallowe’en is a big deal around here because of the connection between the village and Washington Irving’s short story: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, which is set there. Although since “Legend” was written in 1820 much has changed, many of the locations mentioned in the story can still be found.

If you haven’t read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, or would like to read it again I can heartily recommend: The Historically Annotated Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which contains the full text of the story along with annotations by Sleepy Hollow’s Village Historian, Henry Steiner.

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Taken with a Kodak P880

A Ramen restaurant in Tarrytown

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While searching for something else on the Internet I bumped into a listing for this Ramen restaurant in nearby Tarrytown. I’m very fond of Ramen so off I went to try it.

It’s called to Susuru Ramen. It’s quite small and when I walked in it was completely full. I was lucky to get a seat at the counter. Moreover, all the people were Asian, suggesting that the food would be good, even if the ambience was not all you might like it to be. The prices were quite reasonable.

I ordered the Tongkotsu Ramen, which were, indeed, very good.

I’ll definitely be going again!

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An Ice Cream Van

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I used to see lots of these when I was growing up in England. They played music, and when we heard them coming, we would rush in to our parents to get money to buy something.

I don’t recall seeing many of them nowadays, possibly because there are no children in the immediate vicinity, and there are no convenient places to stop.

I had the opportunity to speak to Mr. Angamarca. He was happy to chat for a while, and for me to take his picture. But he did insist that I show his telephone number. So there it is in the third picture: 929-306-9555

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Taken with a Kodak Easyshare 880.