The High Line Reopens - www.thehighline.org/
After months in essentially self-imposed quarantine, I finally decided to get off my butt, take a camera and go outside for a long (for me) walk - 5 miles in 2-1/2 hours with lots of stopping and just looking.
My inspirations were three-fold:
- I was getting tired of photographic inertia.
- I had just “bought a dot” to support the High Line and noted they were providing free advance tickets online. Limited numbers, one guarded access point at the New Whitney Museum, a specific time slot, one-way traffic northward to 30th Street, and multiple guarded exit points. The green dots along the walkways 6’ apart for obvious reasons.
- At the recommendation of a photography mentor (UK pro Steve Gosling whose Antarctica and Venice workshops I joined) I had the sensor in a camera I rarely used anymore (an Olympus PEN-F) converted to B&W Infrared. I was intrigued by some of the work Steve had done and wanted to try it in an urban environment (his images are generally made in the countryside). If you have any interest in converting a camera to IR, here’s who did it for me: https://www.lifepixel.com/.
The slide show you see below is the result of my first “playdate” with this reborn camera and sensor. Click on any of the images as they scroll by and hit “Pause” to stop and look more closely or expand with two fingers to enlarge the image.
Douglas
My inspirations were three-fold:
- I was getting tired of photographic inertia.
- I had just “bought a dot” to support the High Line and noted they were providing free advance tickets online. Limited numbers, one guarded access point at the New Whitney Museum, a specific time slot, one-way traffic northward to 30th Street, and multiple guarded exit points. The green dots along the walkways 6’ apart for obvious reasons.
- At the recommendation of a photography mentor (UK pro Steve Gosling whose Antarctica and Venice workshops I joined) I had the sensor in a camera I rarely used anymore (an Olympus PEN-F) converted to B&W Infrared. I was intrigued by some of the work Steve had done and wanted to try it in an urban environment (his images are generally made in the countryside). If you have any interest in converting a camera to IR, here’s who did it for me: https://www.lifepixel.com/.
The slide show you see below is the result of my first “playdate” with this reborn camera and sensor. Click on any of the images as they scroll by and hit “Pause” to stop and look more closely or expand with two fingers to enlarge the image.
Douglas
PROPOSAL ON THE HI-LINE & A WALK IN THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS
HI-LINE & NYC HIGHLIGHTS IN INFRARED