Thursday, 10 January 2008

• Early January in NYC

  Is it me, or has it been like this in NYC the last few January months? A mild New Year’s Eve followed by an even milder first few weeks of January. This is pretty crazy. My co-worker Ellie and I went for a stroll at lunch on Tuesday. We left the office at 1:00 and didn’t return until 2:00. Her excuse was that she was only following me. LOL!

  
  Madison Square Park, NYC

  Despite growing up and always being around this area all my life, I’d never notice this odd metallic tree sculpture at Madison Square Park. I ask, though, “What’s the point?” If you’re going to imitate nature, that was the most awful way to desecrate it.

  
  
  
  The Shake Shack, Madison Square Park, NYC.

  I took these 2 pictures (among about 10) of people having lunch. Of the 10, these were the most interesting, with the most going on, I thought. I love “spying” shots like these, but in all honesty, it’s nothing more than capturing what we normally see on an every-day basis while we walk through the city, through our lives. A lot of my photography goal is to capture the every day.
  
  How many conversations can you count? And, look at what everyone’s wearing! You wouldn’t know it was January 7! It was 65 degrees at that point.
  
  A funny observation: you’re less apt to be viewed as suspicious taking random pictures of people if you have a woman along with you. Granted, she may be a crazy-sounding woman (as per Ellie and my conversation throughout the walk), but nonetheless she is a woman. My co-worker is awesome.

  
  A view north on 22nd Street and Broadway.

  P.S. Has anyone noticed that all the photos for the feature articles on www.nytimes.com are “widescreen” these days?

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