Author: Joe

The Divide

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Divide

Nikon D610 and Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF-ED AF-D lens – 1/160 @ f/4 – ISO 800

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

Edgar Allen Poe

Sweetness !

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Crossing

Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 55-200 R OIS Lens – 1/480 @ f/4.8 – ISO 200

I was sitting on a bench in East Hampton, Long Island waiting for my wife to finish shopping and I saw this little girls father reach out to grab her hand before crossing the street.  It was such a sweet moment I had to capture it.

Tools Of The Trade

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CoffeeCup

Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R Lens – 1/9 @ f/2.8 – ISO 200

This is an old porcelain coated metal coffee cup sitting on a boat builders desk.  It seemed like this was part of his toolkit. I loved the way the porcelain is worn off the handle from use.

The Urban Explorer In Me

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UrbEx

Nikon D610 and Nikon 24-85mm AF-S G VR Lens – 1/6 @ f/4.5 – 85mm – ISO 400

This is about the closest I can get to going inside one of these abandoned buildings.  This was shot through a broken window at Kings Park Psychiatric Facility on Long Island, New York.

To see more of my images visit – The Visual Chronicle

Rule Of Thirds – Joe’s Style

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Thirds

 Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 55-200 OIS R lens – 1/15 @ f/4.8 – 200mm – ISO 320

OR we could play Tic-Tac-Toe !

Take that Emilio or should I say touché 🙂

More of my images can be seen at – The Visual Chronicle

Over Run

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This building which is over run by English Ivy is on the grounds of the  Central Islip Psychiatric Facility which has been closed for years.

I would like to dedicate this post to a blogging friend named “West” who just adores vines, and her images can be seen at – West 517

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The Visual Chronicle

Blue Point Oysters

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Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R Lens – 1/250 @ f/2.8

This is a photo of an old Oyster processing plant on the South Shore of Long Island.  Look at the pile of shucked oysters on the work table.   The shores around Long Island were so rich in oysters that crushed oyster shells were actually used for landfill in some parts of Manhattan (as mentioned in the movie “The Bone Collector”). I loved the way the light was beaming in through the skylights in the roof rafters.

Guest Post – Jean H. Herskovits

Black And White Photography, Photography

Jean H. Herskovits is featured in our fifth installment of our guest post series. Jean uses a Nikon D90 camera and also is an avid user of his mobile phone a Samsung Galaxy S1 for images.

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My name is Jean and I was born in Bucharest, Romania.  In 1969 my family moved from Romania to Paris, France when I was six years old..

I still speak Romanian and have recently spent six years in Bucharest as an expat, from 2004 to 2010.  You can say I have two cultures, but the French one is predominant.

I bought my first camera which was a second-hand Olympus OM-1 with my first wages from a summer job, in 1985 or 86, and started shooting regularly.

If you are from a generation old enough to remember these silver paper times, you will probably also remember that B&W was way cheaper than color photography.  So that’s how I started.

In my opinion, beauty in photography (as in all graphic arts) has to do with balance.  Balance between shapes, colors, shadows, light and dark areas… Sometimes beauty comes from the deliberate absence of balance, but even then, balance is the keyword.

To me, the following picture has quite a good balance of shades and shapes.
I call it  “Dim Swing”

More of my images can be seen at – Jean.H.Herskovits