B-Sides: No Standing

Another oldie. Also from 2012.

Exit 14

Around the neighborhood, sign directing toward my beloved GWB.

Subway Sign

Another "night in the city" entry. An ancient subway sign that I don't think I've seen anywhere else (191st Street Station). There's no escaping the bright spot in the letter "u" and I tried from any number of different angles to no avail. There's an argument for making this shot a little earlier in the evening except that there's really nothing but distractions in the background so blacking it out works better in the end, I think. I kinda like the lack of context and just accepting the color and shapes as they are.

Citi at Night

This weeks photo assignment was "night in the city" and I shot this before realizing the pun. Another really sharp-cornered structure that Manhattan's imperfect grid often produces.

And a hospital building in the New York Presbyterian complex.

"Breakfast"

My photo club has gone from monthly assignments to weekly assignments with a goal of just getting kids to shoot more. The assignments are supposed to be focused enough that anyone can think of a suitable picture but open enough to allow for some variety. This week's assignment was "Breakfast" and I chose a bake/pastry shop that serves the kinds of sweets we associate with breakfast, shot in the early morning on a cold December day with a a lot of condensation on the windows distorting and obscuring the interior open kitchen visible from the sidewalk.

Signs

It's been a while since I posted any signs, and here it was really just an excuse to get in the color of that painted brick.