Mermaid Parade

It is time again. Sunday, June 23 is the annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island in Brooklyn. This will be my 4th one - here are a few images from the past parades. This could only happen in New York kids, only in New York.........

Easthampton Beach

Where are They?

'One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are'........Minor White 

Mermaid Parade

Lou reed and Laurie Anderson, 2010 Parade Marshals

It's June - the Mermaid Parade is right around the corner...........One of my favorite events of the year....Brooklyn, Coney Island, Costumes and, of course, Nathan's Hot Dogs....

Mermaid Parade

Mermaid Parade, Coney Island

One of my favorite events is only 7 weeks away, the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. So, of course I went back in my archives and found today's posted image. I always felt this image had a semi-religious feel and did some additional processing on her eyes to further create that illusion.

That being said this is the 30th anniversary of the parade. The date this year is June 23rd and it is marked in red on my calendar.....Always a fun time - only in New York kids....And don't forget Coney Island is the home of Nathan's World Famous Hot Dogs....

 

Coney Island

Coney Island 

“Fuck Art, let's Dance!”.....Lawrence Ferlingetti 

Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge

It was one of those perfect image days in NY.....I was driving to meet an old friend for lunch in Bushwick when I noticed the fog that encapsulated the entire city....It was then I knew what the hours after lunch would be - making images near the Brooklyn Bridge...How could I resist the light....

This image is an iPhone4 processed on my Mac Pro. The original image was processed and blended using Macphun Photo Studio and Nik Snapseed on the iPad before being Photosync'ed to the Mac Pro...On the Mac Pro I used Color efx4 to find a look that I liked and then blended this back into the image from the iPad....

Childhood, Other Neighborhoods

"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder".....Eberhard Arnold

Coney Island Pier

Coney Island Pier

Coney Island - Morning Fog

Coney Island - AM Fog

I really enjoy walking on the beach on a cool foggy morning -  always create an much diffrent perception of the beach when the fog rolls in - creates something very different to photograph....Reminds me of a quote a friend sent me awhile back...

'I do not want to end up simply having visited this world'.....

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

Working at scanning and printing more rock and roll images over the past few weeks...Trying to get a few more images for the Music and iPhone show that opens in Toledo in October. As I mentioned over on my iPhone-antics blog I have been working with iPhone applications on the Mac and created the background for today's image in Photo Artista Haiku - blended back with the original in Photoshop CS5.

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi 2011

Image from the opening of the New Meadowlands Stadium in New York.......

Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain State Park

Not much more today - getting ready for Hurricane Irene due in my neighborhood late today or tomorrow...Let's see - fill the car with gas, batteries, food, water, radio...........post a blog...maybe even get a nice image of the storm...

New York Subway Impression

New York Subway

So much goes on in the subway system in New York City....everyone moving quickly and directly to wherever they may be going. For someone not from NY this can be a daunting experience but as a New Yorker the subway provides the most direct, quickest form of transport for getting from one place to another...most just keep their heads down and keep moving forward.....this image is what my camera saw as I walked up the stairs at the West 3rd Street station in Greenwich Village....

This image is from my 'No Look - Point and Shoot' series.....

Fire Island July 4th

Fire Island, July 4th Parade, 1994

Fire Island is is a barrier island just off the south shore of Long Island. They say it is approx. 30 miles long and between 520 and 1300 feet wide...and has maybe 500 permanent residents...

The island is reachable in the summer by ferry which means no cars allowed....perfect place for kids....

On July 4th every year there is a parade. Kids dress in costumes, make elaborate floats using wagons and bike.....and march through Ocean Beach, one of the hamlets that dot this island...

Today's image is my look at the judging/viewing stand for the parade....

Bob Dylan

Dylan - Van Ronk

Today's image was from some sort of protest in New York City, circa 1970'ish.....It may have had something to do with Phil Ochs but the gentlemen with Bob is Dave Van Ronk. Oddly enough I once took guitar lessons from Dave on Sheridan Square in lower Manahattan....

Johnny Winter

Johnny Winter, Madison Square Garden

This image made at Madison Square Garden in the early 70's....Note that they had people sitting right on the stage - such a different time in live music......not only that but you cold shoot the entire show and use flash if necessary...I was never much of a flashy on camera guy but in this case it helped to show the folks on stage......killed the stage lighting but had to get the shot...

Photographed with a Nikon F series camera using ektachrome color slide film
transferred to the digital world using an Imacon scanner

Dream

Dreams

'...Sometimes I dream of a last becoming a child'

Happy July 4th

Wishing everyone a Happy July 4th...........

Image photographed at Coney Island next door to Nathan's using a Canon 5DMKII - 85MM lens

Street Image

Coney Island Street Image

 Another one from the day of the Mermaid Parade.....

Image Management:

Canon 5DMKII
24-105MM Lens
converted to black and white using LAB Mode

Street Scene - Coney Island

Parade Observers, Coney Island

Not all the images were of the parade that day.....

 Image Management:

Canon 5DMKII
24 to 105MM Lens - set at 67MM
Image converted to Black and WHite using Silver EFX Pro2