Articles for Tag: nyc

PhotoPlus Expo 2009 Recap

Something's In The Water

Photo: passing train

What’s in the Hudson, Passaic, Hackensack and other local waterways that has people increasingly using them for recreation — or maybe the better question is what isn’t in the water. Boaters and kayakers enjoying these rivers some might be afraid of due to pollution or other fears aren’t exactly new, but this story of some local school kids building their own canoes and paddling down the Passaic caught my eye today, and caps off a few weeks of hearing or reading about the local rivers.

N.J. students in environment-education program ride self-built canoes on Passaic River [The Star-Ledger]

Report From Central Park With Moose

Last week I had the pleasure of attending an evening talk followed by a full day workshop by wildlife and landscape photographer Moose Peterson. The event was hosted by Adorama and Nikon.

Presentation Night – All About Food & Sex!

Thursday night at Adorama’s workshop space on Moose gave a nice presentation both on his photographic passions — shooting endangered wildlife and other little critters on the west coast — as well as some instruction on his compositional technique and working with light and your environment. Moose has been shooting for 30-some-odd years and shared with the group his top tip for getting close to animals in the wild

ROFLThing NYC Recap And Link Dump

ROFLThing

It was part celebration and exploration of intenet celebrity and part an excuse to let your geek out. Most of all, ROFLThing NYC 2009 was a fun way to spend a cold, wintery Saturday . When else are you going to have the faces of “You Suck at Photoshop”, Sockington, Improv Everywhere, the Tron Guy and a bunch of hackers all in one room? Oh, and the most maligned man in the typography industry — the creator of the Comic Sans font.

I had planned to write up a big review of the event with hReview and all that jazz, but that would have been far to serious for an event like this. Instead I’ve recapped some of the panels and gathered a whole bunch of links for you to to chase and waste time on this week at work.

Me In Candy Apple Red

candy apple red

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At The Center Of The Universe

Palin & Obama

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At FOWD Tomorrow

FOWD 2007: Jeffrey Kalmikoff of skinnyCorp

I’ll again be attending the Future of Web Design conference in NYC tomorrow [after running out to vote] and as usual I’ll have the camera in tow. If you see me, say hi.

PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2008

big f'n lens

This past week brought the PDN PhotoPlus Expo to New York City once again. The show is a photo gear geek’s dream — where you can handle the swankiest new gear from the likes of Nikon, Canon, Adobe and Epson. And if gear isn’t your thing there are lots of demos, presentations and signings from famous photographers like Joe McNally, Moose Peterson, Vincent Versace, Jay Maisel and Scott Kelby.

Goal

Jagr Scores

Jaromir Jagr’s 2nd goal puts the Rangers up 3-0. Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2nd round, Game 4. May 1, 2008

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Pillow Fight!

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Tale Of Two Blizzards

blizzard in chinatown

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blizzard in midtown

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Everything Will Be Okay DVD Release Party

I meant to post this earlier, but if you’re in NYC next monday:

Monday August 13th, 6:30PM - ??? - The Patrick O'Brien Foundation Presents
The 2nd Annual POBF ALS Awareness Fundraiser & The DVD Release Party for: “Everything Will Be Okay or How I Learned to Transcend Form, Live in the Now and Make Love in my Electric Wheelchair”

Good times, good people, good cause, and an open bar. I should be at the 7:30PM screening.

Rangers Round 1 Victory Salute

Salute!

On My Way To Work But Never Got There

Five year ago today, on September 11, 2001, I was on my way to the work but never got there. The commute at the time was a NJ Transit train to Hoboken and then the PATH train to 9th Street where I got out and then walked across Broadway to the office. I made it to Hoboken shortly after one of the planes hit the towers and by then all transportation there was shut down and I was let wandering Hoboken all day like so many others.

View of WTC from commuter train

watching

after the first building fell

looking for something cheery in it all

Gallery

When putting together this gallery and looking through the photos I had taken and digesting it all I wrote:

Look elsewhere for words. I have not yet found any that does what I saw justice.

I still don’t have the right words to describe the events, and 5 years later I fear the attempt would only be muddied by feelings about the events and changes that have taken place since.

Tufte At The Manhattan Center

Last Thursday I had attended the one day course on presenting information by Edward Tufte.

The full day lecture style talk consisted of jumping through 4 of his books (which are included in the cost of the day) as he takes you through his thesis about how to present data and information so that it is understandable, credible, and in context.

Tufte In NYC

Thurs, August 24, 10am - 4:30pm - Presenting Data and Information: A One-Day Course Taught By Edward Tufte - New York, New York
I just got my registration confirmation to see Edward Tufte speak at one of his seminars on presenting information and data. Its a little bit removed from my everyday routine of coding, coding and more coding, but I’ve heard good things about the course from a number of people I trust.