In Stride - CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

In Stride - CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

May 25, 2012. "In Stride - CN Tower." Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A commuter walks across the Bathurst Street bridge in Toronto. The CN Tower featured in the shot is the "tallest freestanding structure in North America" and an architectural icon for the city of Toronto and one of the highlights of its ultra-modern skyline.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/250. f/8.0. ISO 100. LR 2.

Phone Date

Phone Date

February 3, 2012. Phone Date. A young couple each seem more focused on their phones than on each other on a romantic Friday night in Winter Park, Florida.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/125. f/2.8. ISO 1600. LR 2.

Sting Ray

Sting Ray

February 3, 2012. Sting Ray. A student in a Corvette t-shirt catches up on some quiet reading late one evening at a sidewalk table outside the Park Avenue Starbucks in Winter Park, Florida.

I typically avoid ISO 3200 on the Leica X1 due to how noisy it gets. This was shot on an exceptionally dark evening, so I decided to break with my normal pattern of shooting 1600 or slower.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/125. f/2.8. ISO 3200. LR 2.

Authorized Personnel

Authorized Personnel

January 24, 2012. Authorized Personnel. A self-portrait.

In case you're wondering, the camera is in the helmet, on a 12-second timer. If you look closely, you can see it.

The two self-portrait shots this week are practice shots for a street photography contest next month featuring self-portraits as the theme.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/4. f/14. ISO 400. LR 2.

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

January 24, 2012. Homeward Bound. A self-portrait. Camera on ground, set to 12-second timer, and aimed at a nearby window.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/4. f/8.0. ISO 400. LR 2.

Schilling

Schilling

April 23, 2005. Schilling.

I am in a nostalgic baseball mood after yesterday's post.

It was one of the first games of 2005. The previous season, Curt Schilling's famous intensity helped lead the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series since 1918.

Before starting his game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Schilling sat as if in a trance staring out over Tropicana Field.

The Rays went on to win the game, but this image that I took of Schilling remains one of my favorite baseball memories.

 Canon EOS D60. Tamron SP 24-135mm lens. Unknown settings. LR 2.

Storekeep

Storekeep

December 26, 2011. Storekeep. A woman tends shop overlooking a garden on St George Street in Saint Augustine, Florida.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/30. f/2.8. ISO 1600. LR 2.

Wine Shop Open

Wine Shop Open

December 26, 2011. Wine Ship Open. A man and his loyal dog wait to greet newcomers at The Monk's Vineyard in Saint Augustine, Florida.

 Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/30. f/2.8. ISO 800. LR 2.

Lighthouse of Solitude

Lighthouse of Solitude

December 5, 2011. Lighthouse of Solitude. I find watching the people on most cruise ships far more interesting than watching the shows. Having just finished a book on Caribbean lighthouse restorations, I was struck by how much this spotlight's texture in the ship's theatre reminded me of the penetrating beam from a Fresnel lens. A beacon inside the ship's belly distracting its cargo instead of directing its crew, glowing off the shoulders of a thousand people together yet strangely alone got me thinking about the isolating power of technology for the rest of the evening.

I still don't know what the show was about.

 Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/8. f/2.8. ISO 1600. LR 2.

Settling Up

Settling Up

October 3, 2011. A lone patron at Orlando Brewing is silhouetted by the refrigerator case behind him as he settles his tab for the evening.

 Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/15. f/5. ISO 800. LR 2.

The New Morning Paper

The New Morning Paper

October 2, 2011. A woman reads the news on her Kindle e-Reader at the Casselberry Breakfast Club just moments before breakfast is served.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/40. f/2.8. ISO 400. LR 2.

Drinks Alone

Drinks Alone

October 9, 2011. A lone Eastern European patron drinks a glass of wine at Hannibal's in Winter Park, Florida, as light casts up through the granite bar.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/30. f/2.8. ISO 1600. LR 2.