New York Images

New York has not historically been my favorite place to visit.  Heresy, you say.  I had a hard time in Paris, let’s be honest, and the all the buildings (most of the buildings) are five stories high.  The two previous times I had been there consisted of a few days staying at Times Squares and visiting a brother’s friend in Queens (or was it Brooklyn?).  Anyway, neither one left me stoked on the place, but times have changed.  And I have changed.  A little.

The series of images that I kept from the trip represent a mishmash of new things I’m seeing:  shapes and color sometime predominant with the reflection and luminance of bright shiny things made of metal still captivate me.  I’ve always had a fascination with people in spaces such as museums and train stations and have historically kept those people fairly small in relationship to their surrounds.  Art museums are particularly good for this.  I’ve include a series of some of my favorite images from New York, all in runs of 45 prints.

“Enlightenment” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

“Wall, New York” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

“We Will Judge You” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

“Grand Central Lights” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

“Flat Iron, Midday” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

“Surface to Steel” New York, 2012. Print, limited edition of 45, © Joel Addams

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“Notre Dame and Seine” Paris, France

"Notre Dame and Seine" Paris, France by Joel Addams

NOTRE DAME, PARIS, FRANCE

Ah, Paris.  As the weather warms in the northern hemisphere, it’s hard not to think of traveling.  Almost anywhere.  Paris is always a favorite of mine, as I spent some time there years ago and have revisited the city on five or six occasions over 15 years.  The city, in fact, becomes more and more pleasurable the more you visit.  A few words in French can go a long way and full sentences in French are a gold mine.  I stood and photographed with a French man from Rouen in the Normandy on this particular evening, and we enjoyed the time together as he alerted me to a developing relationship that cropped up not 15 feet from our tripods.  We watched a man in his 60′s seem to strike up a conversation with a girl who appeared to be in her 20′s.  My new friend smiled at me and say in French, “Wanna bet that they go off together?”  I took him up on that bet, thinking surely my friend was nuts.  Thirty minutes later they left arm in arm, back across the Seine where the man had come originally.

Ah Paris.

Camera: Canon 5DMarkII
Lens: 70-200 mm IS f/2.8 lens at 200 mm
Settings: ISO100, f/8, 3.2 seconds
Other: Gitzo Basalt Tripod, Cable Release

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How I Got That Shot – “McWay Falls at Sunset”

"McWay Falls at Sunset" by Joel Addams in Big Sur on California's on Highway 1. Run of 45 prints

McWAY FALLS, BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA

This place is priceless.  I had never even heard of this state park until fellow photographer Matt Kuhns from the Los Angeles area tipped me off to it while we were getting a good chill in Yosemite National Park in January 2012.  I had to go to Big Sur anyway to shoot a little bit for an unknown editorial client…so secret.  I knew I needed to hit this place up before I left so I drove all the way back down from Monterey after finishing up.  Getting there far too early in the morning, I decided to wait for the sunset, only about 8 hours away.  I meandered around the area a bit more, finished the book I was reviewing GOINGPRO by Scott Bourne and Skip Cohen and then enjoyed the golden hour.  Many of the images I’d seen of McWay were over-stylized for my taste.  I prefer a bit rougher or RAW feel to the landscape and I chose a wide angle lens a bit more to tell the story of these killer falls that pipe right down into the water.  Admittedly, I was going for a money shot as I have been forcing myself to shoot wide more often.  This forces me to think more about composition and not just zooming into what is interesting.  The Singh-Ray filters always come in handy for these sky scenics and a 4-stop Reverse Graduated Neutral Density filter alone seemed to hold back enough light in the sky. Check out the image on the website.

Camera: Canon 5DMarkII,
Lens: 17-40 mm lens at 20 mm
Settings: ISO100, f/22, 4.0 seconds
Filters:  Singh-Ray 4-stop Reverse Graduated Neutral Density filter, LB warming polarizer
Other: Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod, Cable Release

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Black Friday – The West in Color on Sale

Sure, why not?  A little Black Friday event never hurt anyone especially since I waited to actually post this on the day itself.  I think 30% off anything in the Portfolio “The West in Color” is a reasonable one-day sale on the Internet, non?  The link is here.

Here are some samples…with a couple of new images from this year from Canyonlands and Antelope Canyon.   I’m sure there will be another sale on the Cyber Monday coming up, but now, get some in the West department.

"Island in the Sky" Buck Canyon Sunrise in Canyonlands, Utah. © Joel Addams.com

"Sunburst, Big Cottonwood Canyon" Utah © Joel Addams.com

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