Tag: Ricoh
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End of year review and GR Photo Festival 2025 submissions
Favorite photos of 2025, mostly taken in New York, and submitted to the GR Photo Festival
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Another Florida Thanksgiving
There are many things to do in Florida, including: shopping, driving, and walking the dog. These are the subjects of this collection. We also see family, eat, swim, and play mini-golf, but those are subjects for another day. Here are some photos from our Thanksgiving visit to the Villages, FL. Shopping at Costco Driving Walking…
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A warm Saturday evening of photos in Red Hook (Brooklyn)
This past weekend we went to Red Hook in Brooklyn and I went on one of my periodic photowalks put on by Photograpals, a casual photography club here in New York City. Every two weeks we visit a new neighborhood and go for a short walk around, taking pictures as we go. My favorite walks…
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Looking at looking at art at the Met
I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a few months ago and decided that, as a photo subject, the crowd was as interesting as the art. I feel like I saw a photo series a while back where the patrons looked like the subjects in the paintings which is what inspired…
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Lunchtime in Chinatown, a wandering photo series
Right after Memorial Day I was asked to report to the New York County Court building for grand jury duty and was selected for a four-week term! The court happens to be right in Chinatown, which makes it fairly easy to get to and provides good lunch options. As I got an hour for lunch…
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A weekend trip by train to Red Bank, NJ
This past weekend, Paola and I decided to take a little day trip by train. We were looking for somewhere new, accessible by train, and with a coffee shop, some nature, and a few places to window shop. In the end, we went to Red Bank, NJ for the day, leaving from Penn Station on…
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Comparing the same moment on digital and film (Ricoh GR IIIx, Kodak Gold 200, iPhone)
I bought a new camera earlier this month, a film rangefinder called the Ricoh 500G. It’s a great little camera, which I purchased from New York Camera of Princeton (my favorite for used cameras). It’s relatively compact, has a bright viewfinder, and feels fun and intuitive. What follows is a little non-scientific comparison I did…
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Photography reading and a Brooklyn Bridge photo walk
I’ve been getting more into photography lately, having just finished the book, Bryan Peterson Photography School, an instructional book that shows “good” and “better” images from participants in the photographer’s workshops. Its advice has helped me dare to crop, compose, and edit images. Most of all, it’s been recent chats with Paola about storytelling that…
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Ricoh camera nostalgia (TF-500 and GR IIIx)
I have two cameras made by the Japanese brand Ricoh. One is a TF-500, a vintage film camera, and the other is a GR IIIx, a modern high-end digital point-and-shoot. I have a soft spot for Ricoh because of 1980s nostalgia. First, there’s the connection with famous street photographer Daido Moriyama, who used a Ricoh…
Hops Trains and Backpacks 