Merry Christmas

Grand central

I think one thing that characterizes New Yorkers is that we don’t always want to (or think to) photograph typical NYC landmarks. I must have walked through Grand Central Station hundreds of times in the past decade, and I’ve never taken a picture.

The other day, however, I was making my way through to run a couple errands only to discover both of my destinations were closed. So my trip was pointless.

Which made me want to take a photograph so the trip ultimately had some purpose.

It’s a typical Grand Central shot, but my first.

Wonderland

It snowed liked crazy on Saturday night. Since I love snow, this made me very happy. I took some pictures late at night.

It was so windy, the snow attached itself to my window screen. This was taken late at night with all my lights off. It’s a 20-second exposure taken with my camera sitting on top of an upside-down coffee cup, in case you’re interested.

And this was a 15-second exposure taken out my bathroom window with my camera resting on a roll of toilet paper.

I love how nighttime long exposures can make it look like daytime.

Baker baker

My sister Kyla baked Christmas cookies this year and is giving them away as gifts. Luckily my gift came early!

She even made her own label for the tins.

Aren’t they pretty?

Snow in an elevator

After we left a cool little party honoring Improv Everywhere’s  Subway Yearbook Photos video (among others), my friend and fellow photographer Katie Sokoler decided it would be fun to play in a freight elevator filled with fake snow. Since I love photographing both moving things and people, I couldn’t resist taking out my camera.

There are more on flickr — click the photo to see the rest. Okay, here’s one more:

She also took some of me! I’ll post those later. My fiance and I just sat through Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead and I am emotionally drained.

Katie is a brilliant photographer and one of the most creative people I’ve ever met. Check out her blog.

Oh, right…

I have a WordPress account. I think I’ll make a blog.