Tag Archives: Central Park

Vintage Photo: Model Posing for Painters, Fifth Ave and Central Park, NYC 1989

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I was minding my own business, taking photos of interesting things and this model yelled out for me to stop taking her picture. Well, I was kinda minding my own business…

Vintage Photo: Central Park Near the Zoo Late 1980s

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I took this photo in the late 1980s. Somehow it reminds me of my older brother Mike. (I have written a great idea about my relationship with Mike in my blog posts from 2013.) Mike is nonverbal, low functioning and autistic. I imagine I must have had a guarded kind of fun when we went […]

Albion Books, Frontal View

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Thank you for the encouraging complements about my photo and sketch of the book kiosk at Central Park in New York City in yesterday’s post.  Today I would like to add some context to that scene by revealing another shot I took that day. My pen and ink/watercolor rendition is below: My sketch is not as […]

Photo Enhancement

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I could not get the subject framed exactly how I wanted. Other than the composition, I really like the colors. I tried to resolve the composition issue with my watercolor/pen and ink sketch below.  

Tunnel

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I composed the pen and ink study below from one of the photographs I took in Central Park. It may have been during the New York City Marathon. In the photo, one can see many people on the road under which the tunnel burrows.