Halloween at Dunkin'

Tuesday is our ritual Dunkin Donuts morning, and we were tickled when all the people behind the counter were all dressed up for Halloween!  I saw the women and kind of figured out their costumes, but was puzzled by the guy.  I couldn't figure out what he was supposed to be.  When I took their photo he was holding a banana.  Oh wait, he is a banana!  Duh!  Great fun on Halloween!

Monday Afternoon, I-95

We had a great weekend with our friends in Rhode Island.  There was a driving rain all night, but the weather for the trip home was really nice, if a bit windy.  Traffic was fine until Connecticut.  What's with Connecticut, anyhow?  (That's a joke for my sisters...) So we sat in traffic in New Haven just after the Q Bridge for 15 minutes, and then we sat in traffic in Westport for 30 minutes, which is where I took this photo.  Look at the traffic that disappears into the distance!  Other than that, it was an easy ride home.

Playing With Drones

Dick and I had planned to do some flying with our drones, but all day yesterday was taken with the trip to Newport.  So today we were going out to do some photography of the landscape, but it was sprinkling off and on, so we decided to go fly nearby.  We went to a high school field, and got in some flying.  I did this portrait of the two of us, as my drone flew overhead.  Dick's drone is on the ground.  We both had fun and Dick got some nice photographs of trees with fall colors.

Madeleine

We drove down to Newport, RI today.  I have always wanted to come wander around here.  I had been here years ago on assignment but never got to wander around the town.  We went to Fort Adams State Park.  Out on the tip of the peninsula, I saw this beautiful two-masted schooler come around the point.  She is the 72 foot "Madeleine" which takes people for a sail on the waters around Newport.  A beautiful sight on a gorgeous day.

Trauti's Garden

We are up in Massachusetts visiting our friends Dick and Trauti.  We have known them for over 50 years!  Dick and I both started as photographers at the Rochester Times-Union in 1964, and we have remained friends all these years.  Dick and I moved on to Newsday, and then he moved to the Providence Journal-Bulletin for 27 years before retiring.  They bought this house in Massachusetts,  when he was hired at the Journal,  where they planted a garden, and have kept it going all this time. It is just beautiful, particularly in fall, as you can see.

Studio Lighting

I went to Photo Expo today, in Manhattan.  It is a giant show of photographic equipment, including cameras, lenses and lighting equipment, as well as printers, backgrounds and every imaginable accessory.  There are demonstrations all over the floor of the Javits Center showing how to use lighting equipment to light portraits.  I am not sure what was going on here, because there was no one doing a demonstration, but this woman was sitting in a portrait lighting setup, and passers by were taking her portrait.  What I like about this photo is that it looks as if this woman is kind of lost, sitting in some kind of cell, rather than in a studio.

It's Gone, Finally...

...and I missed it!  Half of the buildings at the Glen Cove Plaza had been demolished while we were in Hawaii.  But the buildings on the side I photographed were still standing, and nothing seemed to be happening.  I drove by most every day, and nothing changed.  Then there was a weekend, and I didn't drive by on Monday.  When we went to Dunkin' on Tuesday morning, this was the scene!  Oh Nooo...  I missed it!  Amazing that one day made such a difference.   I picked this view because the handrails and the stairs are a benchmark so that you can compare the two photographs.