As Peter said, it was cold as hell in Coney Island Thursday night. So cold my freshly charged battery died after 4 shots. I think I need to get a new battery to keep warm in my pocket. With 30mph winds and temperatures near zero, my battery wasn’t the only one dying. [...]
January 28, 2010
Scenes from a Coney Island Thursday night. Since neither Matt nor I have been shooting in Brooklyn at night recently, we decided to take a drive to Coney Island. We really underestimated the wind. It was about 20 degrees out, but close to zero with windchill. We didn’t last long in [...]
January 21, 2010
Even though the days have been cold, colder, and downright frigid, there are signs of life everywhere indicating the impending spring! Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but the trees on the waterfront have growing small buds, delicate and rosy in their severe winter landscape. Though I don’t expect their blooms for months to [...]
January 20, 2010
We here at Love of Brooklyn are getting a little film-obsessed in 2k10. There’s something about the way the grain and old school tones portray my neighborhood that has me melting, in love with everything I see. The shot above is from my new-to-me vintage medium format camera, looking north across the East [...]
October 26, 2009
It was quite the rainy Saturday this past weekend. My friends and I decided to explore Prospect Park at night. So we set out and went into the woods of the Park around midnight. Walking on the paths in the woods was by far the darkest NYC experience I’ve had. Naturally, I [...]
October 19, 2009
I admit: I have a love-hate relationship with the Prospect Expressway. I know Sufjan Stevens already got dibs on the BQE, but I would be more than happy cursing and praising the Expressway while I’m hula hooping in the South Slope. The majority of my hate (or serious dislike, since we’re all about the [...]
October 2, 2009
The Manhattan Bridge turns 100 this weekend, complete with fireworks by the Gruccis. Festivities will commence at 7:00pm this Sunday (10/4). Apparently the Manhattan School of Music Brass Quintet will perform at the East River Park Amphitheatre, but I say and skip the music stay in BK. I work in DUMBO and took this photo on my lunch break. [...]
September 1, 2009
It was a shame no one was watching the sunset from these benches. They were the perfect spot this night, amidst the flowers, overlooking the Hudson. This park is located in Cobble Hill on Hicks Street between Amity and Pacific, just above the buzzing BQE. It’s surprisingly quiet and a lovely spot to [...]
January 31, 2010