Fun article from the New York Times about a Jewish couple who are celebrating Christmas this year.

This is what happens when I’m given a light, a mirror, a camera and time to kill.

My first photograph taken using my new photo lighting kit.

Some photographers consider post-processing of photographs on a PC to be a form of cheating, whereas others (myself included) see it as a natural part of the creative process — a digital darkroom, so to speak. When I shoot, I focus my attention on capturing the right moment in time, allowing many of the techincal details to be handled later on. Because of that, nearly all of my photographs go through a good deal of post-processing before I consider them done. Here are some before and after images of photographs I took recently, highlighting the dramatic power of post-processing.

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I shot this series of my neighborhood Christmas lights in RAW and then made color and exposure adjustments to the RAW files in Photoshop. It was my first time shooting in RAW, and wow! Having the RAW files made a huge difference in getting these colors and exposures just right.

Check out these construction photos of Citifield, the Mets new ballpark.  You can really see the new stadium taking shape!

This week I purchased a Christmas tree.  I got it at Walmart for 15 dollars.  It is 3 feet tall and has some fancy name like Winston Pine.  Apparently Winston Pines look a lot like cheap artificial trees.

This is my second Christmas in this apartment.  I didn’t have a tree last year.  I didn’t really want one.  I suppose that maybe last year it just didn’t feel enough like home to have a tree.  And it seems a little sad, just me, alone in my apartment, with my tree.  No family around to trim it.  No presents to put underneath.

But for some reason, I wanted one this year.  And so I got one in exchange for 15 dollars, and I fluffed the branches and I plugged it in and it looks nice in all its simulation Winston Pine glory.  And it makes me happy.