If all you have are bricks, everything looks like a wall.

596 exchange street, ALP Steel Corp. Plant 4, buffalo, Ny.
as always, buffalo is never on short supply of dead industry.

Shot Settings:
Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    03/30/2008 5:00:00 pM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/250
Av( Aperture Value )    4.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed   100 mm
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    40.0 mm

Buffalo City Hall

another shot of Buffalo City Hall

 Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    1/31/2008 1:49:35 AM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/13
Av( Aperture Value )    4.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    1600
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    40.0 mm

Tracks in the snow

yeup, more snow…in the distance HSBC Headquarters, and a 190 off ramp leading downtown.

 

 Shot info / Shot settings
Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    1/24/2008 5:20:32 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/40
Av( Aperture Value )    8.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    400
Lens    60.0 mm
Focal Length    60.0 mm

once again…more snow

one day it’ll be gone…i think. this was taken outside New York pizza on Allen St. Buffalo, Ny

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/10/2008 5:22:14 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/320
Av( Aperture Value )    2.8
Metering Mode    Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed    100
Lens    60.0 mm
Focal Length    60.0 mm

 

 

Electrical box thingie?

i dont know what it is, i don’t even remember where i took this photo…but i like it.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time 10/14/2007 3:40:09 PM
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/80
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 800
Lens 17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length 17.0 mm

 

An evening walk through the snow

well, it was more like 1am, and it wasn’t so much a walk as it was a dash to the car to get out of the cold…

photo taken in Tonawanda, Ny

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/9/2008 12:44:32 AM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/25
Av( Aperture Value )    2.8
Metering Mode    Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed    1600
Lens    60.0 mm
Focal Length    60.0 mm

Macro photography of a rusty fence

Macro photography of a rusty fence.
(magnification ration 1:1)

 

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/10/2008 3:30:19 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/640
Av( Aperture Value )    2.8
Metering Mode    Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed    1600
Lens    60.0 mm
Focal Length    60.0 mm

Toughanack Falls - Ithaca, Ny

this is an oldie. i’ve been busy today and havent uploaded my new images yet. photgraphed in Taughannock Falls state park, Ithaca Ny

 

 

But there’s still work to do…

much like the post office,  FedEx doesn’t seem to take a day off even in a snowstorm.

 

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/7/2008 6:02:51 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/250
Av( Aperture Value )    4.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    800
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    20.0 mm

in the distance…decay.

buffalo, ny is atreasure troove of abandoned factories and decaying industry.

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/6/2008 6:10:20 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/40
Av( Aperture Value )    4.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    200
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    29.0 mm

Corner of Chippewa and Pearl

Shot at the corner of Chippewa and pearl street.

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    2/1/2008 10:44:51 AM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/320
Av( Aperture Value )    9.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    400
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    40.0 mm

Moving on up…

Delaware ave and Cary st.

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/3/2008 1:06:51 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/400
Av( Aperture Value )    8.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    100
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    17.0 mm

Street Portrait: “Shoeshine Randy”

While i was out taking photos, this fellow was intrigued and asked if i was taking a photo for a project or magazine. I informed him that i take a daily photo and post it online. He asked if i would take his photo, he said his name was “Shoeshine Randy” and that he shines shoes.

Photographed at the corner of Delaware and Chippewa, Buffalo, Ny.

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    3/3/2008 1:17:18 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/60
Av( Aperture Value )    10.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    100
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    17.0 mm

190 North Offramp

offramp. what a weird word. its “off” and “ramp” we couldn’t come up with a better name? its kind of like when people called those old style refrigerators an “icebox”.

this photo was taken under the 190 north offramp to Seneca street.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time 2/29/2008 3:20:44 PM
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed 100
Lens 17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length 17.0 mm

Drainage

Gutter drain beneath an overpass on Michigan Ave.

 

Camera Model    Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time    2/29/2008 3:18:54 PM
Shooting Mode    Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )    1/40
Av( Aperture Value )    8.0
Metering Mode    Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed    100
Lens    17.0 - 40.0 mm
Focal Length    40.0 mm