Sparkle

Sparkle. South Street Seaport. Music Double Rondo by Steve Howe.

C'mon People Now

Can we all just get along? Apparently so. This was Sheep Meadow, Central Park on Memorial Day. Everybody was playing, talking, laughing - it felt like a page out of the sixties man except with bottled water, laptops and cell phones - a lot of them.

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Soundtrack: The Youngbloods, Get Together.

A Requiem for Winter

I filmed the clips for this on the vernal equinox- the first day of spring. It was around the edge of Mamaroneck harbor. Given that the subject is dried dead grasses, shrivelled leaves and the dry skeletons of last summer its fitting that it be a requiem for winter. The water seems symbolic of the life force of spring, regenerating and rehydrating a parched landscape full of dry dead stalks which we now bid a firm farwell.

Soundtrack: Ravel Jeux D'Eau
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Down by the Riverside

I had something in mind when I went down to Riverside park on Sunday. I wanted to video some high contrast footage of trees and tree branches so that I could play with some effects I had in mind. When I got there, I was completely surprised to find the park filled with families with young children making good use of the recent snowfall. I ended up shooting some footage of them because they just looked so - happy.

I got home and still used the inky effect I had in mind and I like the result , it looks like a childhood memory of a Snow Day.

Soundtrack: Faust Arp by Radiohead

Cape Moon

Back in September when I was in Provincetown, there was an almost full moon almost every night I was there- not quite full until the very last night. Which drove me a little nuts wondering when I should film it. Would it be a clear night when it was full so that I could capture it? As it turned out, it was. I had actually biked out to Herring Cove beach to photograph the sunset when I noticed on my return journey a huge pink moon rising up above the grass beyond the beach car park. I went to see what it looked like on the town beach- beautiful, conjuring up the colors of an impressionist painitng. I then strung it up on a necklace of colored lights and framed it under Capt Jack's Wharf. Finally I raced over to the beach just outside town where it was high and majestic, the pool of light it cast an even match for the car lights on the road to Truro beside it.

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Soundtrack : Neil Young's Harvest Moon.

Harbor Reflections

Did you see the sunset? My friend asked shortly after I arrived- yes I did, it peaked as our ferry was entering the harbor. Walking along the pier I was mesmerized by the amount of undulating color that was a combination of shadows, reflections, the color of water and the brilliant hues of a spectacular sunset. But it was disappearing quickly and I had luggage and didn't feel like getting my camera out.

I returned diligently for the next few nights, video camera in hand eager to recapture what I saw. No such luck. The first night -dull but with some interesting black water ripples. The next night I mistimed it, it was dark by the time I arrived and the water was choppy. The third night- something completely different. Nothing like the first night- but much softer, the light was pink and dreamy and the reflections much more interesting on the other side of the pier. My attention was completely drawn to the hypnotic rippling mix of pastel light, reflected old painted boats and dark twisting shadows. It wasn't what I was expecting but it was equally beautiful.

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Soundtrack: Chopin, Etude In C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12

Autumn Beach

On my bike ride to Truro from Provincetown, I rode past this beach and thought the sun was too high and bright to film-everything might look too bleached out. On my return I stopped to take another look and noticed that the dark silhouettes of the people enjoyin the beach might make it interesting and indeed they do I think. They give a sense of scale of this huge beach with its dramatic visual stripes of color and texture. Who would think this was a was fall day?

Soundtrack : Elliot Fisk; Baletto

Pergola

The pergola at Wave Hill that wraps around the water garden is an idyllic spot. We spent our last half hour here in its cool shade enjoying the dappled light and cool shadows.

Full Size; Soundtrack from : Yo Yo Ma, Bach:The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites