Roosevelt Island Tram

8 cables, 2 cars, 250 feet high at highest point, 3100 feet traveled, 17.9 mph, 3 minutes each way, 110 person capacity, 115 times per day.

Court Square II

Some outtakes from an architectural shoot I did over the summer in Long Island City, Queens at the Court Square II subway entrance (7/G)...

Architectural photographers and gum chewers = mortal enemies. 80% of the retouching for these shots was removing gum from the sidewalk. Oh yeah, a shoe too. I thought about moving it while on site--but this is LIC, Queens! The shoe stayed in the shot and came out in post.

Instagram

Hey, I've just recently hopped on the Instagram bandwagon. If you're on there, look me up @timothyschenck.

Paper Portrait

One of my shots of WTC site photographer Joe Woolhead ran in the New York Observer a few months back. Click on the photo below for the story--it is a good read.

The online version of the story is here. I did a post about Joe a while back--if you care to read it, go here.

In Fashion

Fashion designer Steven Alan recently reblogged one of my images of a Montauk beach stair, listing it as inspiration for his 2012 Resort collection. Pretty cool! Check out the post here. More of my beach stairs.

Mellow Yellow

All yellow or just a touch...

SkyView: There's an App for That!

At the end of the year, I always check all the "best of" lists to see if I missed anything good in the worlds of music, movies, and apps. This year, as far as apps go, the one I'm most excited about and most pertains to photography is SkyView.

I've already got all the shooting and editing apps I like (Hipstamtic, Instagram, Lo-Mob, CameraBag, AutoStitch, PhotoShop Express, etc), but what I had been searching for is something that can give me realistic sun position in a easily readable format. I've been shooting a lot of architecture and construction lately and sun position becomes so critical. Got to know when the sun is going to be where so I can catch the subject in the best possible light.

SkyView is not intended as a photography app--its mainly a stargazing tool. As an augmented reality app, it shows stars, constellations, planets, and even satellites (like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope) in real time as you view the sky through your Iphone camera. The really cool part is that with the planets and the sun, when you select each, the app shows their orbital paths through the sky and you can track them backwards and forward in time! When you show up in the morning to shoot a bridge, for example, and you see that the light is not quite right, you can use the app to see exactly where the sun will be in 2 hours, 6 hours, at sunset, etc, allowing you to plan your shoot accordingly and get the shots you want.

SEAONY Cross Sections Cover

The latest issue of the Structural Engineers Association of New York's newsletter Cross Sections features one of my WTC shots from last fall on the cover.

2011 in Pictures

I've been on a long blog-cation for the holidays and some family events. It felt good to take a break from the computer to reconnect with family and friends. Now that 2012 is here and things are settling back into a good working routine, I thought I'd kick off the new year with a short recap of some of my favorite photos from the year past. Happy New Year--let's make 2012 a year to remember!