Black and White Only

3:00 a.m. Smile!

2012-01-12T03:30:00.000-05:00

Bus Stop Sonata from Eric Levy on Vimeo.

Did my usual 3:00 a.m. check of e-mails and saw this from Channel 13. While this would never happen, it is a charming "makes you smile" fantasy!

Drama At the Met

2011-10-07T10:19:00.001-04:00

American Wing Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Art Lesson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2011-10-05T16:39:00.001-04:00

Black & White On A Gray Day

2011-10-05T16:35:00.002-04:00

High Line Park NYC - 2011 Scott Kelby Photowalk October 1, 2011 - A cold, wet, rainy day!

Portrait/Self-Portrait

2011-10-01T00:47:00.000-04:00

Haunting portrait of "Miss R." Couldn't avoid the lights and the photographer (me) getting into the picture!

Form & Shadow - St. Francis Church Ranchos de Taos

2011-09-14T12:11:00.001-04:00

Form & Shadow - St. Francis Church Ranchos de Taos, a photo by bellearielparis on Flickr.

Santa Fe & Taos in Black & White

2011-09-08T14:39:00.001-04:00

Georgia on My Mind!

2011-08-16T09:18:00.001-04:00

Black & White

2011-08-12T19:16:00.004-04:00

Black & White, a set on Flickr.

Kip's Castle Concert

2011-08-06T00:15:00.000-04:00

The 3 Po' Tenors at the Summer Concert in Kip's Castle Essex County Park in Verona, NJ. At intermission, freshly cooked Zeppoles!

3D Spiders in Black & White - Yikes!

2011-08-04T11:23:00.000-04:00

If you have a pair of Red & Blue 3D glasses, watch this You Tube in full screen:

Three Po' Tenors in Concert

2011-08-04T01:35:00.001-04:00

I'm Sorry.....

2011-07-30T10:52:00.013-04:00

I just love the photography & editing in these 2 videos, the angles, color tones, perspective changes, movement, etc. etc. Of course, Tommy Reeve ain't bad to look at either!

MapleWoodstock 2011

2011-07-27T02:40:00.000-04:00

Sweltering Saturday in the City

2011-07-24T01:26:00.001-04:00

Mime on the corner of 47th Street & Broadway in New York City, with a temperature of around 100 degrees + high humidity.

Summer Sundown in South Orange

2011-07-19T19:22:00.001-04:00

Jeff Guenther Retrofitz Band at Sloan Street in South Orange, NJ

Oops...you caught me!

2011-07-15T07:30:00.002-04:00

Oops...you caught me!, a photo by bellearielparis on Flickr.

Tried to do that Henri Cartier-Bresson thing...but it looks like I got caught!

Newark Museum "Jazz In The Garden" concert audience

Eric Roth, Lutist

2011-07-01T23:24:00.005-04:00

Afternoon musical treat at the Newark Museum trip to the Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY. Took the edge off the torrential rain and thunderstorm on the bus ride there, and the continuous rain throughout the day. Not the greatest for outdoor photo ops!

Cartier-Bresson Quoted

2011-06-28T12:15:00.000-04:00

As most of Bresson's work was in Black & White, I think this is the appropriate place for this quote:

"It's an illusion that photos are made with the camera...they are made with the eye, heart and head."
Henri Cartier-Bresson

MOMA Reflected

2011-06-13T04:17:00.003-04:00

Santa Fe, New Mexico

2011-06-04T03:41:00.000-04:00

Easter Sunday - Two Sisters & A Cousin

2011-04-26T08:23:00.001-04:00

Sisters Abby & Lydia and cousin, Valeriy

A Rose by Any Other Name......

2011-04-26T01:33:00.001-04:00

might be a Feather or a Foot!

It's Happy Hour...Somewhere in the World!

2011-04-21T01:55:00.002-04:00

I got this flask just so I could share the "Green Fairy" with family & friends without carrying that heavy bottle.

Cherry Blossoms - Branch Brook Park, Newark NJ

2011-04-13T13:41:00.003-04:00

Bellevue Stratford Inn..Inside & Out

2011-04-13T13:12:00.003-04:00

Artscapes Retreat in Ocean Grove, NJ

2011-04-13T12:57:00.002-04:00

Views from the window...Room 16, Bellevue Stratford Inn

Swinging At The Chelsea Hotel

2011-03-10T23:28:00.001-05:00

Sculpture in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel, NYC

Beauty - Posed & Unposed

2011-02-21T19:58:00.002-05:00

"Posing Beauty" exhibition opening at the Newark Museum on February 19, 2011.

Posing Beauty in Black & White

2011-02-21T00:49:00.001-05:00

Musicians at the "Posing Beauty" opening, Newark Museum, February 19, 2011

"Unposed Beauty"...entry wall to the Newark Museum Exhibit, "Posing Beauty"
Opening February 19, 2011

Exterior vinyl banner, blowing in the wind!

Love Gives Wings to the Heart!

2011-02-11T19:54:00.001-05:00

Il n'y a aucune distance trop grande entre les amis, car l'amour donne des ailes au coeur.

There is no distance too great between friends, for love gives wings to the heart.

Why does everything sound sexier in French?

My Left Foot...goes on....!

2011-02-08T17:51:00.001-05:00

Latest addition to the sandal collection....red satin with bling! Perhaps I'll get a chance to wear them next New Year's Eve (weather permitting).

Snow Storm #??? February 5, 2011

2011-02-08T08:05:00.001-05:00

More Indoor Play - Collages

2011-02-03T18:33:00.001-05:00

Find the letters of the alphabet in things around the house and create a series of black and white collages. 4 letters done...only 22 more to go!

Find odd angles and lighting....on a battery-operated facial scrub brush. I should really use it on my face and not as a photographer's prop!

When It's Too Cold to Go Outside....

2011-02-03T17:50:00.002-05:00

You find things to do with your camera inside!

Take pictures of monoprints you created in the past:

Take photos of indoor wind chimes, using the in-camera black & white setting in the Nikon D80

The sun'll come out tomorrow?

Frank Lloyd Wright & linear bokeh

Last Snowstorm of January 2011

2011-01-31T07:47:00.001-05:00

My Black & White World in Pummelvision

2011-01-20T01:37:00.006-05:00

"Pummelvision" of my mostly black & white photos from Flickr

Black & White Slideshow

2011-01-18T10:51:00.001-05:00

A Couple of "Mugs"

2011-01-15T10:25:00.002-05:00

Even a plain white coffee mug can be interesting!

Black & White...and Really Mean!

2011-01-09T00:50:00.006-05:00

Watch the full episode. See more Reel 13 Presents.

Holly-Day in Black & White

2010-12-22T08:23:00.000-05:00

Pummelvision - Partially Black & White

2010-12-19T04:26:00.002-05:00

My Pummelvision -Flickr'ing Thru Faces I've Seen; Places I've Been! from Irene Pomianowski on Vimeo.

OK...so not in Black & White Only. Pummelvision.com is a fun, free program that takes your photos from a website like Flickr and turns them into a fast moving slide show. The YouTube version is on the other blog, "Room With Another View." This is the Vimeo version, which I can watch on the TV, using Roku.

Mug & MOMA

2010-12-02T10:24:00.001-05:00

Hmm....if you "Learn To Draw" can you end up on MOMA?

Northport Night

2010-11-28T13:54:00.001-05:00

Waiting for the train to NY from Northport. Taken on the station platform, just as the train was coming in. Actually it was only 5:00 pm, but with daylight savings time, it gets dark as night quite early.

Who's Charlie Parker?

2010-11-21T21:22:00.008-05:00

This is for you, Vicki & Susan!

Plaque on the house on Avenue B in the East Village, NYC

Tattooed in Seattle

2010-11-11T10:19:00.000-05:00

Glassblower at the Glasshouse Studio in Seattle

Fun in the City

2010-11-04T06:47:00.002-04:00

Exhibit at the Sony booth, PDN Photoplus Expo 2010. So hard to get a shot with all those big guys and their big lenses, I wanted to give them the double finger too!

Couldn't resist the mat black coffee mug based on a John Baldessari painting in the exhibit "Pure Beauty" at the Metropolitan Museum. It even came with its own box of chalk sticks. I guess you could call this ephemeral art...since eventually you have to wash your cup!

"My Baby Rides The Subway"

2010-11-01T06:55:00.002-04:00

I had fun at the PDN Photoplus Expo 2010 at the Javits Center and created this "video" for "vimeo." Since I used my Nikon D80 and it doesn't do video, this is really a slideshow with a soundtrack of a tune the band "Dirty Urchins" performed. This is my first attempt at a "movie" using the freebie Windows Movie Maker program that came with the laptop. I see some things that need "tweaking"....but I'll try better for the next movie. I think the grainy, slightly blurry, B&W goes with this band and the "subway song"...just my opinion. Hey, I was a contender!

The Dirty Urchins Band & "My Baby Rides The Subway" from Irene Pomianowski on Vimeo.

Dancers in Motion

2010-10-31T06:34:00.003-04:00

Dancers in Motion
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Dancers in Stillness

2010-10-31T06:09:00.001-04:00

Dancers in Stillness
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Dancers used to demo lighting camera & lighting equipment at the Pdn Photoplus Expo at the Javits Center

Fuji in-camera B&W mode

The Face & The Photographer

2010-10-30T15:50:00.001-04:00

The Face & The Photographer
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

A model used to demonstrate studio lighting. I consider this "street photography" because I included the audience and the photographer, AND the model was not posing for me. Kind of funny...the demo photographer ran out of memory and didn't know how to format the card!

Painful Transition

2010-10-25T04:11:00.006-04:00

Lesson learned....no way to break in a new pair of boots!

After a summer of walking barefoot (at home) or wearing thongs & sandals, it was time of put on a pair of new Fall boots. They were very comfortable, even with 2-inch heels, and so I mistakenly thought wearing them for a day at the Newark Museum would work. Big mistake! I was there from 11:30 am to 8:30 pm and literally on my feet for most of that time...result...the walking wounded. It was my toes that got "broken in," not the boots!

Up On The Roof!

2010-10-17T02:26:00.003-04:00

Came across these photos in an old album my mother had put together. Highschool Graduation Prom June 1951.

Yikes....it's depressing what 60 years, 60 pounds and the pull of gravity can do! As I recall, I found the dress for less than $20 on a shop on 14th Street, NYC. It was all gussied up with big rhinestoned flowers which I replaced with little white satin bows. Mom made the black & white stole (which I still have) from left over materials.

From a photography point of view, I think these are really good shots set up by a 16 year old and taken by her 12 year old kid sister, with what was probably a Kodak Baby Brownie from the local drugstore.

Using the tarred chimney stack on the roof of the 5-story walk-up apartment building we lived in on St. Marks Place in NYC was really smart!
I'm also nostalgic for the days when a couple of young girls could go on the roof of a NYC tenement with a radio, lemonade & a blanket...otherwise known as "Tar Beach" instead of taking the long subway ride to Coney Island.

Black & White Coffee(shop)

2010-10-15T21:55:00.006-04:00

The song and the black & white photography just seem to belong here....or maybe I just like scruffy-haired kids!

Dog Days in Portland

2010-10-12T01:09:00.001-04:00

Kind of sad when man's best friend turns his back on you! The grounds outside the Portland Art Museum. Actually, I think the young man was doing some repair work on the sculpture, but I was doing my Henri Cartier-Bresson thing and caught him in an off-guard moment.

The only art lover in the bunch...the little child...Look, doggy!

I've Got My Eye(s) On You!

2010-10-05T10:37:00.001-04:00

Paramount in Portland

2010-10-01T02:09:00.002-04:00

My comfortable room at Hotel Paramount in Portland

Seattle Scenes

2010-10-01T02:03:00.004-04:00

DooWop Group performing outside of one of the Pike Place Market Starbucks in Seattle

Look like "Jersey Boys" to me!

Interesting contemporary wire sculptures at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM)

My Left Footwork - 2010

2010-09-20T00:04:00.002-04:00

My Left Footwork - 2010
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

I know....it's called "Black & White Only" but it's my blog and I can break my own rules! So...here's a half black & white collage.

I was checking around for appropriate shoes to take on an upcoming trip to Portland/Seattle and came across these gladiator sandals. With a forecast of rain and fairly cool weather, they won't be going on that trip, so I just thought I'd add them to my ongoing project "My Left Foot."

From Summer's Heat to Winter's Cold!

2010-09-03T22:23:00.003-04:00

Since I just figured out how to download a "Vimeo" and picked this slide show as my first effort I thought I'd post here because although I took the photos in color, it really has the look of Black and White.

After the Snow Storm from Irene Pomianowski on Vimeo.

Deputies on Duty

2010-09-02T19:08:00.001-04:00

Essex County Deputy Sheriffs on duty at the Latin Festival in Orange Park. With temperatures 93+ this was not a fun assignment!

Shadow Catcher

2010-09-01T07:36:00.002-04:00

This little girl at the Latin Festival in Orange Park was fascinated by her shadow!

It's All About Eye Contact!

2010-08-29T13:41:00.002-04:00

My favorite shot taken at the Latin Music concert at NJPAC in Newark, NJ
I just love the intense expression on the boy's face....if only I'd brought my Nikon D80 instead of just the Fuj P&S with a 3X zoom!

Sounds of the City

2010-08-29T10:53:00.003-04:00

Latin Music Concert at the New Jersey Performing Center (NJPAC), Newark, NJ

Story of a Street Shot Session

2010-08-25T22:15:00.000-04:00

So Beautiful - So True - So Sad!

2010-08-16T11:15:00.001-04:00

The Garden from Jason Stefaniak on Vimeo.

Art Deco Detail - The New Yorker

2010-08-14T01:27:00.000-04:00

It Ain't Easy Being Bresson!

2010-08-14T01:10:00.004-04:00

During the lunch break from the Tamron Photography Workshop at the New Yorker hotel I took a walk down 34th Street in the drizzly rain. Still under the influence (of Henri Cartier-Bresson, that is), I tried to get some candid street shots. First, I acted like I was focusing on the Swarovski storefront; then I got the back and profile shots, but just as I was circling to get to the portrait shot of these two tourists? students?, I got busted by one of them! Taken by surprise, the shot is slightly out of focus on the subject.

I didn't want to carry my usual zoom, so I had only the Nikon 50mm 1.4 fixed lens on the camera. I can see I need more practice with this lens.

Since I can't zoom, I had to walk away or towards my subject...a lot harder to be sneaky and unnoticed.

Black & White In Music

2010-08-14T00:34:00.002-04:00

How did these music videos end up on my "Black and White Only" blog?? Well, think about the notes on a sheet of music! Now that I've gotten that out of my system, it's back to B&W Photos.

Leonard Cohen - The Letters

2010-08-10T22:13:00.005-04:00

Just watched a Netflix Indie movie "Land of Plenty" and this song at the end of the credits really got to me. It's here because it seems to be "Black and White"

Download this mp3 from Beemp3.com

and another by Leonard Cohen...Hallejulah!

Download this mp3 from Beemp3.com

and one more...with a little help from Johnny Depp...almost more than the heart can take!

Tripping in the Bronx!

2010-08-08T06:45:00.004-04:00

A Newark Museum trip to the Bronx included a stop along Arthur Avenue, the "Little Italy" section, stopping for lunch at Trattoria Zero Otto Nove

Get Me to The Job On Time!

2010-08-04T03:55:00.001-04:00

Get Me to The Job On Time!
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Homage to Henri (Cartier-Bresson)

2010-07-31T13:59:00.003-04:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellearielparis/sets/72157624623039882/

I was so impressed by first, the Henri Cartier-Bresson MOMA exhibit (recently closed), and then the documentary I got from Netflix "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye." I went through my photos from everywhere, converted some to Black & White, and tried to select those that demonstrate that "click moment" in time.

Photographing Philadelphia

2010-07-21T18:12:00.001-04:00

While still in the "Henri Cartier-Bresson" mode...a collage of photos taken on a bus tour to Philadelphia with the Newark Museum. Most were done using the Nikon D80 in-camera black & white setting.

Lily White & Black

2010-07-17T15:52:00.001-04:00

Black & White Tea

2010-07-17T15:49:00.001-04:00

Fruit & Platter

2010-07-17T15:44:00.001-04:00

The Guitarist

2010-06-23T22:52:00.001-04:00

Anton Del Forno, classic guitarist, at the Harrison Park Concert, June 2010

Presby Iris Garden

2010-06-23T22:46:00.000-04:00

Lincoln Center Fountain At Night

2010-05-02T08:07:00.000-04:00

Canada Geese

2010-03-01T00:38:00.001-05:00

Canada Geese
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

A couple of Canada Geese in the South Orange Middle School parking lot. I guess they thought that was South enough for the winter!

Support The Arts!

2009-12-14T23:35:00.001-05:00

Architectural Detail

2009-10-17T13:58:00.001-04:00

Architectural Detail
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

A few doors down from MOMA NYC on 53rd Street.

Autumn Gourds

2009-10-17T13:56:00.001-04:00

Autumn Gourds
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Just thought I'd "wake up" this blog again with a posting. I bought these gourds to use when I give a tour for the visually impaired at the Newark Museum. They fit in with the gourds in Winslow Homer's Civil War painting, "At Appomatix."

Newark Museum Centennial Ball

2009-05-06T00:00:00.001-04:00

Flower arrangement for the cocktail tables in the Engelhardt Court

Early Touch of Spring

2009-01-25T09:49:00.000-05:00

It's been so cold that when I saw miniature daffodils for sale at Shop Rite, I couldn't resist!

On the Roof with Jeff Koons

2008-08-23T16:29:00.001-04:00

Although color is part of Jeff Koons' creation, I thought the combination of reflections, transparent areas, and cut outs showing the actual landscape, made an interesting photo.

Close Enough to Smell the Flowers

2008-08-06T10:34:00.001-04:00

Close Enough to Smell the Flowers
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

The riot of color in the garden was almost too much..so I converted the photos into black and white. Now the beautiful architecture of nature stands out.

Under the Umbrella

2008-07-07T08:46:00.001-04:00

Under the Umbrella
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Farmer's Market - Washington Park, Newark, NJ

Shadow & Light

2008-06-24T19:58:00.001-04:00

Shadow & Light
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Two sculptures compliment each other at the Ft. Worth Modern Art Museum

Daisy

2008-05-26T18:40:00.001-04:00

Daisy
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Leaves CSC_0009

2007-11-09T14:54:00.001-05:00

CSC_0009
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Urban Violence

2007-11-02T00:44:00.001-04:00

Urban Violence DSC02449-1
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

As part of the 2007 Newark Art Crawl we stopped at Gallery 744. Almost everyone is trying to "not notice" the gun sculpture in the middle of the floor.

Autumn Reflection in Black & White

2007-10-20T17:58:00.000-04:00

Best viewed reflected

Autumn in Black & White

2007-10-20T17:37:00.001-04:00

Autumn in Black & White DSCN0829
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Signs of Autumn...gourds in the supermarket and the MOMA Holiday Catalog in the mail!

Jersey City Pier

2007-10-19T07:16:00.001-04:00

Jersey City Pier - New York Skyline DSC00987-1
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Downloaded for a Photojojo stream and thought...this is a really good photo!

Sculpture is Fun!

2007-10-14T15:28:00.000-04:00

Part of the decor of a 1908 restored house in the Forest Hills section of Newark. I think it looks even better in black & white!

India Chic

2007-10-09T23:06:00.000-04:00

Designer & Dancer - Meera Mahadevia, danced a prayer offering before the India Chic luncheon. I converted the color photo to black & white and used a lomography technique to give it that old style movie still look. Inspired by some of the photos in the Newark Museum exhibit, India: Public Places/Private Spaces

India

2007-10-06T00:49:00.001-04:00

India DSCN0039-1
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

The newly-opened photography/video show at the Newark Museum: India-Public Places/Private Spaces has me going back to the photos I took in India in 2005. Here's one of my favorites.

Scary Stuff

2007-09-30T10:54:00.001-04:00

New York City DSCN0034
Originally uploaded by bellearielparis

Someone on Photojojo asked for photos of scary things in honor of the upcoming holiday, Halloween. This is a sculpture temporarily installed during a Contemporary Art show in February 2007. Looked pretty scary to me!