I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

Annie Leibovitz

Downtown Paterson NJ through a window at the Wonder Art Factory Studios/Artist Complex located in The Paterson Great Falls Historic District a couple of blocks from the Great Falls National Park. Housed in one of the many old silk mills that were prevalent during the turn of the Nineteenth Century, wonderfully repurposed to serve as a photographic and videographic studios, open space event space for weddings, quiceniera & bar mitzva and storefronts for artisans & artists. The upper floors feature an unparalleled view of the historic & somewhat crime riddled downtown area of Paterson, the county seat of Passaic County New Jersey. - [ ] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #patersonnj @patersongreatfalls @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful @artfactorypaterson #artfactorypaterson @cityofpatersonnj @kehcamera

While back east during the process of putting my young lad to rest after his untimely and tragic demise earlier in February of this , I wandered through several of my old photographic haunts like Hoboken NJ, the wonderful Erie Lackawanna Ferry-Rail Terminal now utilized by New Jersey Transit, PATH and New York Waterway today. The green patina of the oxidized copper adorns it’s exterior.

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In Bloomfield NJ, out in the yard the sky had a purple hue above the warm hue of the sunset to the west that I captured as I took Mr Snuggles my dog out to do his business. That’s one of the things I love about sunrises and sunsets, you never quite know how God is going to paint the sky at any particular location and at any particular time. - [ ] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @apple #excellent_america @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @newjerseysunsetskies @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful @tiffencompany @adorama @omsystem.cameras #sunsets

Lighthouse is under renovation and will reopen October 2022.

Cape May, NJ

Here is a shot of the Ocean City, NJ Boardwalk looking from a sand dune on the beach.

The holiday weekend is over and back to reality tomorrow ~!

Deux BoBo pour le prix d'une !

A host of motorcycles, mostly Harley Davidsons gathered at the Brookdale Tavern Bloomfield NJ across the street from me on March 6th, 2021. Earlier in the day members of the Bloomfield NJ police department and many others from police departments as far as Massachusetts said final good-byes to retired Bloomfield 53 year old police officer Benedetto “Benny” Christiano, who lost his battle to COVID-19 on March 2, 2021. He retired in December 2020 and then was diagnosed with COVID-19.

HDR sunset in Strathmere, NJ

The Empty Sky NJ 9/11 Memorial in Liberty State Park in Jersey City New Jersey is dedicated to the 749 innocent New Jersey residents that perished at the World Trade Center New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC and Shanksville Pennsylvania on that tragic day on September 11, 2001. The names of the 749 inscribed on the interior walls, the walls themselves channel visitors to location where the two towers of the World Trade Center or Twin Towers once stood in the skyline of New York, this the name of the memorial Empty Sky. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #iphone13pro @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @apple @mpbcom @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #911memorial @newjerseystateparks

One of New Jersey’s most picturesque and photographed locations is located in western New Jersey alongside the Raritan River in the town of Clinton is a grist mill referred to as the ‘Red Mill’. When Ralph Hunt built this mill in 1810 on land he received in inheritance from his father Daniel Hunt its original purpose was that of a wool processing plant. Unfortunately, foreign cloth was relatively low cost so eventually even though some of the surrounding farmers would get their wool manufactured, Hunt’s business dried up and the mill came to a grinding halt. It was around 1828 to 1834 that John Bray and John B. Taylor (the Taylor family had taken ownership of the property began production wool in the mill again. The new owner John W. Snyder stopped the wool processing altogether and converted the mill in to a grist mill. Before all production stopped, it was a graphite mill and finally a talc mill when all activity stopped. Today it is a museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Captured this image while with my west coast damsel, returning from a wonderous weekend in Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. I particularly like the distorted reflection of the mill in water just before it cascades on the dam. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitclintonnj @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #newjerseyisntboring #newjerseyisbeautiful @visit_nj #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography

The sun bursting through the gray clouds over the Hackensack River from Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus New Jersey. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @mpbcom @kehcamera @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful @visit_nj @visitnorthjersey #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography

27.06.2018 Sevelen

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A snow covered well located at Morris Canal Park and Jack W Kuepfer Sr Nature Preserve in Clifton New Jersey. The Morris Canal came into existence in 1831, but came about when in 1824 the Morris Canal & Banking Company (MC&BC) was chartered to build a canal to bring coal mined in Pennsylvania through the heart of New Jersey’s iron district. In 1836 and additional extension was added from Newark to New York Harbor in Jersey City NJ with a final length of 102 miles. Newark owes much of it rapid growth to the Morris Canal. This Canal Park commemorates the Morris Canal that is part of the Morris Canal Greenway and the canal was in operation until 1924. I had found this park on my bicycle rides through Essex and Passaic counties in New Jersey when I resided there. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america#omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography

The first Boeing B-29 Superfortress made it maiden flight in September 1942 and would be critical to ending the Second World War as the mission of the Enola Gay & Bockscar B-29’s dropping devastating atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki respectively prompted the eventual surrender of Japan. The FIFI B-29 seen in this image taken at Trenton Mercer Airport in New Jersey at an air show held by the Commemorative Air Force whose home base is Dallas is one of two B-29 Superfortress that are still flying today. The B-29 during WWII was the most sophisticated bomber at the time, the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. - [x] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @mpbcom @kehcamera @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful @visit_nj @the_commemorative_airforce @caf1957 #olympus #omd #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography

Fishing pier at Belmar, NJ

Perception is created and twisted so quickly.

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The 1835 ‘new’ dam on New Jersey’s Passaic River in Paterson New Jersey that diverts the waters of the Passaic River to the S.U.M. hydroelectric just east of the river. Paterson was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1792 where he also founded The Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers who charter was to harness the power of the mighty Passaic to make it the fledgling United States first industrial city. The dam and its predecessor diverted the Passaic’s water to power manufacturing first using the flow of water to power machinery making Hamilton’s vision a reality creating a network of raceways in the vicinity. The raceways drove waterwheels that transferred the mechanical kinetic energy to power machines within the district built around the river and falls. Eventually when technology evolved to electric power the water was diverted to turbines that powered Paterson. Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark I Olympus Zuiko ED 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 SWD Olympus MMF-3 Four Thirds Lens to Micro Four Thirds Adapter #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #omd #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visit_nj @cityofpatersonnj @newjerseyisntboring #newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #newjerseyisbeautiful @tenbabags @patersongreatfalls @passaiccountynj @nationalparkservice #microfourthirds #olympus #olympusphotography #micro43photography #micro43