Belmont, CA - October 2020

Antelis Pharmacy in Midwood, Brooklyn is sadly no longer operating out of this ‪#‎storefront‬. We loved its ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ with its ‪#‎script‬ lettering which was left behind when they moved further down the street. The fact that they left the ‪#‎signage‬ behind does not surprise us because all of the ‪#‎store‬ owners we have interviewed over the years have repeatedly told us that it is a "real labor of love" to maintain these ‪#‎neonsign‬ because they need constant work to fix broken transformers, fuses and other things that get broken when exposed to rain & snow. This photo taken in 2011 appears in our newly published book "Store Front II- A History Preserved". We hope that someone like @lettherebeneon saves this beauty from the dumpster! ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎signcompany‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypograhical‬

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But what train am I waitin' for and where? (©21Sep19)

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Solid, liquid, gas, i.e., snow, water, clouds…and cold and wind and rocks. That was Trinidad today. 14 November. The time of year when the elements as atmospheric forces become unruly and dispense their “ugliness” upon the landscape and all that is about it. Most would snap their collar up, turn their back to the chilling wind, and walk away in search of soonest shelter; preferably warm. I guess that’s one way to “look” at it. But it’s not nearly the only way to look at, or rather, to “see” what is at hand. Call it potential if you will. Perspective-potential? Yup. To be able to eek out something relatively pleasing (hopeful) out of what appears to be unpleasing (hopeless). What was it Andy Dufresne said, "Get busy living, or get busy dying.” Yeah. I know. I got it, but don't get it. The doctrine of divine, unblemished sunshine or nothing at all – still? – reigns supreme, though I say "Sic semper tyrannis!" and go my way come hell or high water; rain or shine(ola). By crikey! I will apply my mind and all I’ve installed therein to what is before me to do what I have come to do: capture the scene regardless of inclemency. That’s right: improvise, adapt, overcome. And what I “saw” here was a teeny-tiny train conducting its Sisyphean exercise in the midst of this primordial landscape misshapen by unimaginable cataclysmic forces, weather notwithstanding. So what about the train? Seems completely irrelevant, save to provide a pedestrian perspective of how infinitely “small” man and his machine are in sardonic comparison, and I kinda like trains too. (14Nov17 ©)

About an hour before sunset and the refraction of light within and through a veil of cloud cover makes for a surreal winter scene. Engineer Jerry Miller is poised to swing his butted 45’s down and ‘round the bend westward. He and his conductor have just spotted five covered hoppers under the Hite spout. With everything buttoned up, handbrakes spun on the spot, Fred hung, a quick set and release, the conductor gives Miller the highball to proceed into a boreal martianscape. (01Mar17 ©)

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Belmont, CA - October 2020

An amazing day in Santa Fe!

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Category: Single/Stacked (sort of? I'll explain)

STORY:

I had planned a photo down in Quechee, Vermont with the Milky Rising over the gorge, but I was too early and didn't have the energy or motivation to wait 3 hours. I also live about 2 hours away, so I decided to try and capture the Milky Way rising over the bridge. I couldn't believe how much traffic came through at 11:30 pm EST. This was my favorite shot of the light trails crossing the bridge. This is a single frame, but as I was editing the photo in Lightroom I saved multiple edits. I liked the last 5 edits and blended them together in PS to get blend the golden core and the faded bluish night sky. So that's why I added "stacked" as a category even though it's the same still frame.

I think I'll go back in a few months to try and get the shot I had originally planned.

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After saying goodbye to my Friend who’s accepted an Engineer position with the Canadian National in the Midwest, I wasn’t quite ready to head back to my pad and actually had some company business to take care of while in the Panhandle. Most of the morning and early afternoon proved difficult for photographic possibilities: even for my taste. It seemed there would be no opportunity to combine pleasure with business this day. But I listened to my gut instinct and decided to wait it out for favorable combinators to work their magic. Not until she lay her head down to slumber on a pillow of December-down-frosted mountains did she shine so fine through her evening negligee of chiffon clouds as the tail end of a BNSF westbound slips over the windblown Pend Oreille waving goodbye to a bittersweet day. Bon chance mon Ami! Stay tuned for "Fortuna Redux ~ Part One" (06Dec17 ©)

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Another relaxing day at the lake, fishing and sunset!

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Belmont, CA - October 2020

You know you’re in Texas when....

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Oakland, CA - March 2019

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Beautiful sunset, mountains, and trees!

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A minute past midnight conductor Ryan Reierson rolls the Eastern Washington Gateway Scoot train by at Fictenberg (most likely a misspelling of the German Fichtenberg) under a cloudless very starry night. The 30-second exposure sends the train into warp speed though its actual speed hovers around 10 miles an hour. Out here, though near US Hwy 2, it can get unnerving in the black of night when you’re alone, waiting for the train, its headlight searching out the night as it makes its way to you surely, but ever so slowly as the coyotes, cougars and other curious creatures of the night make their unseen presence known. Soon the rails begin to wake in snaps and pops exponentially as the weight of the train nears. As the procession comes into earshot the squeaking and squawking locomotive running gear immixed with the grumbling and whining of their prime movers followed by the long line of cars rocking and rolling, drawbars dropping here and there on account of less than favorable track alignment and cross elevation. In minutes the squealing flanges and droning diesels have passed back into the darkness and the critters of the night take off where they left, but not before the time-honored “Good Roll-By at Fictenberg, 328” is given and the distinctive crackle of the radio relays the engineer’s confirmation. “Roger that! Good roll-by at Fictenberg. See you down the road, 328 out.” as the smell of diesel exhaust lingers in the cool air. (©19Apr17)

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Ralph's Deli & Grocery in #NYC has a colorful #storefront and #fontastic signage! We especially love the "R" and the mix of Spanish and English groceries listed. Who can resist cervezas and sodas. #bodega #signgeeks #everything_signage #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #signcollective #typevstime #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signage #lettering #ig_signage #handpainted

We always love finding old Coca-Cola #signage as it takes us right back to the time when the company gave these signs away for free to businesses that sold their product. All the small businesses had to do was add their own copy, usually in the form of enamel #lettering that was also supplied by #cocacola. #signgeeks #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #typevstime #ipulledoverforthis #gas_food_lodging #trb_ipoft_signs #guardiancities #storefront #disappearingfaceofnewyork #vintage #signsofgrime #myfeatureshoot #filthyfacades

Peace!

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Did you spend the day on #BeachTime? Hammock courtesy of Sirata Beach Resort, St Pete Florida.

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🍳🍔 Empire Diner is one of the last free-standing diners left in Manhattan and is located inside a 1946 Fodero Dining Car. It closed in 2015, after a second failed attempt to revive it. This photo was taken in 2009 before the #miniature stainless steel stylized #Empire State Building @empirestatebldg replica was removed from its roof. Photo and full interview with former owner Carolyn Benitez appear in our book "New York Nights". #storefront #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signgeeks #typevstime #signcollective #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #igs_nyc #guardiancities #reportagespotlight #myfeatureshoot

This ‪#‎barber‬ shop not only had an amazing old ‪#‎sign‬ and ‪#‎handpainted‬ gold leaf lettering in the window but also had stenciled ‪#‎barbershop‬ tools including scissors, razors and brushes along the top of the roll gate. We also loved all the old ‪#‎signage‬ in the windows showing the variety of ‪#‎hair‬ cuts and styles they specialized in. 35 mm film photo is from 2004 and appears in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York". Sadly this Nostrand Avenue ‪#‎storefront‬ went out of business in 2006 and was replaced by an instant refund tax center with very bland signage. ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎jj_doorsandwindows‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎signofgrime‬

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Somewhere on the CW Sub

(© 21May18)

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Another peaceful sunset.

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Arriving just in time to pixilate this electrifying capture, an eastbound BNSF stack sees green at the east end of double track on the Columbia River Sub. Already, the hiss of releasing brakes slithers through the blackness as Zeus hurls a brace of negatively-charged cloud-to-ground lighting bolts that crack the scene like a broken mirror. Undisturbed, the hogger gets his mile-long snake of stacks slipping away towards Spokane. (© 08Jun18)

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