Photo of the day

Workers take a break for dinner at the Oyster Bar. (Shot with a 24mm lens at 1/30 sec at f/2.8)

Back to the Oyster Bar

I'm having a lot of fun with this series. I consider this image, that I took today, to be true fine art. Although I do wish my lens were a bit cleaner when I took the photo. Since I dumped the image from my camera I've been going back and forth on weather or not the lens flare bothers me or not.

Dave and I sat around eating oysters, laughing at Chuck Norris jokes and watching the customers and staff. The bartender, John, was quite a character and tipped me off as to when the Oyster Bar receives deliveries. I'd love to add that aspect to my series; hopefully I can ambush the delivery guys this week.

More Oyster Bar

I returned to the Oyster Bar last night with the intent of capturing its exterior and the type of people who enjoy this iconic spot. Unfortunately, when I arrived in the evening, the Oyster Bar was closed. The dim interior, lit by the faint glow of a few display cases still drew a crowd. And as unhappy, and unfed, New Yorkers turned away I stole pieces of time while perched in the adjacent stairways. This place is shaping into a nice project...

Oyster Bar

I intended to spend the day outside, shooting mid town but due to the rainy weather, I ended up spending a few hours walking around Penn Station and Grand Central with a good friend. When we grew tired (and hungry) we stopped into the famous Oyster Bar at Grand Central. I've always wanted to go in there. Stepping into this place is like stepping into the past. I ate 10 Blue Point oysters and called it a night. I'll be going back tomorrow to give Carlos, the waiter, a few snapshots I took of him.