Coney Island RIP

While it’s freezing cold here in the middle of winter in Chicago, I’ve been browsing thru some photos I took from the summer of ‘08. I had always wanted to get out to Coney Island and luckily I had the chance to do it during one of the last weeks it was open. It was supposed to shut down at the end of 2007 but they extended operation for another year. Apparently almost all the rides and attractions are going to be removed to make way for new developments. I was only there for a few hours but I’m more than glad about even that!

I also took a ride on the famous Cyclone roller coaster.  At $8 a ride I almost skipped it, but if you know a little bit about me you’d know that I am a former (huge) roller coaster nerd.. and have ridden over 250 different coasters and used to obsess about them all day every day and the Cyclone was one I had never gotten to ride. My coaster addiction is no more but I felt a ride was necessary and damn, is that thing intense! Take a ride in the back row.. trust me

Anyway these shots are pretty standard after for Coney Island but I thought I’d share regardless…

enjoy,
Clayton

1/18/09 photo of the day

Brooklyn, New York

1/17/09 photo of the day

New York City

new york city layover

These photos are from my extended layover in NYC on my way to the Dominican Republic.  I opted to spend the time in Manhattan instead of waiting 10 hours at JFK.  2 cab rides to and from the airport cost me $100.  Yikes!

Started the night at Le Royal.  There was some The Wire party going on, with the people who did the soundtrack performing and some of the actors hanging out.  I’ve still never seen the show so I didn’t recognize anyone, of course.

My new friend Samantha.

Switched to the 50/1.4.  Hard to get sharp focus at such a shallow dof when the subject is moving very rapidly.

Igor, the guy who does drivenbyboredom.com

my drink ticket and plane ticket.

OK so now we are at Annex

Cool lighting, wish that guy wasn’t leaning into the shot though.

Yeah yeah, setup.

Nick Rhodes aka nickydigital.com

 

Friends who I always seem to run into in NYC or LA, Elise and Meryl

The end of a drunk layover.. off to the airport to drunk video chat with Lauren Flax and wait for my plane to board, which ended up being the worse plane ride of my life.. and not just because I was hungover.

Enjoy,
Clayton

6/30/07 photo of the day

The train to Brooklyn

Enjoy,
Clayton

6/13/07 photo of the day

Manhattan, NYC