Category Archives: Travel

Sarah and the City

June 29, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

Most people are probably as sick of hearing about New York City as I am of talking about it, (not really-I love talking about me and things I’ve done) but I recently got a package in the mail from Sarah consisting of some NYC “souvenirs”, one of the nicest cards I’ve ever received in the mail, and a flash drive with her pictures from my visit.

I’m going to share a few of those pictures that I have chosen based on an undisclosed criteria.

Jesse and I at the Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

Jesse and Ellis Island

The Jazz Club that Served PBR

On the Subway

Tim on the Subway

Brooklyn Bridge

On the Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan Skyline

Our Meal at the Italian Restaurant

Union Station

Jesse and I Overlooking Ground Zero

Jesse and I at the Statue of Liberty

Me and a Bird

Liberty Island

Me Displaying a Blatant Disregard for the Law

Waiting for the Subway

Jesse and I in Front of the Bar that Screwed Us on the Free Hot Dogs

Sarah and Tim and possibly other members of my family are coming to visit Boone at a yet to be determined time in September. If you are desiring to meet these people, you better get your name on the manifest in the immediate future.

Next week’s random photos will be a very small collection of pictures from a recent camping trip.

Black & White, Jesse, Night, Personal Photo Project, Travel

Personal Photo Project of the Week #66

May 6, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

Since I want to be done with all of the New York City images, I’m going to post the last two sets of images today.

Empire

I already wrote about how I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the Empire State Building over her:

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So I won’t go over it again. I’ll just add that I could have really used a tripod on top of the Empire State Building. Even the monopod that I left in my suitcase would have really helped.

Even though Jesse and I stayed a half block away from Times Square, it wasn’t until the last night we were there that I actually took my camera down there.

The Square

A few more images from Times Square:

Next week’s Personal Photo Project of the Week involves Jill and a mirror.

Candid Portrait, Jesse, Sarah Toot, Steph, Street Photography, Tim, Travel

The End of Random NYC

April 27, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

This is the end of the random NYC images. Please shed no tears.

Some of the pictures are from the Brooklyn Bridge:

Statue of Liberty

Lovers put a lock on the Brooklyn Bridge to seal their love and then throw the key over the side.

Steph and I

Sarah, Tim and I

Sarah and Jesse

Sarah and I

Manhattan Bridge

Jesse and I

Some were taken at Grand Central Station…

The rest are from the exotic Roosevelt Island Tram…

Next week’s random Wednesday will be pictures from Iowa State’s Spring Game.

Black & White, Personal Photo Project, Still Life, Travel

Personal Photo Project of the Week #64

April 22, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Narcissism and Self-Deception

Here are more pictures from the Narcissism and Self-Deception Series.

Next week’s Personal Photo Project will return to The 9 Emotions Project. It will feature Jill and a special surprise guest.

Black & White, Candid Portrait, Jesse, Ruins, Sarah Toot, Street Photography, Travel

More Random NYC

April 20, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Most of these pictures are from our adventures in the subway.

More random New York City images next Wednesday.

Animals, Art, Black & White, Personal Photo Project, Still Life, Travel

Personal Photo Project of the Week #62 – Beta

April 9, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

More pictures from the Self Evident Truth Series:

Next week’s Personal Photo Project of the Week will return to the 9 Emotions Project. I will be publishing Shannon and Willy’s interpretations of the 9 Emotions.

Animals, Art, Black & White, Jesse, Personal Photo Project, Sarah Toot, Steph, Travel

Personal Photo Project of the Week #62 – Alpha

April 8, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Self Evident Truth

Jesse and I knew that we weren’t spending a ton of time in New York and we were given a few suggestions by Sarah and Steph on places to visit. We both decided to choose one place we had to go see.

Jesse chose Central Park.

I chose the Statue of Liberty. In the 3.5 days that we were in New York City, I took approximately 800 photos. Close to half of those were on our Statue of Liberty adventure.

So here are more pictures from the Self Evident Truth Series:

There will be more pictures from the Self Evident Truth Series tomorrow.

Animals, Art, Black & White, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, History, Jesse, Sarah Toot, Travel

More Random NYC – Ellis Island and Financial District

April 6, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

More random New York City images from the second day of the trip. These pictures were mostly taken on Ellis Island and around the financial district.

Regrettably, I didn’t see one Goldman Sachs piece of garbage to mug.

More random New York City images will be coming your way next Wednesday as well.

Black & White, Christianity, Jesse, Sarah Toot, Still Life, Street Photography, Travel

More Random New York City – Near Ground Zero

March 30, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 3 Comments

Here are some random New York City images from the Second Day of the trip. These were taken at and around Ground Zero and at St. Paul’s Chapel, which is across the street from Ground Zero.

Regrettably, some of these pictures were taken through a window, leading to a regrettable reflection.

More random New York City images will be coming your way next Wednesday.

Animals, Jesse, Music, Sarah Toot, Steph, Street Photography, Travel

Random New York City Images

March 23, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Even though I only recently started the tradition of posting movie reviews on Wednesdays, I’m already walking away from that tradition. I want to keep this website about photography as much as possible, so I’m going to start posting my movie reviews on my collective blog:

Robot Monster Bros.

If you were to follow that link, you would not find any movie reviews. You will find an explanation of why I do my movie reviews the way I do. You will also find a posting the 10 Things I Learned in NYC. In the near future, I should have a review of Cedar Rapids up.

Wednesdays now will be more of a random photography day. This way I get more photography on the photography website and more writing on the writing website.

Here are some random pictures from my trip to New York City:

The Carnegie Deli, our first stop after the hotel.

The Melo – That is what I am talking about!

Maybe the best cheesecake of my life.

Central Park

Central Park Horse

Manhattan Skyline from Central Park

Broadway

David Letterman does not amuse me, but this was still kind of cool.

“Don’t want to be an American Idiot. Don’t want a nation under the new media. And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind (fudge) America….”

Want to know what 72 dollars worth of alcohol looks like in NYC? Sarah and Tim are showing it off.

Steph and I after American Idiot

Jesse and I after American Idiot

Amy’s Bread’s Red Velvet Cake. Tim said this would be the best red velvet cake of my life. Shhh…. My Mom’s is better!

Sarah and I outside of Amy’s Bread

More random New York City images will be coming your way next Wednesday and don’t forget to check out the other website for my list of 10 things I learned in NYC.