Benjamin Deibert Photography

A third round of pictures from last year’s project, these from the height of the summer.

Crosswalk

Scooter

Queens Buolevard

Pink Parasol

Colorform Recording Session, Part II – Michael on Tambourine!

Airport

Pedicab Decisions

Waiting to Cross

And now to continue unloading pictures of people, all of these from around NYC.

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge

Photoshoot

Self Portrait @ Greenpoint Gallery

Contemplative Box Rummaging

Young Musician

Once upon a time in January 2012, I set out on a mission to photograph at least one person every day for the next calendar year, for a project aptly named “A Person A Day”. My goal was to become more comfortable with photographing strangers, and better at composing those types of portraits. For five months or so, the project rolled merrily along. Then came a trip to Nicaragua, weddings, engagement shoots, family shoots, and a backlog of editing which began to overwhelm me. The prospect of adding more to that backlog by way of this project was not one I was particularly keen on. In fact, I even began leaving my camera at home, as opposed to carrying it with me everywhere, as per my usual. Days without a picture for the project turned into weeks, and eventually the project was no more. Although I did not make it the full calendar year, I did manage to compile a great deal of portraits, many which I have yet to post to this blog. With this entry I plan to start posting all of these previously unshared pictures to this blog in several installments.

Las Isletas, Nicaragua

Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica

Bike on Bedford

Reading

I ended up with a lot of pictures like this – headless and anonymous. Most of these were a result of the “shoot from the hip” method, and some turned out better than others. This one I particularly like.

Hipster Stroll

Long Island Winery Tour

Colorform Recording Session

Construction

Sweeping

It has once again been quite some time since my last blog post, but here are a few pictures that I have taken over the winter months.

Street Art

Danny Nez and Mikey Bricks of Felony Bebop Club

Pigeons

Kosmo

Snow

Jack’s Cancellation Shoes

Chandelier

Lodge

Time for one final post from last year’s trip to Nicaragua, this time exploring the last stop on our itinerary, the colonial city of Granada. Founded in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Granada is considered to be the first European city in mainland America. Situated on Lake Nicaragua and surrounded by volcanoes, there are many opportunities for nature based activities, as well as the ability to explore the streets of the city and its many churches.

Iglesia Xalteva

Iglesia Merced

Cathedral de Granada

Pool at Casa Cubana

On Mombacho

Plants and Flowers

Views from the Top

The collection of islands jutting out to the right is Las Isletas de Granada, a collection of approximately 365 islands.

Ant

Boat Tour of Las Isletas

From Fort of San Pablo

Mombacho

Islands are actually for sale here.

Birds Nests

More Monkeys

Bird

Back to Nicaragua the blog goes, with the next destination of our journey, Ometepe. Formed by two volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua, this island is a haven of hiking, fishing, flora and fauna. The lack of modern conveniences made for a unique jungle experience.

Ferry from the Mainland

Concepción

Streets of Ometepe

Our Eco Lodge – Finca del Sol

View from the Cabin

Breakfasts

Caramba

Birds and Sheep

A failed attempt to summit Maderas, one of the islands two volcanoes.

Petroglyphs -ancient rock carvings

Giant Caterpillars

Howler Monkeys

Tree

Flower

Net Fishing on Lake Nicaragua

Spider Monkeys

Heron

Fish stew made with our catch

Playa Santo Domingo

Concepción at Night

 Hello, and welcome back to my blog.

It’s hard to believe that I haven’t posted here since July. There’s no one reason in particular for this, other than letting a busy life get in the way and causing me to neglect the main outlet of my being able to share my photography. I am going to try my best to not let such a lapse occur again. The good news about this is that since the last post was so long ago, I have much backlogged photography to share!

Let’s get back into things with a post from the first stop on my trip to Nicaragua last year, Playa Marsella, a small, isolated, and at times completely private beach located outside the surf town San Juan del Sur. Ashley and I stayed at Empalme a las Playas, a fantastic bed and breakfast consisting of bamboo cabanas and run by gracious hosts Karen and Roy. Here is a taste of the four days we spent there.

Playa Marsella

Sunset

Playa Maderas – a short quad ride from Playa Marsella up and down some VERY steep and rocky hills

The country is teeming with dogs

Our B&B had two great ones, Shadow…

…and Lica

Hummingbirds

Our mosquito netted bed

Flowers and Plants

Scorpion

Oxcart

Delicious fresh fruit breakfast.

Sunset