What’s all this then?
This is a City Daily Photoblog, bringing a bit of New Providence, New Jersey to you every day! I also feature nearby towns; generally, I try to keep it to a 10-mile radius from New Providence.
Below are some maps for context, because maps are fun.
(This is New Jersey. New Providence is about an hour west of Manhattan.)
(Map of counties and towns; the general area you’ll find on this blog is in red and blue)
So you take a photo every day? Wow.
No. I make sure a photo is *posted* every day. I leave for work before the sun rises and come home after it sets, so I’m usually only in New Providence when it’s dark and everything’s closed. I stock up on photos during the weekend.
Are you some fancy photographer with a fancy camera or something?
ABSOLUTELY. No, not really. I use a megazoom point-and-shoot digital camera that a *real* photographer probably wouldn’t be caught dead with.
EDIT, MID-SEPTEMBER 2012: I now own a fancy camera! I’m still not a fancy photographer, though.
So who are you then?
Hi! I’m Josy.
Here are some things about me:
- I’m a nerd.
- I grew up on the Jersey Shore. No, it isn’t like that, shut up.
- I don’t like cities. There are too many people and not enough trees.
That should be enough.
Can I use your photo for [whatever]?
Most of the photos are copyright Josy Conklin (me).
The following mostly-historical images ONLY have been released under a Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 license, and can be used as long as I am credited:
| Image and link to Wikimedia page | Link to Wikipedia article | Link to original New Providence Daily Photo post |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Madison, NJ) | This is the church and this is the… bell tower |
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Stage House Inn | Stage House Inn |
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Sayre Homestead (n/a as of September 2012) | Lake House |
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Old Baptist Parsonage (Scotch Plains, New Jersey) | Parsonageity |
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Deacon Andrew Hetfield House | Hetfield House |
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Firehouse No. 4 (Plainfield, New Jersey) | n/a |
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Fanwood Park Historic District (n/a as of September 2012) | n/a |
The copyright on the vintage photos is kind of questionable, but I don’t own them; I’m claiming Fair Use or Expired Copyright.
The maps are released under a Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 license; use ‘em as you see fit.
So… why do you do this?
Back in December of 2006, my friend from undergrad, James [formerly] of Bath, contacted me and bullied me into publishing his City Daily Photo posts while he was out of town.
(Classy example of Monmouth photography: a dead fridge.)
Me: Fine, okay, I’ll post your darn photos. How do I do that?
James: First, go to WordPress.com and set up a blog of your own.
Me: I need to set up my own blog? But what should I blog about?
James: WAYSIDE NJ DAILY PHOTO!
Me: That’s dumb. You’re dumb. There’s nothing here worth taking photos of.
I eventually compromised with “Monmouth Daily Photo,” satisfied that there was SURELY enough stuff in the entire COUNTY to fill a photoblog.
I won’t bore you with the details, but bottom line, photoblogging got me out and about (!) and generally improved my life (!).
When I moved to Chicago in 2008 for grad school, I had to give it up. But I’m back in Jersey in 2010, so here we go again!
Here is the post with all the info: 
