Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Dr Dick's Report! Oh No Its back! With my best photos from 2013......................
My best not necessarily favorite photos of the year! All were taken by me unless I note otherwise! My 2 favorite cameras are my Olympus E-P3 and Olympus E-500, both are DSLR cameras! Please enjoy them, they are not in chronological order ! Please let me know your thoughts E-mail: richardwilkinsjr@gmail.com

2013..................
2 cruise ships coming up the Hudson River into NY Harbor! September 14th 6:45 AM!

Rich Milburn and I singing together as my band the "Dr Dick Band" played in late December at the Riverside Barr & Grill in Martins Creek Pa!

3 white dots are 3 planes coming in to land at JFK Airport in NYC on 12.27.13 at 6:15 AM! Federal regulations keep planes at least 90 seconds apart and at JFK they do it to the second!

George Washington Bridge from Palisades Parkway rest area east and north of New York City, August 28th at 5:49 AM

August 24th.....4:00 AM Philadelphia's 30th St Station!

August 16th... 4:51 AM a different view of 30th St Station

42nd St at 8th Ave looking east in NYC September 25th at 5:26 AM

42nd St on June 8th at 5:25 AM
Amtrak's Acela Express as it blew by me at around 125mph on April 7th near Elizabeth NJ

Alphabet City a public housing project on the lower east side of Manhattan August 24th!

My dogs Lizzie (L) and Sweet Pea (R) October 21st in my front yard in a nice Autumn setting!

Downtown Baltimore December 6th early morning!

Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn on September 23rd at 9:01 AM!

Brooklyn Bridge October 7th at 5:56 AM

May 2nd the long dormant Bethlehem Steel balst furnaces are now illiminated nightly as part of an entertainment complex 3:14 AM

July 5th Philadelphia Boathouse Row on the Schuykill River where all the local university crew rowing teams are housed 5:07 AM

July 15th Boathouses of a different color!

Ho ho ho, Christmas boathouses 12.28.13....6:13AM

In the Holland Tunnel leaving New York City October 18th at 6:30 PM..... The Stateline!


The first ever Facebook Breakfast Club Photo taken by the official Dr Dick Band Photographer Tom Lisetski at the Brass Rail in Phillipsburg NJ in February!

Brooklyn Rooftops from Verrazano Bridge on October 25th 5:21 PM

Singing at the carnival July 10!

Chicago August 30th elevated train station near Wrigley Field!

Chicago August 30th in the park off of Michigan Ave 10:08 PM

As we drove into Chicago and stopped at a light I snapped this photo in front of this hotel.....The photo seems to tell a lot of stories 8.30.13

Chicago September 1st at 10:01 PM, looking straight south from the 94th floor of the Hancock building!

Chicago September 2nd at 10:47 PM, we were crossing the street and a group of young people on bicyckes pulled up to the light by the Chicago River and stopped. I yelled to them all to wave and they all yelled and waved and I got this fantastic picture!

Every city has that iconic building the people love and in Chicago they love their Wrigley Building! September 2nd 10:56 PM

Chicago looking straight west from the 94th floor of the Hancock Building! After 10 PM

Looking Northwest from the Hancock Building in Chicago I caught a lightning strike in the night sky! Lightning may be my next photographic passion!

An official "Chicago Dog" Hot dog on a poppy seed roll, mustard, onions, hot peppers, tomatoes, pickle, sweet relish, and celery salt! Delish......

Chinatown NYC 5.24.13

The confluence of the Lehigh River into the Delaware River at Easton Pa....looking across to Phillipsburg NJ

August 2nd and a beach crab near Clearwater Fl!


My daughter Julia made this little photo grouping on her iPhone took a screenshot of it and sent it to me on Father's Day! 21st century gifting and I loved it!

November 2nd at Sweet Louie's in Alpha NJ my friend Giana got this photo of me singing with my band!

The "Dr Dick Band" September 21st

I had this great idea to make it look like a "Dr Dick" fan would take their clothes off and this is how the clothes would fall and it would be a promotional photo....Everybody hated my idea....Buncha stiffs!

Playing outside at a fundraiser for the Northwest Jersey Lions Clubs in Knowlton Twp NJ

December 23 we were rocking the house!

When we play "Bang On The Drum All Day" we insist on audience participation!

October 16th at 4:01 AM the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan sends a stream of light across the Hudson River

October 28th at 7:27 PM looking downtown at Lower Manhattan from the Weehawken Overlook

February 10th at the Brass Rail in Phillipsburg NJ, band photog Tom Lisetski captured the photo we used as our promo shot all year!

March 29th at 3:29 AM I photographed Easton Pa from Morgans Hill south of town!

June 25th in the morning in Bucks Co PA I had to stop to let a family pass!

The Wilkins Family December 23rd in Jersey City NJ

Family gathered at my mom's house on Christmas Day

June 6th from Hoboken NJ around 7ish PM the NYC Fire Dept Fire boat conducted a drill in the Hudson River

July 30th at8:24 PM in Clearwater Florida....on the Gulf coast you can get west coast sunsets!

July 30th 7:30 PM I captured a postcard in Florida!



Honeymoon Island near Dunedin Florida a beautiful beach!


From Honeymoon Island you can look south from the gulf at Clearwater Florida

August 2nd 8:35 AM daughter Julia and I made one last quick trip to the beach!

August 2nd 9:00 AM the umbrellas are ready to go!


One of the bands goals was to play at Flynn's Grove in Phillipsburg NJ, the whole town comes out!

Easton/Phillipsburg "Free" bridge from P'Burg around 4:30 AM

At "Ground Zero" in NYC looking straight up the new Freedom Tower June 9th!

June 25th and the Freedom Tower in NYC is now ready for the Fourth of July celebration with our flag's colors

Closer up shot of Freedom Tower in USA Colors! July 19th 4:51 AM

Freedom Tower as it looks as a finished product, much work still to be done on the inside even yet!

The most fantastic colors of the year for sunrises to me are in November! This one is on the side of I-78 in Jersey City NJ looking across lower Manhattan on November 15th at 6:23 AM

My nephew Brad (#8) leads Easton over Phillipsburg High School for the second straight year on Thanksgiving morning before close to 20,000 fans!

Brad, brother Mark and nephew Evan who also was QB for Easton on the field after the game!

Nephew Brad tossing another completion!

Grand Central Station NY NYSeptember 25th at 5:30 AM

March 24th the Green's Bridges in Phillipsburg NJ, the stone arch span once carried the Jersey Central Railroad over it!

May 15th in Philadelphia, Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels delivers a pitch!

December 19th looking east down Haynes Ave in Newark NJ across the Newark Airport field and into Lower Manhattan

November 23rd in downtown newark NJ next to the NJ Devils Arena a giant metal hockey player sculpture I caught at 5:23 AM

Howard Beach NY November 8th at 6:24 AM, just fantastic colors!

December 20th on Cross Bay Blvd in Queens NY at 7:05 AM minutes before sunrise the sky was pink, and a minute later gray! In photography its all timing!

August 16th at 4:45 AM on an overpass of I-76 in Philadelphia I did a little open lens stuff! 

November 4th at 8:15 AM I-78 East is at a standstill! Near Clinton NJ

November 20th at 6:11 AM looking east on I-78 towards New Jersey from Easton, Pa

November 20th 4:35 AM looking east along I-78 in Newark NJ with NYC looming!

July 2nd at 11:02 PM Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople fame playing at one of the last concerts ever at Maxwell's in Hoboken NJ

October 28th at 6:09 AM two of New York City's most famous icons Empire State Building (L) and Chrysler Building (R)

Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA August 25th

On September 11th at 5:30 AM the Newsteams were gathering just across the river from ground zero as every year we will always look back in retrospect at our "Pearl Harbor"

9.11.13 Jersey City NJ with Jersey City's monument a piece of the original World Trade Center's twisted steel!

The pastels of early evening in Jersey City NJ 10.28.13 6:15 PM

Johns Hopkins in Baltimore MD, December 6th!

One of my most prized photos as my daughter Julia allowed me to photograph her and then used it for her Temple University ID photo!

My baby leaving the beach in Florida

Julia's graduation Day June 17th from Easton High School! This picture with her brother was just stupid and loving enough at the same time to be a favorite of mine!

May 13, 2013, every year as one of my daughter's charity functions she brings pageant queens and friends together and they help out at the Komen Breast Cancer Walk/Run

September 14th at 3:46 PM Statue of Liberty from Red Hook, Brooklyn NY

November 4th at 7:14 AM those few moments that the sky is orange until the sun is up!

November 15th at 6:22 AM from the side of I-78 in Jersey City a sunrise picture I feel trumps most others, Lady Liberty in early morning color!

June 15th at 6:05 AM from the BQE.......I call this Life N' Death NYC

Jersey City NJ 12.1.13 Light Rail!

Long Beach, Long Island NY 12.16.13 9:08 AM...the wind was howling and it was freezing out, perfect for a picture!


The Mac's Flagship Store 34th St Manhattan...12.22.13

Me n my kids Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia Pa
April 6, 2013

Midtown Manhattan September 13th at 3:06 PM taken from Hoboken NJ

Midtown Again September 14th........6:09 AM

NYC 10.28.13......6:46 PM

Midtown with storm clouds lit up bright by the lights of Times Square below!


Julia Wilkins crowned "Miss Golden Triangle" in Pittsburgh Pa on August 16th! This qualified her for the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant this coming June 2014, we were happy as she started college as a freshman 2 weeks later thus eliminating the need to worry about qualifying!

A favorite of mine and many of my friends "Moon Over New York".....Taken on December 1st at 6:01 AMI still got the buildings lights with the light of morning coming onto the phot and a crescent moon above!

Just Moon sept 14th at 9:14 AM


Nathan's Famous Hot Dog flagship location in Coney Island! December 5th at 8:13 PM

Norfolk Southern freight train leaving Allentown Pa yard at 10:33 AM heading westbound!

NY Harbor 9.13.13 early morning!

NYC October 16th at 4:39 AM almost looks like the Bat Signal as Times Squares lights light up the clouds


October 28th 7:30 PM NYC in all its color!

Sunrise NYC 11.30.13 7:30 AM

December 20th at 4:53 AM from Weehawken NJ NYC has just about as much color as you'll ever see!

Decemeber 26th.....The Empire State Building in Christmas colors!

August 23rd Oak Island Rail Yard Newark NJ

I have had a 17 game season ticket plan to the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team since 1991. It has always been a great source of enjoyment. This is our gang/family near the end of last season on September 20th

March 28th Newark NJ Overheated cabbie


Coney Island's iconic Parachute Jump, which has not been used in 20 years but has recently had its lights restored!

August 6th Philly Phanatic

Philadelphia from Camden NJ on December 31st at 4:45 AM...Love this one

Philly from Camden on May 2nd around sunrise

Philadelphia from the South St Bridge on November 26th



December 24th Philly!

Old School pHilly Trolley, many of these are still in service



My favorite sandwich! A "Pizza provie wit" from Pat's Cheesteaks in Philadelphia> This one is ribeye steak meat on a fresh roll, with sauce, onions, and provolone cheese!
A lone zamboni makes the ice fresh at Rockefeller center in the middle of the night! December 14th


December 14th at Rockefeller Center at 600 AM

My son after dinner with Bill Clinton and other colleagues
October 13th...I don't know who took this!

October 24th at 4:35 AM looking up the Schuykill River in Philadelphia, Amtrak's 30th St Station os to the left

i took this selfie with my life long friend Mike Frinzi at Maxwell's in Hoboken while seeing Ian Hunter! The stranger in the back, she doesn't seem to want to be in the picture!



On April 30th the "Spire" was put itno place on the Freedom Tower at groud zero in NYC making it the tallest building in the United States!

Sunrise rural central PA

Sunrise Howard Beach NY

Sunrise Brooklyn NY

Sunrise Newark NJ looking east down I-78 at NYC as a plane passes by landing at Newark!

Sweet Pea (L) and Lizzie (R) my babies!

Tappan Zee Bridge joining Tarrytown NY and Nyack NY 20 miles upstream from NYC

Thanksgiving at my home still has a large presence of old folks, may they live long!

5:54 AM on a cold December morning and Times Square is as deserted as it gets!

April 7th I drove Tony Blair, a very nice man indeed!

Verrazano Bridge December 26th in the middle of the night!

Stuck in traffic eastbound on the Verrazano bridge as the sun comes up!

My pugs had a visitor for a few days and were surprisingly hospitable. 9.15.13

"Working Man" January 26 very early, Canal St NYC

Wrigley Field, Chicago August 1st

Bethlehem Steel Blast furnaces on December 13th at 6:37 AM in Christmas colors!

Thank you all for supporting my photography by enjoying my photos and telling me so! It is my hope to possibly publish a book or sell canvas signed prints in the coming year! If you would like to be on my mailing list or just want to drop a line about the 2013 collection, please do! Thank you all so much for supporting me!
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