Some photography tips are technical, involving settings on your camera or post-processing software. Others involve craft, such as compositional methods. Still others involve locations. It has long been an open secret that the best time to shoot in downtown Manhattan is very early on a Sunday morning. This is true both for still shots and video – almost any advertisement or commercial that shows the Wall Street area was shot on an early Sunday morning. As the area has traditionally been completely commercial for decades, there is usually almost nobody on the streets at that time except for photographers. The last weekend in May, I woke at 4 am to do just that, and did see very few people except for other photogs, some fishermen hanging out in Battery Park, plus a few cops and private security people. That might be changing, as more buildings in the area convert to residences. Somebody walked out of this doorway about 7 seconds after I shot this bracket. This building, at 20 Exchange Place, is undergoing a restoration as parts of it are converted to residential use.
And here’s a bonus compositional tip: narrow streets with tall buildings look cool shot on a wide-angle lens in portrait (vertical) mode.
Here’s one more bonus: and HDRSpotting invite code: 388-644493. If you use it, please leave a comment to let me know. Thanks.
Mike Olbinski
14 Jun 2010Fantastic composition and location…the buildings and narrow road is awesome, but the “Twenty” really makes the photo for me.
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c.jones
14 Jun 2010awesome comp – the pov and “Twenty” signs are great
nicely processed
mark
15 Jun 2010thanks, guys. The Twenty sign is what pulled me in.
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