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I'm extremely busy today and if I do not just post this without really writing anything about it, it will not get posted. So, here it is. Any questions, feel…
I'm extremely busy today and if I do not just post this without really writing anything about it, it will not get posted. So, here it is. Any questions, feel…
This is another view of the interior of the Livingston Manor Covered Bridge that I showed here in black and white. One commenter was disappointed that I showed it in…
I do not normally post twice on Saturday's (or any day for that matter) but today is International HDR Day, at least according to Rick Sammon and Trey Ratcliff, so…
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.
One morning in March I stopped by the meatpacking district in the early morning before work, to get shots there and under the High Line. As far as my plans…