Morning Ride

I got off the subway one stop early to take some shots on the way to work. This was the best one that I took. I find myself cropping my shots much more since i’ve been using the GF-1/20mm. I’ve got nothing against cropping, outside of losing pixels. Sometimes it’s just impossible to get the symmetry or composition you want straight out of the camera.

Photographing the Brooklyn Bridge

I took these photos back in October of 2010. I was going to meet my wife downtown for dinner and a movie, and had some time to kill. It was a very windy and cloudy day, which made for some nice dramatic skies, so I thought I would take some shots from the Brooklyn Bridge. I was finding it hard to get any angles of the bridge that I hadn’t seen before, so I took a new approach… photos of people taking photos of the bridge.

It turned out to be a lot of fun. My favorite shot is #6. He looks like he is praying to the sky, but he’s actually looking taking a shot of the rigging. The other shot I really like is #10. The guy on the left saw the woman in red taking a picture with her slr, and decided she knew what she was doing and copied her shot. I had to laugh, because I’ve had people do the same thing when I was shooting with my slr.

One of the photo tips you read about often is to turn around and look behind you when taking photos of a sunset. Sometimes the best shots are not where you think they will be. In my case, they were standing next to me doing the same thing I was.

Nice Little Key Store

Wall of Keys

The Greenwich Locksmiths unique storefront stopped my in my tracks on my way to work today. The rusty image popped nicely with a little Lightroom work. I think it may also make a nice B&W print.

As I was typing up this post, I decided to check to see if anyone had taken the shot already. Sure enough, ScoutingNY had beaten me to it… and took almost the same exact shot. Oh well… I still like this little keister… I mean key store.

Enter the (Lego) Dragon

I took this photo inside the Lego store at Rockefeller Center around Christmas. Most photographers complain when a photo has a “plastic” look, but I think it works here. I haven’t had much time to take Photos these days… new job, kids, snow and life have been keeping me busy. Hopefully I’ll be getting back into the groove.