On Saturday the 26th I will be traveling to New York to stay with my sister and will be staying until March 30th. While in New York I would like to try to improve my photography. Do any of you have any recommendations about what places I should try to go to to take photos? Do you know if there are any free/low cost photography workshops/lectures during that time period? Is there anywhere I should go/ anyone I should talk to?
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Trip to NYC next weekend
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VisionLight
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NY City, including its outer boroughs, can offer you any and every photographic subject you could wish to point your camera at, except mountains (well, within the city limits anyway). Can you narrow down what you are most interested in during your short stay, and which borough you'll be in most often? There are plenty of interesting cityscapes, lots of museums, art in one form or another is everywhere, parks or botanical gardens large and small have many possibilities, and the very eclectic people can provide inspiration for unending street photography.
I have two NYC (including all boroughs) galleries on my website, one in color and one in black & white that might give you ideas. The images may be from the 35mm film age, but most (except the World Trade Center) are still valid subjects today. If you're interested in taking a look, here are the links:
NYC in color
NYC in black & white
These are part of my current project of going through 35 years of my 35mm photography and adding selections to my website. I'm only through the 1970s so far, so I have a long way to go.
Let us know if you have any questions that are a little more specific, but most of all have a good time. You could easily not stop taking pictures.
Ed
I have two NYC (including all boroughs) galleries on my website, one in color and one in black & white that might give you ideas. The images may be from the 35mm film age, but most (except the World Trade Center) are still valid subjects today. If you're interested in taking a look, here are the links:
NYC in color
NYC in black & white
These are part of my current project of going through 35 years of my 35mm photography and adding selections to my website. I'm only through the 1970s so far, so I have a long way to go.
Let us know if you have any questions that are a little more specific, but most of all have a good time. You could easily not stop taking pictures.
Ed
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which focal lengths did you use for your shot "760817_0007_F1 The Empire State Building from the Top of the World Trade Center"
If this one is also 35mm you cropped a lot or?
which focal lengths did you use for your shot "760817_0007_F1 The Empire State Building from the Top of the World Trade Center"
If this one is also 35mm you cropped a lot or?
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VisionLight
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All of the images in the linked NYC galleries are 35mm film. And just like today with my digital cameras, I compose more than 95% of my images in camera, usually only cropping when focal length limited. The image you mentioned is the full frame as captured by my scanner.
Being film, there is no EXIF data for exposure or focal length. But for a day of shooting in the city, I would have carried lenses from 24mm or 28mm to 200mm, always with a 50mm, sometimes including the 135mm, sometimes the 85mm. I did not yet have a 17mm when the top of the World Trade Center images were taken, but the next week I went over to my friend Herman at B&H and bought one.
Ed
Nikita66
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Walk the High Line. It's a cool and different perspective. Former elevated railway converted to a long park.
philmar
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NYC is one of the best cities in the world - it has many attractions and great photos can be taken almost anywhere in the city. Here's my gallery:
Inspiration is everywhere.There is great architecture , street documentary opportunities abound.
Have a great trip - I am envious.
Inspiration is everywhere.There is great architecture , street documentary opportunities abound.
Have a great trip - I am envious.
Tom_Bruno
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There are free Meetup sessions sponsored by the Adorama camera shop most days. Check their schedule:
Free NYC Photography Workshops | Meetup
Learn the latest techniques in photography and videography from industry pros. Whether you're an experienced professional or just getting started, there is something for everyone.
www.meetup.com
New York is too big to give a standard set of recommendations. You'll of course go to Central Park. Chinatown is cool, the Brooklyn Bridge, the West Side piers, Times Square at night, and on and on.
Have a great trip! The city is amazing!
Oh, and of course: You MUST go to the B&H store! There is no other like it! Plan to spend some time there -- and maybe some money.
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Tom B
OP, go to ANY of the popular tourist attractions, you won't miss great opportunities. When I return to the city, if I shoot FX, I use Nikon body with 20mm and 85mm lenses, the 20 for street hipshooting, other street scenes, and skyscrapers and the 85 for surreptitious portraits and accent shots, On m43, I'd recommend Oly PEN body with 12 f2 Oly or 14 f2.5 Panny AND 45 f1.8 Oly.
Yeah right now I shoot with an Sony a6000 with 28, 50 and 135mm lenses. I also have a Nikon El2 film camera that I like to mess around with. I am currently looking around a little bit for a step up camera for photojournalism to buy within the next couple of years- at this point that will probably be the Nikon D750, hence the trip to B&H.
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