I love taking photos, but I by no means consider myself a photographer. I own a fairly basic, entry level DSLR, a Nikon D3300, and have been taught the basic features of the camera. I’m not very interested in the technical aspects of photography – I prefer to experiment and learn that way. I like to think that I have an eye for knowing what makes a photo look good (heh).
Empire State Building “inside” Manhattan Bridge
I’m a big fan of nighttime photography. In New York, I spent many evenings out and about, looking for places to take some neat night shots. I’d like to extend my gratitude to Rita, who I met through Big Apple Greeter, a non-profit organization that matches visitors with New York locals who show and tell you about places that you never would’ve seen or known about otherwise. I spent a day in Brooklyn with Rita (and we walked everywhere – I was so exhausted) and she took me along the promenade area looking out to Manhattan. Because she had taken me to those areas, I then knew exactly where to go the following evening to capture some of my favourite night shots of New York.
Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Bridge and Empire State Building
Brooklyn Bridge, Jane’s Carousel, and Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge and 1 WTC
Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan
I’m also a big sucker for nighttime traffic. I love the varying effects that come out of nighttime traffic shots. One evening, I had my (friend’s) tripod set up with my camera facing traffic, and a guy came up to me and went, “You work for the city?” Me: *raise eyebrow* “No…” Him: “You just like taking photos of traffic?” Well, clearly, he has never seen what nighttime traffic photography looks like.
Empire State Building with night traffic
Chrysler Building with nighttime traffic and bustling crowd of people
I also spent one evening trying to capture the Flatiron Building and traffic along that area as well.
Flatiron Building
Flatiron Building
Flatiron Building – a bus passed through
Well, I hope you enjoyed the brief glimpse into my nighttime photography experimentation in New York! And if you’ve been reading about my experiences in New York, I thank you for your time, and I hope you enjoyed those as well. I know I skipped out writing about a lot of places that I had been to – I chose to just blog about what I felt would be most interesting. Perhaps on other occasions, I’ll write some throwback posts about other places that I’ve visited. In the meantime, back to writing about regular life in Vancouver!
Cool shots! I like nighttime traffic photos 🙂 Also, super cool that you found that organization to get connected with a local. Have you been able to find something like that in the other places that you’ve travelled to?
Thanks Eunice! I never actually looked for similar organisations in other places that I’ve travelled to, though I suppose it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look again!