NYC Photo Walk - 10/08/2009

Here are some shots from my photowalk of 10/8/09. For this walk, I headed down Madison Ave. I spotted this composition near 43rd Street, with the Grand Central lit up in orange, and the Chrysler building looming overhead.

I noticed that 41st Street was up a slight hill, so it would give me a good vantage point to shoot the traffic with the buildings along Madison as the backdrop. I also like that the sky came out that deep blue that you only get at dusk. Believe it or not, I had to wait through a few light changes to get a shot with mostly taxis in it.

I'd call this one: "Out with the old, and in with the New York Times." The old brick building and the NY Times' new building, presented a sharp contrast of the old and new, that you see all over NYC.

I stopped by Bryant Park again on this walk, capturing the American Standard building and the Empire State Building. I can't say I'm a big fan of the orange lighting scheme on the ESB.

NYC Photo Walk - 10/02/2009

These photos are from my NYC photo walk of 10/2/09. This first shot is of a flower box and ornamental lamp post outside the NY Palace Hotel.

The building below caught my eye as I was walking down 5th Ave. I really like the distorted reflection on the building. The light streaks from passing taxis and a bus just add some motion to the shot.

This shot wast taken from the patio behind the NY Public Library. When I stopped by this night, there was a free concert being performed by Carnegie Hall's Ensemble ACJW.

As I was walking away from where I had taken the above shot, I noticed that the entire lawn was covered by other listners. This made for a great shot, as they were pretty well lit from a spot light shining down from one of the buildings across the street. The sky also had this erie look to it, as a storm was starting to roll in.

I caught this glimpse of the Empire State Building as I made my way down Broadway. If you walk 15 feet backward or forward, the building disappears behind the other buildings on the street.

For these next two shots, my inspiration was a shot from Thomas Hawk (a well known San Francisco photographer) titled "2nd Street." It was tough finding an area where the street lights weren't shining directly into the camera.

I think the one below is the best of the two, as the sky came out really nice, given how fast the clouds were moving.

Classic Cars - Lido Beach, NY 09/26/09

These classic car photos were taken at the Seaside Spectacular Car Show held on 9/26/09 at the Point Lookout Town Park on Long Island, NY.

What would classic car photos be without including at least one BelAir.

I chatted with the nice owner of this '57 Ford. He was curious why everyone who was taking photos, always took a shot from the corner. I explained to him that from this angle, you can get the entire car in the shot (assuming you're using a wide angle lens), as I showed him the LCD panel of my camera to demonstrate.

1946 Dodge WC pickup truck

Here are some shots of a Kaiser car. This was the first time I had seen one of these. According to the info sheet on this car, there are only 13 of this kind left.

Dylan's 2nd Birthday Party

These are some photos taken at the White Post Farm in Melville, NY. Dylan had his 2nd birthday party there. The party included access to the family fair they had going on at the same time.

Here's Dylan after the pony ride, I think the pony was a momento they give out after your ride.

Here's Dylan wondering where all these goats came from.

Dylan's birthday cake. You can see a few little fingers have already tasted the frosting - quality control of course.

Near one end of the farm, there was a pumpkin patch setup for pumpkin picking. This made for some nice shots.