Sometimes, a picture’s just gotta be big.
Also, too.
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Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Sigma 85mm f/1.4
Tag Archives: nyc engagement photography
I had a fantastic, fun session with Gina and Gary, and I managed to surprise myself with this one. Yes, I’ve been getting a kick out of using the golden rule of photography “nothing outside the frame actually exists” to turn Newark into a verdant wonderland. But when Gina and Gary told me they wanted to shoot in Penn Station I thought “Ok, this will be fun, we’ll re-enact the early stages of their relationship, capture the feeling of a surging crowd, etc.” but I never thought the station itself would look good.
Penn Station … the shame of NYC, an architectural disaster so terrible that it inspired a new movement in architectural preservation, and some great episodes of Mad Men … transformed by a dramatic underexposure and a Wells-Fargo sign (which is outside the frame, and so doesn’t exist). It actually was a delight to walk around and see the place not as my eyes would see it, but as my camera would.
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Lens: 24mm f/1.4
Camera: Nikon D3s
NYC has so many iconic spaces that I love to use them in non-intuitive ways when I can to keep things fresh. Lincoln Center is gorgeous and gets photographed thousands of times every day, but I’m not sure many photographers have used the inside of this support column for their shots.
Speaking of Lincoln Center, my awesome girlfriend Wendy is performing in two more shows of Orfeo ed Euridice at the Met, tonight and Saturday! If you want some culture, you can get seats starting at only $25. Lots of great dancing and amazing set-work.
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Lens: 24mm f/1.4
Camera: Nikon D3s
The weather is (sometimes) nice again, which means lots of couples are scheduling their engagement shoots. So this blast from the past is a reminder for my couple to dig deep and think of places that have meaning for them or where you’d have fun! The shoots are about you, in the end. Sebastian and Christine met in Whole Foods, so that’s where we started their session. Required a bit of sneakiness, but it was a blast.
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Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8
Camera: Nikon D3