Posts Tagged “New York”

Taken a number of years ago while wandering around in SoHo. Aperture: ƒ/4 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 105mm ISO: 200 Shutter speed: 1/400s

A tiny cabin on a large lake somewhere in upstate New York. Aperture: ƒ/4 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 30mm ISO: 200 Shutter speed: 1/400s

A penguin contemplates diving in at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn, NY. Aperture: ƒ/4 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 105mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/400s

While wandering around the High Line Park on the west side of Manhattan, I spotted this building. Something about the fire escape caught my eye, reminding me of my youth running up and down narrow alleys and climbing fire escapes for fun, and I snapped this shot. I wanted to evoke feelings of urban nostalgia,…

Obviously, this is the 14th Street/Union Square subway station in NYC. As I was taking this shot the guy in the center happened to turn around and catch me. Immediately after I snapped the shutter, he took a single step backwards and disappeared behind the support column. Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: Canon EOS 20D Focal length:…

One World Trade Center as seen from the Jersey side. Aperture: ƒ/11 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 65mm ISO: 100 Shutter speed: 13s

These guys were working on a building a couple of blocks up Broadway from the Flatiron building in NYC. They were really tossing those I-beams around like they were toys, with lots of needling and insults to keep the game going. As I took the photo, the guy in the middle noticed me and pointed…

On September 11, 2001, four commercial passenger planes were used as missiles to kill nearly 3,000 people. I took this particular photo in 2006 at the five year anniversary of one of the most horrific tragedies in American history, and my life. As a lifelong New Yorker, with a family history here going back more than five…

This is from a family cruise in 2012. The lovely little girl is my oldest daughter. She was so excited to be on her first cruise and spent about half an hour just standing there watching New York go by as we headed down the Hudson River. Aperture: ƒ/5.6 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length:…