After taking probably a few hundred flights with FlyNYON, you begin to look at different things throughout the city. I've been taking my 70-200mm f/4 up with me a lot more often because of its size. I was always discouraged taking big cameras up, especially when you have 2 bodies, but the size of a smaller mirrorless camera with a smaller f/4 zoom rather than a f/2.8 makes a huge difference. It makes camera changes quicker and helps with a steady shot since its much smaller and lighter in the wind…
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Photo Of The Week 60 - High Altitude NYC - New York City, New York
I've flown in helicopters many times above NYC, usually around the 1,000 to 1,500ft altitude, but I was lucky enough to be taken to another level the other day. On August 26th of this year, FlyNYON will be hosting 2 high altitude flights to experience an open door helicopter ride 7,500ft above New York City!
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Photo Of The Week 52 - Island Hopping In NYC - New York, NY
I did it! One full year of posting a story about a photo every week! To celebrate, this weeks photo is of a view I have been quite familiar with over the past 20yrs or so...
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Photo Of The Week 46 - Bridging The Gap - New York, New York
There is obviously a TON of amazing cityscapes to see from the sky and most of them give you a different perspective on every day things. Seeing skyscrapers from above is one thing but seeing bridges and rivers is another. For whatever reason, you really get a sense of scale with these things over the typical jaw dropping Freedom Tower and Empire State Building...
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Photo Of The Week 40 - Borough To Borough - Staten Island, NY
I've owned drones since the DJI Phantom 2 a few years ago and realized that the past year or so, I haven't used it recreationally as much as I should. I started using it for more of my weddings and it became just another "tool" that I had. A drone is so much fun to play with that I believe it should be more of a toy than a tool...
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Photo Of The Week 26 - Mini Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn, NY
For years I've wanted to mess around with a tilt shift lens. After seeing my buddy, Efrain, shoot a ton of sick photos with a tilt shift while walking around Cuba, I was fully motivated to get my own. Sony doesn't make a tilt shift lens so I had to look for a Canon lens which I ended up getting a really good deal on Ebay...
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#TBT - Adam Caroselli - Ally-Oop Fishbrain - Brooklyn, NY
Adam is one of my closest friends and one of the few people I've known since I started blading 20 years ago. Him and brother used to destroy the underground NYC scene in the 90s until they both went on hiatus for a few years. This was a few years after Adam's comeback in 2010 and he was proving that he didn't get left behind...
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#TBT Colin Kelso - Launch Alley-Oop Wallride - Brooklyn, NY
2006 was a great time to be a blader in NYC. B.Unique was exploding, the street scene was huge, many NYC skaters were on the come up, and we had our own indoor skatepark in Brooklyn. We all had so many great memories and took full advantage of having a truly skater owned skate park. Not many people know this, but aside from the parties, raves, poker nights, dodge ball and basket ball games, we had THE BEST sessions while the park was closed to the public...
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Flying Over NYC With FlyNYON
I don't know if I have an all time favorite photographer but Vincent Laforet has been a huge influence on me. One aspect of his work that I go crazy over is his aerial photography, its simply unmatched compared to anyone else's aerial images. After seeing all of Vincent's work, I've always wanted to go shoot from a helicopter and after following certain accounts on instagram over the years, I've had the urge to fly over the buildings in NYC. 2015 is the year for me to do as many new things and go to as many new places as possible, s
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