When people ask us for tips on how to take photos out of a helicopter, one thing we always push is to shoot in burst mode. This might be obvious to more wildlife or sports photographers, but to most, it isn't but can make or break the type of images you get on a flight…
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Photo Of The Week 54 - All The NYC Icons In One Image - Staten Island, NY
Staten Island is known mostly for having the Staten Island Ferry which is a free ferry boat that commutes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week back and forth from Staten Island and Manhattan. It's a big tourist attraction since it's free and also has great views of downtown Manhattan and the Statue Of Liberty. For many, many years I've skated this part of the Island and especially the Staten Island Yankee Stadium which offers this view of lower Manhattan as well but I somehow never noticed how far back the view reached...
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Photo Of The Week 28 - Just The Icons - New York, NY
One thing I learned about using tilt shift lenses years ago from Vincent Laforet was that you can use the selective focus to tell the audience exactly where to look in your photos. In this case, I used the tilt shift to focus only on the part of the skyline where the Empire State and Chrysler buildings are. Even though there are tons of other buildings in the image, that's where your eye is drawn to...
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