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 50 - Selective Sony Focus - New York, NY
Sony has a lot of great cameras out now from the A7 line up to the newly announced A9 coming out soon. However, they're still trying to catch up on the glass game with their competitors. I've been shooting Sony for about a year and a half and still managed to hold on to a few Canon lenses that I can't bring myself to get rid of. There are also a few lenses that Sony hasn't even made at all yet, like tilt-shift lenses. I'm still new to using tilt shift lenses but I would LOVE for Sony to make a few...
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Photo Of The Week 13 - Statue Of Liberty Painting - Governors Island, NYC
The other day, for reasons unknown to myself, the city was operating ferries to Governors Island up until 9:00pm which is 4 hours later than their usual schedule. This usually doesn't seem like that big of a deal but it did mean that for the first day, you were able to get sunset photos from the island...
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Photo Of The Week 6 - Riding By The Statue - Governors Island, NYC
Living in NYC for pretty much my whole life, I've obviously been to every borough and pretty much every part of the city. However, I didn't realize until recently that I've never been to Governors Island. It's just a $2 ferry ride from downtown Manhattan and it only takes about 3 minutes each way. This little place is well worth the visit. You get a nice view of the Manhattan skyline and you're pretty close to the Statue Of Liberty...
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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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