As photographers or artists, we find ourselves in a state of repetition more often then we would like to admit. For me, I often photograph a lot of Downtown Manhattan since it's easy for me to get around on my bike and I often fly over with FlyNYON. Since the Freedom Tower sticks out like a sore thumb, I'm constantly getting new perspectives on it...
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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 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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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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