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Here is a shot of the lower Manhattan section of New York City as seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park in, you guessed it, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Bridge Park offers one of the best views of Manhattan anywhere in the city. To the right you can see the Brooklyn Bridge. If you were standing there with me
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The cold weather has it\’s benefits. One of them is plenty of time to go through unprocessed photos. To borrow a phrase from Forest Gump \”you never know what you\’re gonna get\”. So as I went through pictures that I had taken around the New York City area this batch jumped out at me. This
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When I noticed we had a bit of warm weather the other day (short lived) I took a trip out to Brooklyn with camera in hand.
The night was perfect. The temperature was a pleasant 58 degrees and photographers were out everywhere you looked. Everyone seemed to be in a super friendly mood.
I went with a friend and we stopped and talked with other photographers and took pictures for tourists. The tourists seemed to trust us because we had our cameras on impressive looking tripods… fools!
We shot until after midnight and even as we were leaving there were still plenty of photographers out around Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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See what it is like to photograph an NHL game as a press photographer. I've included some basic tips in this video as well. For more detailed tips and camera settings for photographing ice hockey check out this article on my blog at http://shutterspeak.net/everything-you-need-to-know-about-shooting-ice-hockey/ This video is shot with a Go Pro Hero 3 mounted
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Ever wonder what it is like to photograph an NHL game as part of the media. I mounted a Go Pro camera to the top of my Nikon D3S as I shot a pre-season game at the start of this season. Not just any game, the first NHL game ever to be played at the
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As the cold weather continues its grip on the north east I found myself processing pictures from last summer. Wishful thinking about warmer days ahead? Perhaps. This is a shot from the beautiful coastline of Portland Maine. Off in the distance you can just see the Portland headlight. The most photographed light house in the
When taking photos of ice hockey games there are three main ingredients in the recipe for success. The pregame prep, the photographing of the game, and the post-processing of your photos. Post-processing is one of the most important aspects of sports photography but it is often over looked by beginners. If you are shooting on
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After watching the season finale of \”Haven\” last night on the SyFy channel I was inspired to take a new look at this image I created while in Nova Scotia a few years back. This innocent looking lighthouse will forever be known to me now as \”The Heart of Haven\”. The actual name of the
I was recently interviewed by Bill Schiffner of Digital Trends who wrote a great article on how to photograph ice hockey. I pulled together a bunch of info from my previous article on photographing ice hockey and Bill had a bunch of questions for me. I think he did a great job writing a very
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I just finished up an article from coverage of the L.I. Dr Who convention held at the Clarion Hotel in Ronkonkoma. It was the first of it\’s kind in NY in over 20 years. If you would like to know more about it check out my article for the Long Island Press. One of the
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