I was visiting a friend in Astoria yesterday and I absolutely love the variety of storefront windows you can see as you walk the streets.
Nikon D300, 1 February 2015.
Etiqueta: NYC
Afropunk 2014 – long overdue images!
Beach 67 at the Rockaways
Many people who don’t live in NYC are surprised that there are beaches here and that some are even accessible by subway for the fare of USD 2.50 one-way. Today was my third time on Beach 67 in the Rockaways, Queens. There are a bunch of beaches in the Rockaways but I like Beach 67 because you don’t have to change from the A train to the Shuttle; it is quiet; it is a 5 min walk from the subway to the beach; and there is a pretty decent Thai spot right by the station for lunch and a lovely clean bathroom. There is no swimming but then again, why would you want to??? The water is freezing and not very clean looking (or smelling).
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Summer Street Festival 2014
A few pics from the Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer street festival 2014 which took place yesterday. Beautiful dancing from the theatre’s younger performers. More photos coming in a separate post because I couldn’t put the 16x9s with the normal crops. And the spot where I was shooting from really didn’t leave me with much option to frame pics.
AYoinmotion shakes Silvana
Rebel Diaz at BB King’s
Sunday 30 March 2014.
Rainy Manhattan Morning
These are grainy and from a technical standpoint, not very good, but there is something I really like about them.
Winter parade downtown NYC
Saturday was a really gorgeous winter’s day in New York (it felt like a South African winter day) and since I have a friend staying with me, we headed out for an afternoon of shooting…starting out at Union Sq, making our way down through then East Village, then down to Chinatown, over the Brooklyn Bridge and then to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole Chinatown/Little Italy area downtown sometimes seems surreal – you walk down one street (Mott) and you feel like you’re in Asia; then step one street over to Mulberry and you’re surrounded by Italian restaurants. Anyway while we were there was a parade going on – with drummers, Santas, snowmen – and Chinese dragons. It was a lot of fun to watch especially since we had no idea it was going to be happening.
Trainspotting
Photography play time!
A few weeks ago I met Amber while on my way to a free outdoor concert outside the Lincoln Center when she stopped me to take a photos of my outfit. We got chatting via email when she kindly sent my the beautiful photos and decided that it would be really fun to go and shoot together to get a bit of practice. I suggested that we shoot based on a theme, just to give us a focus – and we choose “inner childhood”.
The photos were taken at the East River Park in Manhattan. We had a lot of fun and got some good shots – although once again I found myself mostly only liking the ones taken on my 50mm. It really is the best value for money lens.
