Getting Ready for New York City
Assuming my health cooperates, we will be visiting family in New York soon. As always, I plan to shoot a few photos while we are out and about in New York City and on Long Island. Whenever I am thinking about a photo shoot, even if it is simply sightseeing, I like to review photos I have previously shot as well as photos others have shot. Basically, I like to research. I like to prepare. I like to figure out the best time to photograph a particular sight... finding the best light, best shadows, a new interesting angle... Truth be told, I research before doing anything including photography. So, while I am up and awake in the middle of the night tonight, let me share some of my old photos I have shot while in New York on previous trips.... This first shot is from the Museum of Natural History... elephants stampeding through the Africa Hall... This is a very dark hall which makes it difficult to focus without getting motion blurring. ...