Photography
The Staten Island Ferry is some of the best free entertainment you'll find in New York. It's a one hour round trip from Lower Manhattan to Staten Island and back. The ferry is free, and so are the sea breezes, the panoramic views of the Financial District, Jersey City, Governor's Island and the Verrazano Bridge. Not a bad way to spend a lunch break.
On Saturday I had the pleasure of taking some pre-prom portraits for Khyla, Dylan, Alex and Nicky in Central Park's amazing Conservatory Garden. Beautiful weather, amazing light, a stunning location and gorgeous people - you all made my job easy. I hope you had a blast at your prom and that these photos help you remember the day fondly. Congratulations on your graduation this week!
This Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing the McCarthy Family's college graduation party at their beautiful home in Little Silver, New Jersey. The party was a blast, the family and all of their friends were fantastic and I loved capturing the memories from the event. Here are some of my favorites from the day. Huge thanks to the McCarthy family for their hospitality and for the opportunity to photograph their special day!
Last weekend we took a road trip through Vermont. On our way through Middlebury, we stopped to visit Blue Ledge Farm. The owner, Hannah Sessions, was kind enough to show us around the cheese cave, and tell us about their farm. Fortunately for us, the goats were in the middle of "kidding season" and we got to meet some of the farm's newest cheese makers. Check out Blue Ledge Farms to learn more about their amazing cheeses (including a Maple Chevre that you could eat with a spoon) and find out where to buy it.
A 2 week old baby goat. Cute overload.
OMG.
Seriously. Cutest thing ever.
Megan making the cheese
Inside the cheese cave
Freshly cut
Slightly older baby goats
Time to feed the goats.
Jacob bottle feeding the baby goat.
In June 2013, we visited the scenic mountaintop town of Ravello on Italy's Amalfi Coast. To reach Ravello, you take a bus from Sorrento which winds you around hairpin turns at the tops of cliffs with far too little concern for oncoming traffic if you ask me. Fortunately, we survived the ride, and didn't hit a single scooter driver.
All photos were taken with the Fujifilm X100s and XPro 1.
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From the Bus:
Positano
Positano
Amalfi
Ravello:
Fact: Ravello has no residents who are afraid of heights.
I love that "Toast" is one of the advertised items.
I can haz puddle?
Villa Cimbrone
Villa Cimbrone
She was on her way to a wedding at the gardens.
This is the view from our table at dinner. Seriously.
I actually don't remember taking this photo. But I love the color and the way the scratches on the plexiglass make it a little mysterious.
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Last June, I spent 11 amazing days in Italy, including one night in Siena. Here are far too many favorites from the day or so we spent there before driving back to Rome.
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Sunset view from the Hotel Athena
Hipster.
Picci with wild boar ragu
Sassy Pigeopn
Tourists. (The one on the right is my Dad.)
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As of this morning, New York is having its 8th snowiest winer on record (54 inches). This storm that swept through town on Wednesday gave us about eight more inches of the white stuff. Here are some shots from the morning commute to work.
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Last Sunday was the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade. We grabbed a spot along Eldridge Street and waited for the action. Here are some of the better shots from the day. All photos were taken with the Fujifilm X100s and XPro 1.
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The costumes were amazing. Especially this guy's tiny baseballs.
I'd like to think the guy in the middle was making a sizzle noise.
He seems awfully calm for a guy with a giant dragon sneaking up behind him.
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Last week, New York City got hit with 8 to 12 inches of snow, wind chills that dipped into the single digits and the kind of blizzard-like conditions that meteorologists fantasize about all year long.
I took the long way home through Greenwich Village to get some shots of the winter wonderland before it was ruined by rock salt and taxis and black, cruddy snow. I almost got frostbite in my shutter-pushing finger. But I also got these photos of a pretty magical night in New York. So it may have been worth losing the digit. I'm left handed anyway.
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Broadway and E. 4th. Amazing beam of light courtesy of the MLB Fan Cave
The Arch at Washington Square Park
Also the arch at Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park
I like how the swirl of footprints leads your eye back around the photo to the silhouettes in the background. Wish I could say that was intentional. Or that I even noticed the footprints while I was there.
Ben's Pizzeria. MacDougal Street at E. 3rd.
Cafe Wha? MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane
This is probably my favorite image from the night. Special thanks to the tiny pedestrian for giving the photo a subject. It's amazing how plain the other shots from this spot look without that little silhouette.
6th Avenue at Bleecker Street. Can't have a series of NY photos without the obligatory taxi shot.
Joe's Pizza. (Better than Ben's Pizza)
6th Avenue at Minetta Lane
Papaya Dog. 6th Avenue at W. 4th and Cornelia Street
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The nice thing about taking photos in New York is when the weather's lousy, you can still go shoot indoors.
After filling up on a great lunch at a Columbian place on the Upper East Side called Dulce Vida Cafe (try the Sancocho soup!) We spent the better part of Saturday wandering around The Met. It's amazing how little of the museum you can actually cover in 6 hours. We barely scratched the surface. Here are some photos from the visit. Click on any of them to view them in Lightbox mode. All photos shot with the Fujifilm X100s.
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