Two Trip's to NYC

The 16th and 17th of this month we went to NYC to take fantastic pictures. Thursday the sixteenth we went to the Brooklyn Bridge and the view was fascinating. Before we arrived at the bridge, the group was caught in a slight storm which for our luck cleared up quickly. The rest of the day remained cool and cloudy, good enough to take pictures. After we got off the bridge, we went to this small plaza with a small fountain that caught my attention. The view was amazing and the green space was very organized and clean. The following day we walked around the city on 5th avenue all the way to 63rd street. That day each one of us were given an assignment to take pictures of a typology and we had to chose from the paper. My typology was to take pictures of random strangers texting.

On Thursday while I was on the bridge I took lots of pictures but decided to display one which is an abstract (the picture at the bottom) In this picture I decided to simplify the background so the way the point of view is in the texture of my object. What grabbed my attention about this object was the repeating design on it just like patterns. This was a cable holding part of the bridge. After taking pictures of the bridge, I took a couple in the plaza. My main focus was the appealing fountain. There was excessive amount of light which gave it and interesting effect of over exposed towards the upper thirds of my photo.What I also liked about this picture is the placement of the bushes. From the position I took the photo, the fountain is in the middle of the frame and the bushes fill in the frame. I really enjoyed the trip.

On Friday we did a lot of walking around the city with the intention of completing our assignment. I had to take six photo's of people texting. I took more but decided to share the following six with you because to me they had something unique. This task wasn't easy due to the reactions of certain individuals and also the short time I had to get the right image while people were moving. In the following photo's you can appreciate the rule of thirds. I tried my best to get my subjects in the thirds of the frame as they were moving. I tried to make as least noticeable as possible. Another technique I kept in mind was to simplify the background. I was taking pictures with such discrecy that I managed to take a photograph of a cop texting. This trip was very interesting, it helped me practice my photography skills. I enjoyed the trip and would totally do it again.