{"id":65,"date":"2009-06-15T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=65"},"modified":"2011-08-18T11:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T18:13:42","slug":"new-york-walkabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"New York Walkabout"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Softball<\/a><\/p>\n

One day. One lens. One great city. That’s a combination to live by — especially when it gives me the opportunity to resurrect one of my photographic roots<\/strong>: street photography<\/a>, which I’ve always taken to mean as nothing fancier than walking around with a camera and shooting whatever comes <\/a>my way.<\/p>\n

My wife and I need a regular New York fix — museums, meat, martinis <\/strong>and, for me, a Manhattan walkabout<\/strong>. I indulged in the latter (after too much of the former) on a Sunday afternoon. Starting at the southern tip of Manhattan, I strolled Battery Park amid a glut of other tourists, circumnavigated the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, walked up to Wall Street to Trinity Church and then caught an uptown train to Midtown for a B&H<\/a> break, and finally onto Central Park.<\/p>\n

I only took two lenses to New York<\/strong> –a 50 1.4 for nighttime and 17-35 2.8 for everything else. This is part of a discipline I’m trying to adhere to of carrying less and looking more. I had only the wide zoom for the walkabout and, I’ll think you agree, it served me well. (Full gallery here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I loved the freedom of almost no gear and the demands it placed on me to move and adjust<\/strong>. Instead of bringing the picture to me, as a big fat bag of lenses can do, I had to go the picture. I also had speed. For those of you who jump to the gallery, look at the wedding shot. It was a turn and shoot, over in a 25oth moment. One lens, ready to go, makes that possible.<\/p>\n

These days, as I chase assignments, try to learn technical skills others learned long ago, and spend hours at the computer doing high-rezzes and cataloging, it’s easy to forget the joy simple photography brings<\/strong> — the frame being filled, the captured moment, the image preserved. These were the thrills that drew me to photography originally.<\/p>\n

A photo walkabout on a sunny New York Sunday does wonders to refresh the eye, lighten the head <\/strong>and remind me, again and again, of the wonders of photography.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> the images (and a few choice New York quotes). I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I did making them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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