Trip Report, Part 1 - Buildings

Success! I'm happy to report that I was able to follow through on two of my three goals on my trip to NYC. Today, I'll cover buildings.

I have to say, this was extremely difficult in practice. I started out in my room - I had a nice view. Unfortunately, I wasn't thrilled with the composition. Undeterred, I went outside, and that's when things turned around:





I used my SLR, and my macro lens. My telephoto lens would have been better, probably, but at one pound, I decided to leave it at home. Some tips:

1) Crank up the ISO - I used 800 and 1600, mainly the latter

2) Take multiple shots - without a tripod, your pictures are more susceptible to the evil blur. You can mitigate the risk by doing multiple takes.

3) Tilt the camera - that's how I got these interesting angles. Don't worry about being redundant. That's the point.

4) Remember that you don't have to go far - All of these pictures were taken just a few blocks from my hotel.

Now that I'm back in DC, I'm definitely going to try this in the city. I'll get a different result, as the buildings are more historic, but it should be interesting.

Till tomorrow!