Working On The Edge

Some people cross bridges to get to the other side, some people climb bridges to get a better perspective. I decided I wanted to sit on the edge of a walk way path leading to the Manhattan Bridge. So many urban explorers take things to extreme measures and get as close to the clouds. The only way I would ever do something like that is if it was legal. None of the view points of my photos in my gallery are illegal. As many times as I've been on the walk path of bridges, I always wondered what it felt like to be on the edge looking down. Once I got to the location the street down below had a direct view of the World Trade Center dead center for a great photo. Down below is a video I put together of me exploring Chinatown New York. The video contains everything that I believe needs to show what beauty the city has to offer to visitors from all over the world. I will be making more videos in the near future.

Chinatown NYC

A Sunset That Ends The Day

A sunset normally means the end of the day is near. For me, it means that it's time to go out in the city to explore. Night photography is a major skill to learn. You have to make sure there is enough light for the camera sensor to focus on. To our natural vision, it may seem the lighting is right and we can just take a photo. Not the case with cameras, the cameras' sensor is always looking for a light source to lock on for a perfect shot. You have to consider shadows, contrast, exposure, motion, lastly, how fast it matters to get the photo sharp or blurry. Each photographer has his/her vision of each photo they take. There is a thinking process for each press of the shutter button. A lot has to do with buildings and people being framed the perfect way possible to tell a story. Night time is 

"Light Hunting."

In this photo, you have the building on the right framing the sunset, the tall tower, the helicopter, and the buildings below in the foreground. The real photo is not the building on the right taking up half of the photo. Put your hand over the right half of the photo and that's what I really wanted to capture. Sometimes you can use objects to frame the real photo you want to take. You can actually use people to frame a photo of someone else. For example, if you see a person standing in between two people, the two people are the frame of the person in the middle of them. That's natural framing. I would like for you to go out and take a minute to look around and different shapes of objects and people and create your photo.

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Tunnel Vision...

Tunnel Vision

When I'm out in the city with my camera the only thing I have to worry about is getting the image that I have in my mind to create. Even if it's one photo out of walking the streets for a few hours its worth getting nothing. As long as you have one photo to show that's what I call "The Perfect Photo".

Photographers get into a tunnel vision because they want to show others what the camera makes of the scene into a photo. Looking through the view finder is the true tunnel vision of any photo.

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The Calm Before The Photo

Every photo takes a few seconds of your life away waiting for the photo to appear on the back of the camera. This photo I took was 15 seconds of my life I will never get back. The main thing is that I was able to capture it before it was gone. Our eyes are our own camera. Imagine everything we ever saw was a photo taken? How many photos do you think your life has up to reading this blog? I've been doing photography for 3 years now. There are sessions I shoot where I've taken over 1000 photos in a day. When you get home and look back on what you shot, not every photo makes the final cut. Those photos in time that don't make the final cut either sit on your computer hard drive for later or they get erased from its ever existing. 

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The Urban Street Photographer

Once you start looking at the city with a different chain of thoughts, it's not the same city you're use to walking around every time. I look at every city I travel to by noticing natural shapes, colors, and flow. Manhattan is one city that you can find everything you are looking for in a photo. Sometimes I just stand on a corner and just look around for my shot. People may be curious of what you are doing but in fact they are in their own thoughts moving along their way. If you have a zoom lens you might be able to capture their candid shot before they see you by not disturbing them. I find those are the best moments to capture a person's expression. After you take the photo you may find it to be a great photo of them acting in their normal way. You can approach them and tell them "Hey I took a nice photo of you, do you want me to send it to you?". That might be a potential client to book you for a photo shoot or an event. Sometimes you have to think outside the box and just go for anything you feel is the right thing. Ask yourself how do you want to capture the next city you are in?

My Adventures Of New York

The Day My Life Changed Forever...

Being with someone for 8 years has been the true meaning of my life. We have so many things in common that we never knew two people would every have. December 30, 2017 was one of the coldest days in New York. I decided to take the love of my life to Central Park and have our very first photo shoot. Me being a photographer, it was hard for me not to bring out my own camera and start taking photos. The beginning of the day I treated you to a make-up session when I love your natural beauty. Anything you wanted I wanted for you to have. The whole morning I was nervous while it was snowing outside, not knowing what to expect. Your dream was to always go to Bow Bridge in the middle of Central Park and I wanted to make that dream come true. When we finally made it on the bridge, I had to find the best time to make the big surprise. It was my time to open my heart to you and pop "THE QUESTION". "Atoyia, will you marry me?" The best feeling in the world came upon me and even while it was cold outside, nothing else in the world mattered to me than to put the ring on your finger. It was too cold to get emotional. 

Terrell Shedrick & Atoyia Fitch

I am the happiest man in the world to be with you.... I love you!

New York's Moody Morning

On April 5, 2017 I had a strange feeling the view of Manhattan would never look like any other day. I was on my way into work on the Path Train and decided to get off one stop sooner than the World Trade Center. The night before was a very strong storm that had came on the east coast. Something told me to go and look at the city. It was about 8:00 a.m.when I got out of the train station, there was a view of the city that has been lost in the fog. Within ten minutes I saw the sun breaking through the clouds and the picture developed before my eyes. The trail of fog stretched all the way up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge. I have never seen the city look such a way I was looking at it. I waited to take the photo just to take in the view of what was developing before my eyes.

There are so many people who just try to get to where they need to be all over the city but don't appreciate what the scenery is around them. Me being a street photographer I take a second to realize my surroundings and then find the right composition and take the photo. 

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