Magical Blue Hour Sunset

Blue Sky Flame

Every night before I leave Manhattan I watch the sun set. On this particular night the sky was looking very different. My back is turned to the windows looking out at the city. One moment I looked behind me, something caught my eye. I searched and searched around the office to find the perfect point of view to capture the sunset. The glow off Goldman Sachs Headquarters in Jersey City, NJ is what really made me take this photo. You don't normally see the sky look like this near a city. Most of the time you this type of sky is if you're out on a deserted island with nothing but you and the stars shinning in a clear sky.

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Epic Vantage Point 70 Floors View

Lightning Chasing to Sunrise

Thunder Bolt

The past few days have been great capturing the city. I've always wanted to try and catch lightning hitting the spire of the World Trade Center. After work I kept watching the way the clouds were starting to develop. A few people I'm friends with on Instagram were reporting that it was going to be a great night to try and capture some lightning strikes. I got all my gear together and headed out to Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ and say the clouds forming up what was about to be some lightning strikes. One thing I was told to do to capture the lightning was to time out how fast it took for the lightning to strike then I would adjust my camera settings. As soon as the image showed up on the back of the LCD screen, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was counted as one of the best night photos I every captured in my life. 

70th Floor Sunrise over 99 Hudson

A good friend of mine I met a few years ago started to study construction after working in a cigar shop, which he still works on the weekends gave me a great vantage point of Lower Manhattan that I couldn't pass up. He has sent me photos from the view he gets to look at just about every day. In a few years this view will be in someone's living room, dinning room, or bedroom. What a crazy way to start your day before heading into the crowded city across the Hudson River... 

Empire Opening

As best to use objects to frame subjects in trying to be creative, use the obvious things right in front of you. Once you start taking photos your world starts to change into something a normal person won't be able to see. This is one view of the Empire State Building you will never get to see unless you were in my shoes or if you were a construction worker working on the site....

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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. 

By Terrell Shedrick
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