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Showing posts with label ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ships. Show all posts
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Vol. 2 No. 20
With over 900 walks and more than 32,000 photographers participating in last year's Worldwide Photo Walk, this year promises to be even better. I have been selected to lead the photo walk that starts at Brooklyn Bridge Park's new Pier 1.
Our photo walk starts out with a brief stroll along the newly opened waterfront space in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. Pier 1 adds 6 new acres of park including 1,300 feet of promenade along the East River, and 2.5 acres of lawn with sweeping views of the New York harbor, the Manhattan skyline, and the Brooklyn Bridge. A dramatic granite prospect made from the stone salvaged from the Roosevelt Island Bridge cascades from the two lawns to the 30’ wide waterfront promenade and serves as a tiered viewing deck.
Then we’ll board the NY Water Taxi ($6 one-way/$10 round-trip) for a quick, but picturesque ferry across the East River to the South Street Seaport. NY Water Taxi boats are smooth cruising 2 deck vessels with an air-conditioned enclosed cabin deck and an open air upper deck. Passengers board and disembark on Cabin deck level. This deck is ADA Accessible.
Once we arrive on the Manhattan side, you’ll be able to photograph the historic seaport area where you’ll find tall-masted ships, great architecture, street performers, and plenty of other events to capture. Our walk ends on the upper level of Pier 17′s outside veranda. Offering spectacular views of the revitalize Brooklyn waterfront and the Brooklyn Bridge. Then we step inside to the Food Court, with over 15 eateries to choose from, for a quick bite and photo walk discussion.
This walk is open to everyone with a camera (point and shoot, film or digital SLR, etc.) at any skill level. These individual walks are limited to 50 participants. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, you haven’t seen 50 photographers coming down the sidewalk at the same time, and later all converging at once on a restaurant or pub. It’s more like a scary bike gang (except without the bikes, or gang, or scariness).
So, don't delay in signing-up for this walk, or any of the Worldwide Photo Walks. This event is always a great social and photographic experience.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Vol. 2 No. 18
Got a recent email reminding me a new section of waterfront had opened in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bridge Park has grown by another 6 acres. Pier 1, just opened this Spring, adds 1,300 feet of promenade just south of the Brooklyn Bridge along the busy East River. In what's planned to be a 65 acre expansion spanning to Atlantic Avenue, with completion slated for 2013, Pier 1 and Pier 6 are open. Arriving after 6:00 pm, the sky was filling with clouds with a storm front approaching from the west. This made for an interesting sky.
Offering a fantastic view of Lower Manhattan, from Pier 1 looking north up the East River you can see the Empire State Building framed by the Brooklyn Bridge and to the south there's Governor's Island and the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour. These first 2 images are examples of HDR photography. Each high dynamic range photograph consists of several different exposures of the same image combined.
This section of the East River is the entranceway from the Harbour and is extremely busy with marine traffic. From the Water Taxi crossing over to the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, to the tugs, pleasure craft and sightseeing cruises, Pier 1 offers a great viewing experience.
This definitely has the makings of a mid-week sunset photo walk. If you're interested, let me know. If you would like more information about the park visit www.brooklynbridgepark.org.
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