Hey! It’s been a while! Thought I’d get back to posting images here as besides helping me sharpen my writing skills It’s a good way to keep creative and see my images laid out and grouped together. I also find that its an effective way to stay creative.

The theme here is photography on the famous Staten Island Ferry in New York City.

I now find it to be kind of cheating to do photography here because you’re always gonna come out of the session with something good because even if there aren’t any subjects to shoot there is always the amazing view of the skyline framed through the windows of the ferry.

So if I want that satisfaction of having captured something I’ll do the 50 minute round trip.

The best time to shoot would be about two hours before sunset. The light is golden and really hits those windows with the most beautiful light.

There are often some amazing characters to be found too so it’s always a great people watching spot.

I even used the ferry as a location for a scene in a fashion shoot.

During the pandemic the ferry was running with hardly anyone on it so I settled for some Ferry still life.

Sometimes if you’re really, really lucky you end up capturing something really special. This image of a red-headed girl pressed up against the window ended up winning me an ADC Cube for Achievement in Photography at the 99th ADC awards in New York . The image is titled ‘‘In Transit’’

In reality the true subject of all these images is actually the Statue of Liberty. Never get tired of photographing it from the vantage point the ferry offers.

Hope you enjoyed this post! For more work or to purchase prints you can check out the links below.

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