Winter can be challenging for photographers in the Northeast. Especially if it’s not your full time job. As someone who works a 9-5 it’s very difficult to find inspiration to shoot. Many photographers also struggle with inspiration when they don’t leave their city/town enough.
The golden hour is frequently spent at the office and you can only go out and shoot so many long exposure night shots. And even when you do you’re freezing your ass off because it’s 15 degrees.
I shouldn’t complain too much. Here are some of my favorite shots from this year’s slow season. Many nights loosing the feeling in my fingers and toes but I’m happy with a few of them.
I know it’s only February but the sun is staying out later it’s warming up randomly thanks to decades of poisoning the ozone layer so it’s time to shoot. But time is still limited. I decided that I’ll start carrying my camera with me to work each day. Working and living in the city constantly provides new opportunities to improve my street photography.
First things first I needed a new bag. I prefer a messenger style bag to carry to work so I had Manfrotto send me out the Befree Messenger bag that would support both my work laptop/iPad and my camera and a few accessories.
Next I needed to make some efforts to get out of the city more. Any photographer, hobbyist or professional will tell you, you need to step outside your city/town often. It’s very easy to lack inspiration from your every day surroundings. I find that even in a city this happens to me often.
Last weekend I took a trip out to my alma matter Rider University to catch up some old friends and watch a basketball game. Of course I brought my camera with little or no expectations of obtaining any usable photo but for me it’s getting back in the hobbits of a hobbies photographer.
Next week I’m off to New York City for a week (work related) but I’ll be sure to have my camera with me in hopes of exploring some new opportunities to shoot a new city. One I’m not particularly familiar with and not particularly fond of.
By the end of next week I really hope to have some photos up here in another blog post to talk about the experience as well as update more frequently on Instagram.
Beautiful photos and great perspectives in your shots!