Persongalleriet #759: "Live" blog from NYC: Day 10

Thursday, November 9th 2017.
Not exactly live, since this was a week ago now... But it's been busy days since I got home, so I haven't gotten around to doing this last one from the New York trip until now.
I did a two hour morning walk to find some shots in Penn Station and then went back and checked out of my hotel room. With the bags in the luggage room I walked about three more hours, mostly in the East Village and a little bit on the Lower East Side. Then it was time to take train out to Newark airport!
So, here are the final "live" blog photos this time around!

I call this last one: When the World Turns to Sh*t, Make Sure You Have a Lot of Toilet Paper!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #757: Live blog from New Jersey (Day 8)

Tuesday, November 7th 2017.
I said my goodbyes and thankyous to Michael and Francisco in the morning and took a cab to Penn Station, where i got on a train to Asbury Park, NJ.  In the evening my primary reason for going there, The Wood Brothers, were playing The Stone Pony! And what a great show they put on! The opening act, Sean McConnell, was pretty good too, what a great voice! The classic room was packed on this Tuesday night and the crowd was great! Here's a video from the concert.
I didn't bring a camera, but here are some photos I got outside, when I walked the boardwalk and Ocean Boulevard made famous in Bruce Springsteen's songs from his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. 

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

PS I'm home again now, so I guess the blog isn't really live, but what does a few days matter?  :-)  DS

Persongalleriet #756: Live blog from NYC: Day 7

Monday, November 6th 2017.
On this trip I've been riding on the subway quite a lot. Could be boring, I guess, but it's also always a great opportunity to do street photography!

The first ride on this day went all the way from 103rd street to the southern tip of Manhattan. I was looking for some interesting lines from the architecture and maybe some Wall Street suits as subjects.

After some hours of this I took yet another subway ride, this time out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as recommended by my new friend Barry.

Here's one last photo, shot on the platform waiting for the train back to the Upper West Side.

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #753: Live blog from NYC: Day 4

Friday, November 3rd 2017.
On day 4 I was feeling tired, a bit uninspired and had a few minor misfortunes, none of which are worth mentioning any details about. The best thing was the weather, it was around 20 degrees centigrade and a blue sky! And at the end of the day I did my planned visit to Strand bookstore and got a pile of photo books, some of which are out of print and therefore hard to find!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #752: Live blog from NYC: Day 3

Thursday, November 2nd 2017.
Day 3 was a day more about personal meetings than shooting. First I met the wonderful Iryna Fedorovska at 10 am. We walked and talked from Times Square to Columbus Circle. It was so nice to meet Iryna in person after knowing her for three years on deviant art! When walking back to Times Square again, I got this shot below after taking a quick step to the left to get the correct background.
I know it's out of focus, but I like the energy, the reds and the one-second-composition!

After saying goodbye to Iryna, I spent a little time on Times Square and got this shot:

The Map Reader.

After enjoying some beautiful light in Bryant Park and a great salad in Chop't, I met up with Barry Levy at the New York Public Library. I know Barry mainly from the Facebook group Pure Street Photography, where he does admin duties and critiques. We went to a nearby Starbucks and talked for several hours. Barry is a lifelong photographer and it was so much fun and interesting to listen to what he had to say about photography, stories from his life and also current events and politics! My throat was even a little bit sore after all this talking!
Following the parting advise from Barry, I did some shooting on the subway going back to the apartment on the Upper West Side. I even got myself some extra subway shooting time by taking the wrong train!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas