I had the pleasure recently of spending a spring week in April in New York City, my first trip to the Big Apple in several years.  In between a few photo shoots I had scheduled, I had some time to explore the city, play tourist, and indulge in some street photography.  Being a wedding photographer, I could not stop thinking how great it would be to shoot a wedding in New York City.  I hope I get the chance someday. From my hotel in the Lower East Side, I set out each day on foot or caught the F Train at the corner to soak up a bit of what NY had to offer...Chinatown, Little Italy, Nolita, Midtown, Central Park, as well as a trip to Brooklyn to visit my old high school friend and his family.   All but 3 of these shots were taken with either the Fuji X100s or the Fuji XT1, two cameras that are constantly impressing me and spending very little time in my bag these days.  All in all, it was an energizing and refreshing week in NYC, and I am already looking forward to going back.  Here are a few of my faves...

The view on my first night from the 7th floor rooftop terrace of my hotel, Hotel East Houston.  Would definitely stay there again.

Jonathan and Mathew, the artists/curators for the mural behind them and a series of other murals across the city.

Katz's Deli, famous for the scene when Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm in "When Harry Met Sally", as well as their pastrami sandwich.

This girl above was singing some beautiful a capella music.  The acoustics in this tunnel with her set of pipes gave listeners an ethereal experience on a gorgeous Easter Sunday in Central Park.

The photo above is my favorite shot of the week.  At Grand Central Station, this little pocket of light on the floor was just begging for a subject to walk through it.  Right when I was thinking about that and setting up my camera, a young girl walks into the light, and does something even better...she stands still, raises her head, and points right up to the window that the light is shining through. I quickly fired off a few shots. About 10 seconds later she moved on and was gone. I stayed another fifteen minutes watching, waiting, and expecting more people to stand there, but she was the only one who did it.  A few minutes after that, the light faded and it too was gone..  This image though and memory remain, and the knowledge, that at least for a few seconds, there were a couple of us who noticed it...

I was on the top deck of the Top of the Rock, when I heard a roar of applause on the deck below me.  The couple hugging in the middle just got engaged amidst a throng of onlookers.  I am now kicking myself I did not run down and give them my business card so I could send them this shot.   I didn't realize it was as cool as it was until I got home. Mystery couple, if you see this, here you go, and congratulations.  I shoot destination weddings too btw. ;)

Thank you New York...until next time...