Textures and architectural features captured for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach luxury coffee table book.
Photography:
Eric Van Nynatten
Location:
South Beach, Miami, Florida
Production:
Matte Projects
Derek Fearon
Nicole Pritchett
Shooting the New York City subway
The elevated subway system in New York City remains a constant source of visual inspiration for me. It’s where street photography gets a little easier as people have no other choice but to stand still for a couple minutes while waiting, which allows a little more time to compose a shot but still has all the unexpected visual surprises of shooting on the streets.
Below is a collection of some my favorite frames captured on these subway platforms where I feel the element of natural light compliments the subjects that fill those spaces. I focused a lot on shadow play and how the light interacts with the environment, metallic surfaces and iron beams.
Captured on a Sony a6700, Sony a7riv and iPhone 17 Pro Max
Lobby at One Vanderbilt II
Some experimental scenes I captured in the lobby of One Vanderbilt building in midtown Manhattan. I like how you can see a bit of the personality of each subject even through the abstract silhouette they are casting. The painterly effect of the frosted glass on the subjects is what initially drew me to this spot.
Lobby at One Vanderbilt I
Some experimental scenes I captured in the lobby of One Vanderbilt building in midtown Manhattan. I wanted to focus on the business attire details of people of the area, framed against the metallic sculpture by artist Tony Cragg.
Captured on Sony a7riv
Evening on the ferry
Evening light captured on New York City’s iconic Staten Island Ferry and Whitehall terminal.
What attracts me the most about composing under these lighting conditions in busy locations like this is that most details are stripped away and we are only left with silhouettes and highlights of the subjects to work with, forcing us to focus more on strong framing and eliminating any distracting details we might have included in our compositions under other lighting conditions.
Here I mostly chose to shoot with a 100mm telephoto lens to accentuate the compression of space around the subjects the and environment.
