New York City Workshops 2022
TWO WORKSHOPS
6 days • 5 nights • May 17th-23rd • 2022 * one spot open *
6 days • 5 nights • May 24th-29th • 2022 * workshop full *
Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, World Trade Center, Flatiron Building, Grand Central Station, Times Square, Coney Island, The Edge, One Vanderbilt, Dumbo, the 911 Memorial, B&H Photo and a lot more
May of 2022, I will be doing my first workshops with only a handful of people to some of my favorite and iconic locations in this electrifying city. New York City has so much to offer and I have always wanted to take a group there to photograph the way I love to capture this amazing place. I chose the month of May for great weather temps and less tourists than the summer.
The architecture is off the wall amazing and we will be taking subways, Ubers and maybe even boats to get to some of my favorite locations. Great photography will take center stage and with a limited group of 7 students for each workshop, this will provide a great atmosphere to get around and move from location to location. NYC is very much like Paris to me and my wife as the energy and excitement is going 24/7. We will take advantage of this everywhere possible throughout this workshop!
The architecture is stunning!
Each day we will venture out from our stunning boutique hotel, which is very close to Times Square, to different locations with our gear and tripods and try to hit every iconic place in this one of a kind city. Photographing New York often, I know many of the best locations for incredible shooting from morning to after dark. The first morning before we leave, we will meet in a beautiful meeting room to go over most of the places we will be shooting.
This 1-2 hour meeting will help us all understand the logistics of our workshop and we will go over everything from what lenses for particular shots will be needed to how we will all travel to each location. We will go over a lot of our itineary this morning too & show many shots that we will be trying to capture.
We will also be shooting a lot after dark as this city never sleeps and the architecture is intoxicating. Shooting the taxis in traffic in Times Square with long shutter speeds is one amazing experience. Grand Central Station day & night is also one incredible place to shoot with vantage points all over and an Apple Store is right in the station! If time permits, we will also try and walk the famous High Line railway that is pretty amazing running right through New York City.
We will shoot high & low
I will be working individually with each person in the field each day, pushing you to master your camera and settings for every kind of situation. We will go over all kinds of settings that best capture this unique city and also explore shooting from atop the new spectacular viewing decks of the unreal skyscraper “One Vanderbilt ” and The Edge sky deck in Hudson Yards. We will also try capturing panoramas from our tripods in great locations wherever possible.
The food in NYC is amazing and we will eat as a group all over including grabbing slices of my favorite pizza on earth at Rays Pizza. This workshop will be very loose as we will see each day how the weather is cooperating but May should be a great time to be there. May can be brisk and there is always the chance of showers anytime of the year in New York City so bringing rain gear is a must!
We will be shooting everything using wide angle to telephoto so a nice assortment of lenses will be key! With only 7 students, instruction will be more personalized and the logistics and transportation will be a lot easier too! We will also go to the infamous Coney Island and eat at world famous Nathans, home of Nathans Hot Dog eating contest.
There will also be another 2 hour meeting in the gorgeous hotel boardroom, focusing on Photoshop. I will show tons of techniques and ideas to make your New York City images even more powerful! This will be very informative and we will also go over photo gear and also camera settings for different situations when shooting in locations like New York City
In this Workshop – We will cover
IN THIS WORKSHOP — WE WILL COVER:
• Great compositions all throughout New York City
• Wide angle versus panorama photography
• HDR handheld panoramas
• HDR photography in different lighting situations
• Stacking images to remove unwanted people
• Understanding what gear to use for a particular shot
• Shooting after dark including architecture, subways, across the Hudson River and more
• Slow shutter speeds to capture people and cars in motion
• Creating images with impact
Times & Logistics
Workshop Time
The first workshop begins at 10am on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 and ends on Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 after breakfast. The second workshop starts at 10am on Tuesday May 24th and ends on Sunday, May 29th after breakfast. This will allow people ample time to fly home. We will meet in the lobby of our hotel, the Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York at 10am one the first day for both workshops. After our meet & greet, we will all move to a beautiful meeting room to go over all of the details for the workshop. You are responsible for your own reservations. I have secured a special room rate and I will give you the information when we talk on the phone.
Getting There
The Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York is not far from Times Square and the closest airport is La Guardia but JFK is not much farther. Landing in Newark also works but does take a little more time to get to Times Square. There are trains everywhere as well as the Air Tran and Uber, though I do not think you can take an Uber from Newark to NYC. I believe you can take a taxi but this could be expensive. I can help you with all of this anytime but just about any flight into NYC will work!
Cost
The cost for the workshop is $2,200 because of having only 7 students. This will include location scouting all over New York and New Jersey, instruction day & night, photography & Photoshop instruction at the hotel.
Items not included are: Lodging at the Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York, entrance fees to all locations and transportation in and around NYC. We will eat as a group at restaurants or fast food places and be able to continue photography discussions.
Workshop Limit
The workshop is limited to 7 participants so we can have a small group throughout NYC.
Skill Level
Basic understanding of your camera operations including using f/stops and shutter speed is needed for this workshop. This workshop is for the intermediate to advanced photographer wanting to master street shooting, architecture, night photography, panoramas and composition and camera techniques.
Fitness Requirements
Street shooting in cities like New York involves a lot of walking although we will take Ubers, taxis and also the Metro. We may even take a boat to cross the Hudson river. Although there is not a lot of uneven terrain, walking in the city can be exhausting, so be prepared!
Registration
1. To register for the either New York City workshop or for more information, please contact us here. After you fill out the registration, I will send you a detailed letter with tons of info on the workshop and also what to bring.
2. Next, I will let you know how to make your reservations at the hotel and then it’s time to book your flight. You need to arrive one day early for the first workshop, on May 16th, so we will all be set to meet at 10am on the morning of May 17th, 2022. You will be arriving one day early for the second workshop on May 23rd, so we will all be set to meet at 10am on the morning of May 24th, 2022.
