Fall Arrives in New York City…
The crisp mornings. Folks wearing jackets and sweaters. The leaves beginning to change colors. All those things point to the seasons are changing in New York City. Fall has arrived once again. October brings a change to the leaves in New York’s Central Park as we enter the Fall season. The slightly chilly mornings and [...]
The Path to Whole Foods…
To get to the Whole Foods grocery store in New York’s Time Warner Center… you have to go down escalators to the lower level of the mall. This is a shot hanging over the railing from the fourth level of the mall looking straight down at the escalators and the food court tables. The path [...]
A New York September Night…
The first night of September was beautiful on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 70°F, no humidity… a perfect fall evening during the last days of summer. Traffic zooms down Broadway past the 72nd Street subway station. Midnight along Columbus Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and all is quiet.
Wet & Empty…
The streets on the Upper West Side of Manhattan were wet and empty as Hurricane Irene arrived Sunday morning. No cars or pedestrians along New York City’s Columbus Avenue Sunday morning as Irene arrived.
Manhattan Water Tower Sunset…
Water towers are as New York as yellow taxicabs, and just as omnipresent. A distinctive feature of residential (and many commercial buildings) in New York City is the presence of wooden roof-mounted water towers, which were required on all buildings higher than six stories by city ordinance in the 19th century because the municipal water pipes [...]
Sunday Soaker…
It was a wet Sunday on the Upper West Side of Manhattan… but the weekend brunch crowd still ventured out onto the sidewalks at 73rd Street and Columbus looking for food. According to the NY Daily News… New York broke an all-time record for a one-day rainfall Sunday as up to 8 inches of water [...]
Picture Perfect Park…
6:30am. 67ºF. Low humidity. The sun peaking over the buildings of Manhattan’s east side. Makes for a picture perfect morning for a walk in Central Park.
Manhattanhenge
Twice a year, New Yorkers get a chance to experience “Manhattanhenge”, the recurring solar event where the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan’s east-west streets. If you missed it don’t worry, a second date this year is expected to take place on Monday, July 11 through Wednesday, July 13 at around 8:25 p.m. each evening. [...]
Following New York Fashion Week Online
In the last year, more and more designers have been webcasting their runway shows. For this years New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, almost all the shows will be webcast. The social media news site Mashable has put together a comprehensive list of the online availability. For those of you who prefer more editorially heavy coverage, [...]
Big flakes…
This video captures the huge flakes from today’s snow on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Back Window Snowfall
The warm and cozy view from inside my apartment looking out the back window at the ‘blizzard’ today. It’s still coming down. Back Window Snowfall from Michael Huitt on Vimeo. This was my first video from my new Nikon D7000 camera coupled with a Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens. Edited on iMovie.
Studio 2F
Apartment 2F has now become STUDIO 2F I’ve now transformed Apartment 2F into STUDIO 2F. Hmmmm… might be a name for a website, or a blog or a new company! The living room now is a studio complete with a portrait background (yes that same cheesy portrait background that they used for all your school [...]
Location shoots
kero, originally uploaded by michaelnyc. Ran across a great location to shoot last week with the model I was shooting with at the time, Kero. It’s an access way to the Amtrak train tracks that run under Riverside Park. It’s just a big metal grate door (with a lock on it) but the entryway made [...]
