This is a panel of 4 images taken in New York in October 2013. The panel is titled “Subway Baggage” and its being entered in a competition at Hampstead Photographic Society next week.

  For this photo I wanted to shoot directly into the Sun to try and create a natural flare and a silhouette effect with the oncoming woman. The light created havoc with the exposure readings on my EOS M even though I placed myself so that the setting Sun would be directly behind the tree. To ensure a nice exposure (and a deep depth of field), I stopped down to f/22. and even with this light I had to put the ISO to 800 and exposure compensation at 2.67 (no comments please, I was going round in exposure compensation circles). Shutter was […]

    This shot of The Shard was taken on an overcast evening in London in late September. Canon EOS 5D Mark III and EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM (35mm, f/22, ISO 100).

Sometimes you won’t have strobes, flash guns or your “best” camera. Sometimes all you will have is natural light, a basic camera (EOS M with a 22mm f/2 STM) and some willing subjects. This shot was taken in the Upper West Side of Manhattan at around 6pm one Monday evening in late October as the Autumn Sun set over the Hudson River. We were on the 8th floor of an apartment block and the setting sun was sprinkling the room with the last of the days rays as the girls looked west towards the sunset.

I spent a very enjoyable week in New York in late October and used it as an opportunity to test the Canon EOS M with the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM. I use this lens exclusively on the EOS M now as I found the 18mm – 55mm kit lens to be a poor performer. Clicking any of the photos below will take you to the full gallery of 31 photos.  

This is a link to my New York Gallery and contains some shots from outside the Lincoln Center in New York taken during October 2013. All were taken with a Canon EOS M with a 22mm lens.

During my recent visit to New York I stumbled across Batman’s car parked outside the Hotel Belleclaire on the Upper West Side. Clicking the picture will take you through to a collection of photos of the car on Flickr. All shots taken with a Canon EOS M and a 22mm STM Lens.