If you’re looking for a massive open space parking lot with very few to no cars, Jacob Riis Park in Queens, NY is the place for you. It’s almost half a mile long by a quarter mile wide. My latest shots were taken by my new Sony Cybershot DSC-W170, with post processing of course. This was the perfect time of day and weather, with forecast of scattered thunderstorms.

According to some sources about retrieving shutter actuation count on a 1-series Canon camera, my up to date odometer reads 472,022 actuations since October of 2005. That equals 157,340 per year, 13,111 per month, 3,277 per week, 468 per day. For those of you who struggle with your learning speed, maybe you just aren’t shooting  enough, consistently. I don’t mean shooting 5 burst frames in a row every time just because your camera can do it, but spending every bit of your free time shooting something. Does that sound like too much of a commitment? If so, now you know the reason why you aren’t as good as you want to be.

Once a year, there comes a wedding that tops all the previous ones and sets a new benchmark for myself and for future wedding couples. My latest and best is Karen & James who had their wedding at the Metropolitan Building in Long Island City, New York.  Three floors of antique furniture, mirrors, and plenty of windows for natural light.  Each floor is a challenge and whole new setting to really test your photography skills and creativity, it is an amazing experience for anyone to be there.  Words can’t do it justice, so I will just let the photos do the talking.