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An Electric Night in Times Square

tratcliff — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:56:17 +0000

I have always thought this ABC studio with the curved marquee is the coolest building in Times Square. I am not exactly sure what is happening in that still there, but I think that girl is holding up a pregnancy test.

The Best of New York

tratcliff — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:15:08 +0000

Here are some of my favorites from New York. I have a lot more I need to process over a long weekend — I look forward to that! But in the meantime, leading up to a little announcement tomorrow night, here are some of the best from NYC!

Grand Theft Auto - Skyview of Algonquin

tratcliff — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:42:30 +0000

It’s probably one of the coolest places in the world for photography. I could have stayed on that helicopter all day long. Now that I have all the heli-jacking techniques I learned from GTA4, I might just try it the next time!

Not Lost in New York

tratcliff — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:03:31 +0000

Here I am in the middle of Times Square in New York on a perfect night. The sky was this strange blue color of a cool dusk night and every light in the city was in full burn. Enjoy!

Wormhole

tratcliff — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:20:30 +0000

This was shot just SE of ground zero in NYC.

Radio City in NYC

tratcliff — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:14:23 +0000

Here is the famous Radio City shot from New York.

Afternoon Near Ground Zero

tratcliff — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:44:58 +0000

I shot this in New York right near the World Trade Center husk. Also, I attempted to put the point of this cube right inside the phi sweet spot for your maximum viewing pleasure!

A Castle in New York

tratcliff — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:46:21 +0000

Actually I think it’s just a church. But I like how it is positioned on this corner and the architecture is pretty unique for that area. I think I was around Chelsea when I shot this.

Imploding Glass

tratcliff — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:04:37 +0000

Here is a really cool building I found on the west side of Manhattan.Â Someone left a comment on my Flickr account that every one of these window panes had to be customized for the curves.

New York and New Flickr?

tratcliff — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:10:37 +0000

I uploaded the picture of Manhattan below to Flickr today and I started thinking about this daily routine. Upload… Blog here… Write something moderately interesting… Rinse and repeat.

Some of my friends mentioned that Zooomr was launching their Mark III software today. I looked into it and the new features look really sharp (although it hasn’t launched yet…it should later today). I watched a bit of this UStream.tv deal about the launch with Thomas Hawk (Zoomr CEO and cool photographer) and this 19-year-old programmer guru named Kris. I think that guy is pretty sharp… certainly dedicated and passionate and that’s 90% of the battle.

I am curious how Zoomr and such a small team can implement so many cool features when Flickr is fairly stagnant. I think Flickr is great and all…they just seem a bit lazy with adding cool features. It’s where I keep all my work and I will likely copy over some of my best to Zooomr as soon as they get that auto-import option turned on. Flickr has promised to give Zooomr the API as soon Zooomr gives theirs up, which should happen later today.

I put an extra picture below… another one of my favorites from New York, since this post has kind of a “new” theme.

Colors

tratcliff — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:39:22 +0000

On the way to a meeting in New York, I stopped to take this shot of this colorful area with interesting shadows. I thought the textures and shapes we kinda nice. I don’t know… I usually don’t take shots like this but occasionally I see some nice phi action out there.

Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center

tratcliff — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:59:43 +0000

After I went to the top, I visited the bottom of Rockefeller center, where the famous ice-skating rests. The huge lights on both sides of the building created a cool purple streaming light that exploded out of both sides of the building, making for a very cool effect (at least I think so!).

New York Evening

tratcliff — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:05:36 +0000

Here is another shot that I recently processed from my trip to New York. You can’t go wrong with these views, can ya?

supporter:
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New York Streets

tratcliff — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:43:46 +0000

I was walking over to a meeting in New York and I saw this interesting graffiti on these cool textures so I stopped for a quick shot.

supporter:
Do you live in NYC? Do you need a place to put your car when your leaving town. Making parking reservations is so easy. Get discount airport parking when you call ahead of time. Leave your car at LGA airport parking.

Across from Ground Zero

tratcliff — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:52:17 +0000

This is right in the middle of the World Trade Center area where all the reconstruction was going on.Â As most of you know, I’m not a fan of modern art, except for when things just work out and something like this comes together.

The Flag of Times Square

tratcliff — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:41:29 +0000

The lights and action in Times Square was overwhelming. Getting interesting angles right at the set of dark was a fun and interesting experience. I only had about 10 minutes of perfect light to fight through the crowds to hit the spots that I had been thinking about for a while.