Skylines and Weddings

I always want to take pics of the City Skyline at night, i have a few things to learn about taking pics at night, this is my second time taking pictures of anything at night..... they came out surprisingly better than i thought it would. I guess i can only get better at taking pictures (hopefully).

To get this Vantage point, i had to get my ass up in the middle of the night and drive to Downtown Brooklyn, well i think the name of the location was Dumbo to be exact.... it really is beautiful and very scenic. its walking distance to the brooklyn bridge and you can see both the Manhattan bridge and the 59th street bridge in a distance. NYC really never sleeps, i kept walking into alot of people there, even at around 3am in the morning.... i presumed they were witches, because i heard that the time witches have meetings.... well what do i know. Anyways, this is a show and tell of the pictures i was able to get. i hope you enjoy these pics. 

About 2 weeks ago, my Older Cousin had his wedding in Delaware, and i figured it would be a good occasion to test some of my photog skills out. i need as much experience as possible with different types of photog occasions. i have never shot weddings before... look at me saying i have never shot weddings like im some professional photographer... lol, im just some dude who decided to buy a camera during spring because i thought the spring flowers looked pretty. anyways, hopefully i can fully develop in this side hobby of mine. i have a lot of room for improvement and i gladly welcome it.



So this is my cousin, who is the groom.... he is always a joker. Never a dull moment with him.

most guys often get cold feet on their marriage, but he is way pumped, throwing signs up like he is a teenager and what not.

 him and a couple of friends.

This is his Dad, his Dad is Soo calm and mild mannered, his is way awesome.... i often call him Dad too whenever i speak to him.

 his Best man, which is is brother

Our Cousins, She got married earlier this year, she is absolutely Gorgeous and Smart too, She is actually a Med doctor.

My Cousin too, she is the sis for the Med Doctor, younger sis actually

 Sisters... i never really saw the resemblance, except maybe in their smiles... they look like each parent.

The Grooms men kicking the breeze before having to walk down the aisle and take their places

 Guys being Guys

the little munchkins 

the cutest little munchkin on the bridal train  

Here Comes the Bride, yeah she looked hella beautiful in her pics.

the bride and her dad

Bride and groom Exchanging vows

 You may kiss the Bride

Grooms face after the first kiss

Bonus Photo
Random Baby that isnt sure what the hell is going on, priceless expression on her face though. love it.

So this is the end, hope you enjoyed the pics. leave a comment or subscribe. and dont forget to nominate me for the nigerian blog awards, just incase you havent.

Things Me and My Camera have been up to

Sooo, i did promise myself that i was going to Shoot alot of pictures during this summer. the times when im not working, or the times when im not too lazy, or the times when Girls arent trying to Dupe me with pyramid schemes, i do try to get out and shoot something. i still got a lot of things to learn about what makes a Great shot, but i figure that i have a whole lot of time to become as familiar as i want to be. I hope i can turn this little hobby of mine into something fantastic (after all, the equipment for the Camera doesn't grow on trees). i have tried to be abit active this summer, down below are a few of the pictures that i got and that i kinda like. i know i have room for improvement, but these are actually a batch of pictures that im not too shy to show. 

HEAT WAVES AND HYDRANTS

i had just gotten off work, i worked a double shift, an overnight that turned into a Day shift, i was driving home when i spotted this cute little boy playing with an open Hydrant during one of the swelting heat waves NY had, i was lucky that i had my Camera in my bag, i pulled up for a Quick second, and pointed it right at him, he looked up at me and gave me a devious smile. This is actually one of the times i was lucky i had my Camera with me.


                                               PHOTOSHOOT WITH A MINI MODEL

this probably one of the cutest little girls i have seen. She is a Mutual friends daughter and her mother agreed to let me have a photoshoot with her for an Evening, and im telling you, she cant take a bad picture. most kids often get grumpy after a few pictures, but she just loved the camera soo much, my Cameras memory was full way and she still wanted Moar pictures. Her mum offered to pay for my services but i really couldnt charge a face and personality like hers.

                                                         
                                                            VERRAZANO BRIDGE

i drove almost under the verrazano bridge to get this pic, the golden hours for taking pictures are usually Sunset or Sunrise, but i was too lazy to obey that rule, so i hauled all my camera equipment at around 3am under the bridge to get this shot. im really not too impressed with this shot, and i have really been craving to get a Night shot of NYC skyline from Brooklyn to Manhattan. thats on my to do list before the end of the year, so i guess for now, this pic of a bridge at night would do.


                                                                    CONEY ISLAND
for most people who dont know, Coney Island comes alive during the night, the Amusement park with all its lights and noise gives a good back drop to the board walk and beach right next to it, its truly a very under rated destination. I believe everyone should visit coney island during a summer night at least once.

 Some weird guy trying to sell me stuff at coney island.

 a couple i was stalking on coney island... i really did feel like a creepy old guy with a camera taking pics of them being all affectionate. the thing about Street Photography is that, to get the shots you want, you need to be able to Take the Candid photos without asking for permission from the participants.

The wonderwheel Ferris Wheel in Coney Island, it looks really harmless, but when you get on the ride, you would get Heart Attack.



                                                               PORT JEFFERSON
this is a Port on the Northern Sound of Long Island, if you look across the shore, you can literarily see connecticut from the shores. it has tons of sea food restaurants, lots of good sceneary, it has a village feel to it, a whole lot of Docks and a whole lot of Yachts too. Its the perfect place to be if you have a million dollar Yacht and you want to hang out with other people who have million dollar yachts. Thankfully its also opened to the public, sooo people like me can walk around the village and act like i own a yacht or know someone who owns one.

 Cute couple watching the sunset beyond the horizon

Yachts being docked by the open docks. you can literally hundreds of yachts around the maze of docks here. There were people having dinner parties and sun bathing on their yachts and it just made me wish for the good life.


                                                                        FORT TOTTEN
this is a park right next to a military fort in NY, a lot of people come around here for walks, jobs and cycling. its always a beautiful place to watch the sunset and in the distance there is the Throngs Neck Bridge which leads from Queens into the Bronx (i have only been to the bronx probably about 3 times in life)

ice cream and a bridge, its such a beautiful scene, i could get the whole truck into the picture.
Soo these are just a few of the pics from my summer. when i get more comfortable behind the camera and i take more awesome pics, then i would share them once more. anyways. lemme know what you think, feel free to critique the pictures honestly.

my Day with JoJo

if you have been following my blog for quite sometime now, you would recall that i have mentioned that i have a very adorable God Son. his name is Joseph, but its shortened to Joey or Jojo. He is 2 years and 2 months and he is already developing a personality of his own (mean little brat) but it is adorable. i dont get to see him as often as i want to because quite frankly school, work and extra curricular activities. So i was more than excited when i got done with my spring sememster last week, the first person i schedule time to see was Him (forget his parents, they are just a means to seeing my God Son)

i figured i take a few pictures of him while i was at it, oh boy, is he a handful. Everytime he sees me, he smiles and runs up to me for me to pick him up. that gets me soo excited (get your mind outta the gutter). Anyways, from the moment he saw me, he began scheming of ways to escape from indoors

 This is him scheming on how to run out of the door, See how he looks like he is interested, but he really is in deep thought on whether his plan to Run out the door would work.

Jojo makes his move, he is like "to hell with it, im out"

 he decides to show me that he got some game for a 2 year old, im like yeah whatever jojo. then he shoots

 and he actually makes it in.... with a sense of accomplishment, little jojo decides to strike a pose, because he is just #Bawse

 there goes his pose. way too much Personality for a 2 year old.... as things wounded down, i decided it was time to take his show off little self back inside, he didnt like that very much and he had to be such a Diva about it, he started Crying and Holaring when he got outside, pointing right outside motioning that he wants to go back out (i obviously wasnt going to let him show me out) so i told his mum to discipline him.

 And because im such an Awesome God Father, she kindly Obliged, see there she goes trying to make him keep quiet. haha..... i think im going to be such an Evil Dad.

 Obviously, his dad came to his rescue... pssshhhh. i think he needs some more tough love, but what do i know?

Before i left, i decided to take a Family portrait, as you can see Jojo aint interested anymore... but the little boy would get over it... Eventually. #evil,laugh.


im going to be seeing him tomorrow, hopefully we can sweep whatever misgivings and misunderstandings me and jojo had last week under the rug, at that age, kids have the memory of Goldfishes, Hopefully, he hardly remembers... lol.

Anyways, i figured i share something personal, because i "heart" my followers. its summer, so im going to be gearing up to take lots of pictures, im scouting places to take pics in NYC and things to do. As the summer progresses, i can only get better with my pictures.

i personally think he looks more like his mum, but when he was younger everyone used to rave about how much of his father he looked like, Well who do you think he favors, his mum or his dad?