A Weekend in New York City
I spent this last weekend in New York, somewhere I haven't had particularly positive interactions in the past. This time, I was determined to change my opinion on the place. My three day adventure began in Brooklyn.
I spent this last weekend in New York, somewhere I haven't had particularly positive interactions in the past. This time, I was determined to change my opinion on the place. My three day adventure began in Brooklyn.
As some of you know I work for the Massachusetts branch of this rad company, Brooklyn Boulders. I've been the in-house photographer for the last eight months and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that working for this company is never - and will never be - boring. I took a pilgrimage to our home base to climb and snap some pictures for our database back home.
The next two days were spent wandering the city and while I still can't say I'm fond of New York, I met some great people and had some good times.
Violette Gluten-Free Bakery Promos
Promotional imagery for Violette Gluten-Free Bakery in Cambridge, MA.
Boston Exploration
After surviving the nightmare of winter, we celebrated the first day of sun with a photographic adventure down the Charles.
Last year, I transplanted myself from the eternal summers of Southern California into the actual Winterfell that is New England. Winter just kept coming and coming and "unprepared" proved to be a severe understatement. To be honest I'm not convinced it's ever going to end but even the sun gets tired of hibernating once and awhile. On the first sunny day Boston had seen in months, my friend Mike and I decided to go on a photographic adventure from Cambridge to downtown via a bike path near the Charles.
Mike wanted to test out his newly acquired, pocket sized film camera and obliged me in taking a few shots of me on my 7D as well.
I wanted to test out the lens I recently bought off my boss (thanks Nick) and didn't think far enough ahead to realize that while the lens does close ups beautifully, it isn't meant for landscapes. I should have brought one of my other lenses along for the ride but at least I've learned for next time.
We're climbers so, naturally, that meant hanging off of bridges and out of trees.
In just over a week, I'll have lived in Boston for a year. It's still surreal to me that a city like this exists at all, let alone that I'm a part of it. A series of happy accidents coupled with incredible luck have led me to the people and places I have in my life right now and I'm grateful. Everything is pretty beautiful.
