So here is my adventure today for going to the Rockefeller Center to take pictures of THE Christmas tree. First off, I went to the Center on Dec. 3rd to see the actual lighting of this Christmas tree but there were so many people that I couldn't stand it anymore so I left. Various streets were blocked off at the time and people were camped out since noon that day. Anyways, so today, I woke up around 4 a.m. because they turn the Christmas tree lights back on at 5:30 a.m. everyday until Jan. 09, 2009. I wanted to get there in time to see them turn the lights on, but by the time I got there, it was about 5:35 a.m. and the lights had already been turned on. Oh wells, bummer! In lieu of that, I met two college girls who were at a club all night and just decided to see the tree this morning. They asked me to take a picture of them with the tree and afterwards, they went on their merry way. We had some small talk but all the time in my head, I was like, "Hmm, am I going to get mugged? I do have A LOT of camera gear on me." Anyways, not long afterwards, I took my tripod out of my bag and started to set it up. Then the officer by the tree yells out, "You can't setup a tripod here!" I was shocked so I just obeyed (for now) and closed up my tripod. I wandered around, took photos of this and that, then I went to the other side of the tree and I found another photographer who had his tripod setup so I decided to setup next to him. Luckily he finished shooting his photos and I was able to take a few photos before another officer came by and told us we had to put our tripods away. Grrr!!! At this point in time, my hands are frozen from setting up the tripod. I was starting to get annoyed. While my finger was stlil on the shutter release trigger, I asked the officer why couldn't we use our tripods and he respectfully replied, "Because this is private property." The other photographer talked (stalled) to the officer for another 2 min. and within that time span, I just took some more photos and adjusted the settings blindly. We then folded up our tripods and kindly asked the officer where can we setup the tripod. He said the sidewalked so he walked with us and told us we could setup the tripod behind this imaginary line he drew out with his foot. He said this is where the property ends. To further add to his annoyance, he said that we wouldn't setup in the middle of the sidewalk because we would be blocking the walking pedestrians. Keep in mind this is like friggin 6 a.m.!!! There was NOBODY walking except us photographers. Whatevers. We just setup and started shooting and shortly after, I went home because my hands were extremely frozen, almost turned a shade of purple/blue. The long and short of it all, this has been a very interesting and fun experience!!
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYEXIF Data:Model: Canon EOS 40DISO: 100Exposure: 1/10 secAperture: f/4.0Focal Length: 35mmFlash Used: n/a
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYModel: Canon EOS 40DISO: 100Exposure: 1/16 secAperture: f/4.0Focal Length: 40mmFlash Used: n/a
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYEXIF Data:Model: Canon EOS 40DISO: 100Exposure: 1/25 secAperture: f/4.0Focal Length: 40mmFlash Used: n/a
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYEXIF Data:Model: Canon EOS 40DISO: 100Exposure: 1/4 secAperture: f/4.6Focal Length: 24mmFlash Used: n/a
"Feeling lonely for christmas"
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYEXIF Data:Model: Canon EOS 40DISO: 100Exposure: 0.6 secAperture: f/4.0Focal Length: 24mmFlash Used: n/a
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