Hey everyone Michael here, I will be in the chat to answer any questions, I really hope you enjoy the video premiere!

The king of abstract photography. Loved the reflection shot in time square and the abstract diagonals of the tall building. Michael, you always amaze me

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

Who, other than you, would go to New York to take cityscapes and take pictures of puddles? Well done, Michael. Of the 5 puddle photos you asked about I like the one in the upper left the best. For me it is the shapes and color in the puddles. I also REALLY like the time-lapse.

@MichaelShainblum

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Neal!

The 30 second exposure at 10:48 is gorgeous. I have captured many landscapes using long exposure, but your cityscapes are inspirational. Thanks!

I really enjoyed seeing you work in a place that had no waves! Very well done! You’re a pro! Thanks for taking me along!

Loved the Radio City shot with the 'City' reflected in the van. Abstract but also tells a story, who doesn't love a bit of The Psychedelic Furs too. Great work Michael.

I love your commentary of your thought processes as you set up and take your photos. It brings me into the scenes with you.

Seeing abstract images of water drops is not your typical Times Square image. I enjoyed seeing what you did with the variety of shots. I look forward to the next video from NYC.

Such a great testament to your abilities. No matter where you are you pull out some great imagery. The abstracts are always a favorite.

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Outstanding images yet again. One of the top photo/videographers on KZread!

Visit NJ spot prior sunset. You can get a nice picture with long expose. Also, come to Brooklyn to take pictures of Manhattan and its bridges.

I'm not sure anyone else would've gone to Times Square and spent their time playing with water droplets on a bench but those shots were awesome! The last of the series was my favorite. I loved the video and can't wait for the next one.

Great video Michael, great to see you shoot something different some amazing images.

Excellent - perfect Shainblum Style

Being mainly a landscape photographer, I would be totally overwhelmed with all of the sensory overload of a big city. Love the puddle shots and shots of the skyline.

Amazing work, and it’s so cool to see your style shine through, both in the water reflections and the shots of the skyscrapers! I really should start bringing my 100-400 when going into the city. So heavy though 😅

Beaut shots & always a pleasure seeing your work.

Great images as always. You make it look easy.

Loved this Michael. What a place to be on a wet night with a camera.

Really enjoyed this video. Well done.

As always…… brilliant 👌 and so different from what I’ve seen you do before

Beautiful night photography of NYC. Really liked the time-lapse video of Time Square. It conveys the feeling of buzzling activity! Nicely done! Also loved the shots at the Radio city hall. Very colourful. I am going to New York in a few weeks and your video is very useful. Thank you. How safe it is to be walking around with a camera at night in New York and New Jersey?

Enjoyed the clean crisp lines of the architecture in the city’s building’s. Quite a departure from the normal fair with landscape photography. Looking forward to seeing part two. Stay safe 🇦🇺

awesome work! loved all the colors.

I really enjoyed watching this one Michael, as it's quite a change from your usual work. I spent my youth living in NYC, and while I don't get back there very often, I do find it a very interesting place to photograph whenever I do visit. Especially at night, when I feel the city really comes alive.

Fascinating video Michael. Really enjoyed it.

Great photos as always. 👍

Excellent as usual Michael

What a superb video Michael. You are a brilliant and versatile photographer.

Another amazing video. Thank you!

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Beautiful shots and great video!

I always try to do cityscape shots during the blue hour. It looks incredible compared to the total darkness at night.

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

both offer different looks, there was not really a blue hour on this day as it was raining. Kinda just faded into night.

Nice shots! I especially like the abstract ones of the water on the black stone at the start.

For me all five of the puddle shots work really well as the panel arrangement you showed

Awesome to see some different shots. Excellent work with some beautiful shots👍

Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it a lot. The pictures came out on 🔥🤙

Awesome work!

Damn, amazing shots and editing. Always an inspiration, Michael.

Nice change of pace . Thanks for sharing!

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Gorgeous! And it reminds me that I have to go to New York again, just to take photographs.

Love the reflections. The blue my pick. Also. In my mind I rotated the reflections. I found a new photo, imaginary animals and other cool shapes. I should reflections a lot. I love rotating them.

Brilliant images 🙌🏼🥰

Michael, this is probably my favorite video you’ve ever done. Absolutely love the variety of shots you got, the abstract creativity, and the cityscape shots were fantastic. you’ve inspired me to try to document my own photo trips in the vlog style with the final snaps as well. Where were you in Jersey for the skyline shots? I’ll be in NYC in May and may try some.

NYC at night is a target rich environment! Looking forward to Part 2!

My favourite shot was the bottom left.

J’ai suivi votre shoot hier soir en France et j’avoue que je suis impressionné par votre maîtrise du sujet. J’ai bien aimé les clichés pris de loin de New-York avec les poses longues. Merci de les avoirs partagés.

Great images Michael! 👍🏽

Great shots, love doing long exposure photography here in NYC.

I followed your shoot last night in France and I admit that I am impressed by your mastery of the subject. I liked the shots taken from far away from New York with the long poses. Thank you for sharing them.

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! :)

Radio City light trails were fire!!

Love your photography man👍🏼 I am following your channel and watching every video since years now. I can tell you made a big step approx. 2 years ago, ever since you said you had a lil creative crisis. One can tell that you are full of creativity now and you are very connected to the landscapes you shoot. It’s nice to see that you are not rushing and that there is a thought process behind your compositions. It’s very therapeutic to watch actually😂. Would love to see you in Asia one day. There are so many nice landscapes from the mountains in China to the jungles of South East Asia. Keep up your good work Michael👍🏼

Good lesson❤❤❤

Nice work, Michael. Reminded me of your great timelapse there about five years ago with the epic slider moves. Love shooting NYC. I stayed in a hotel in Jersey City and took the ferry over, you can get to several locations from there. I got some great night shots of the skyline from the hotel using a 70-200mm, shooting through the window in my room, while sipping a cocktail :) I did use a lens skirt to block out the reflections but there were still some reflections of the city in the double pane glass that had to get removed.

Michael. I watched this video and it completely motivates me to get out of the house and go shooting, anywhere. Learning to shoot in SF I am a sucker for city photography. Thanks!

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, that’s awesome just be careful in SF with your gear!

What an amazing city and I love how you captured it, great photos! I think my favorite was the abstract at the 7:00 mark, I'm still trying to make sense of it but it's beautiful.

Great video! That was very interesting to see how you approached the cityscape. As usual, you found some very interesting patterns. I loved the lit puddle shots! The red was my favorite mostly due to the strength of the color but, the whole set is interesting!

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Thomas!

Loved the water on the granite bench shots (preferred the first 4) number 5 was a bit busy for me 🤔 the city scapes were superb Michael 🌃👌

Brilliant shot’s Michael, particularly loved the abstract images from Times Square..was in NYC last October & had my tripod up in that very spot you got challenged in..maybe I got lucky or it was the security guys night off 😆 Looking forward to part 2 👍

Love the perspective you have given to my "back yard".. also from the beginning, the more purple water droplet/puddle where the brightest portion goes straight down the middle is my favorite of those. Otherwise the cityscape with the boat is THE shot of this video.

Nice! Makes me want to go back to New York!

Awesome video!

Awesome video man !! Really shows how it’s possible to think out side the box and get results that are bangers !! 👏👏

I kept expecting “Ugly, naked guy!” to be in one of those abstract apartment window shots! 😂 Beautiful work Michael.

If you think the Times Square light reflecting in the puddles are nice, try shooting the light reflected in the many oil slicks left by the parked cars.

7:26 omg the same thing happened to me when I was in downtown Detroit!

I live in NYC. Looking forward to seeing your work and maybe even meeting with some locals cityscapers.

I was not aware of the no tripod rule in NYC, or parts of NYC. The reason is that they do not want a (gun disguised as camera) shooter lining up a shot. You may not use a tripod in Washington DC as well. I found that out the same you that you did.

@P.W.R.

5 ай бұрын

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Once they see that you have a camera, why does it matter? What's even more funny is that guns (specifically rifles) use bipods, not tripods. Just more of that big city nonsense. D.C. makes sense, but any other place is unnecessary. Having that happen to me would have ruined my day of photography. Interesting, but ridiculous.

Always experiment.💯💯💯

As someone who lives in Boston I can attest to getting kicked out in tons of places doing street photography when I had 2.8 zooms. Now that I use F4’s or smaller lenses nobody says anything in those same places. One of the reasons I’m all for phones getting better. We’ve normalized us using our phones that no one will look at you differently and you can get shots that normally get you asked to leave. It drove me through to enjoy landscape photography though.

my dreame place

Those puddle abstracts are my favorites. Did you get out to the Brooklyn Bridge Michael?

Great video! At 12:39 did you flip the picture? I have not been to an area where you can see The Empire State Building to the south of Hudson Yards. Oh sorry! I now see the angle from where you are shooting from and that is awesome! Thank you for this video and I one other that I don’t remember the title but also in NYC. I stumbled upon these videos and I am very glad that I watched them! You gave me a very good perspective on what to see inside a place that is very over stimulating and new angles to get out of my normal “go to” spots!! Thank you for the inspiration!

@MichaelShainblum Great video and very cool photos, I particularly like where you zoom in on the building, getting patterns, lines and abstract view, we often tend to go wide because we want to se "everything" and then it tend to become a snapshot rather that unique, unless that was what you were going for. You can basically point your camera in any direction in NY and there is a photo opportunity. I have also been politely "thrown away" using my tripod, I don't get it unless it is to reduce the number of amateurs setting up tripods everywhere!😄 The last shot of the Empire, I see you are on the Jersey side but where exactly if you want to share? Cheers - Mike from Denmark 🙂

Thanks for the tour, third one for me 🙂Can you please tell me which park your shooting from Michael ? i"m visiting in march ...

What's the tripod you are using. This looks perfect for me 😊

Excellent creativity. How did you do the video at 4:32? Looks like a timelapse timeblend. Or was it just a timelapse with long shutter speed?

Loved the deep pink abstract but the city scene is fabulous. So would you recommend a zoom for street photography. Pity about the rules re tripod. Have taken a shot at occulous before I knew much about photography 😉. Greetings from Australia

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

I think a zoom offers a lot of variety. If I had to bring just one lens it would be that 28-200 I think

Time to get a Platypod.

Thx for this, cool images! About the skyline pictures from New Jersey at night, is it safe? Perhaps I'm exaggerating the risk of being robbed?

What is the best lens and settings for photographing city lights at night from very high up? Like 33 stories

Hey there Love your video!! Can you please tell me where is the location that you took night cityscapes in New Jersey?

@MichaelShainblum

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I took these images up and down the waterfront from Jersey City to Hoboken.

Thank you, just sooo nice! I think I will never understand the “no tripod allowed “ philosophy in certain places🤷‍♀ …and Times Square, by the way, would also fall into that category.😏

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

I looked it up and apparently in NYC they see it as a safety issue taking up too much space or potentially blocking cars. Luckily I saw tons of police in Time Square and they never got on me for the tripod. I got kicked out of Radio City Music Hall streets and they said that one was more because of professional photography implications. At One World Trade I have no idea what the issue was haha

Hello, want to begin with photography a little. Do you use smth like S-log2/3 to get better colors on the pics? Also how did you change the water on the skyline shots? Is it the seconds? Do you use Zoom objectives? ive heard that the light and quality is bader than on regulars? Love the photos, on the last one i would have tried to zoom on the boat idk would have liked that

Great video Michael, which lenses did you use? Thanks Nick B (UK)

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I used the Tamron 28-200 mostly and then a few of the wide shots were Sony 16-35

@nickbustin737

4 ай бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum thanks 👍

Great video where was you when photo at night of the empire state building

@MichaelShainblum

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was walking along the Jersey waterfront from Exchange Place to Hoboken.

Awesome shots ! Did you get a chance to stop in B&H photo , it’s a dream of mine to go there with a wheelbarrow full of cash .

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Haha nah I didn’t go, but I have been before, pretty crazy store. Thanks!

What model tripod is that?

I’m just curious. I thought you’re shooting on public ground and so he has no right to stop you. Since it’s public space you can do whatever you want. Am I interpreting the law correctly? As always, great work. My favorite is your radio city photo with the word “city” reflected by the windshield of the passing car.

@P.W.R.

5 ай бұрын

Apparently there is areas of NYC that have restrictions on camera tripods. I can't find anything online that says tripods are not allow outright, just specific areas and only in specific circumstances. It only becomes a problem when you intend to make a production out of it, like bringing a crew and crossing off sections of a public street. However, this would raise eyebrows in almost any other place if you did this, not just NYC. Sure, that would be a problem, but going solo and taking pictures as a tourist? Seems ridiculous. Either Michael was within one of these no tripod zones or the guard is getting his rules mixed up.

Just out of curiosity, Why does it matter if you are a professional photographer or not, in regards to the security guard?

I was looking for landscape night photography but i had to click because of the thumbnail

Even your puddles are better than my puddles :-)

bottom left image

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! :)

FiDi? all my years in New York never heard that one 😂 I’ve also gotten harassed with my tripod in that area. In my case it was actual police, not Rent-A-Cop.

@MichaelShainblum

5 ай бұрын

Haha that’s what we call it in SF, so I just brought it over.

@airdailyx

5 ай бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum curious question do you have any trouble walking around with all your gear like this late at night in San Francisco? Do you feel equally comfortable?

@michaelherskovitz4203

4 ай бұрын

Yes, you were correct about FIDI

Did security explain why? Could it have just been a tripping hazzard issue? I couldn't hear everything he said.

@MichaelShainblum

4 ай бұрын

Nah he just said no tripods and I didn’t feel like escalating it. The tripping thing might be true, but that would be a weird reason given we were in a giant area with no one around. 🤷‍♂️

@SheilaKarner

4 ай бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum Security guards aren’t always the brightest kitties in the litter. 😂

Some intentional camera movement would have been interesting. Mask On Nurse Marty(Ret)

What is it with it's not allowed for photographers with a tripod taking pictures of the city, but it's ok to carry a gun??? Damned this is annoying, it's only pictures!! Let photographers be.

@P.W.R.

5 ай бұрын

NYC has very strict gun rules/laws and I'm pretty sure you can't carry right in the middle of the city. From what I can find online, there's some places within NYC that do not allow tripods. Most places it is just fine and the areas with "no tripods allowed" was related to taking "exclusive space" on a public sidewalk or road for the purposes of a production or film. Michael wasn't producing a formal film with a crew and all that jazz. Just solo photography as a tourist. The security guard might be mixing up his rules as I can't find anything that mentions a full-blown restriction of camera tripods in the city, with the exception of a few places. Perhaps Michael was in an area that has this rule. Having that happen to me would have bummed me out and ruined my photography day.

@thechroniclesofshango

5 ай бұрын

@@P.W.R. That's my point, too many rules over a solo phographer while no one seems to be upset to be able to carry a gun. I was not specifically referring to NYC but US in general

@astromech2530

4 ай бұрын

all the tourists would have their tripod scattered everywhere trying to take a photo

Ich kann es leider nicht verstehen. Warum durftest du nicht mit dem Stativ fotografieren?

really cool