Saturday morning Kim, Matt and I set off for a day in New York City, after much thought I decided to bring my larger DSLR camera with me over a smaller digital point and shoot or a 35mm rangefinder.  The compromise also meant that I would not be bringing my short zoom lens, it was too big and heavy to carry on the already heavy full sized camera, so I opted for the good old 50mm f/1.8.  Even with the 1.6x crop factor of my DSLR, this lens can’t be beat for street photography, even if it isn’t as wide as I’d like.

The day was overcast and not as warm as predicted, but Kim still managed to do a damn good job shopping, we met with Metal J and Kari in early afternoon and after some more shopping finally hit a Thai place for some dinner.  For some reason, I always have high hopes of street photography and either I’m not in the right place or the right frame of mind because I always end up a little let down.  At one point during the day I just started to carry my camera in hand, snapping photos as I passed objects I kind of liked.

Random image of a doorway somewhere in the lower east side.

Vespas rule the city, this one is barely in focus as I didn’t bother to stop and actually look through the view finder, but I like the shot anyway.

This bike was painted day glow orange, even with how overcast the day was.  There were a few of these bikes around the city, apparently they are part of an ad campaign for DKNY.  In any event, the orange was so bright that it actually made the sensor in my digital camera act a little wonky.