Journal Image - Candid Street Pictures & Motion Photography

New York City advertisements - posters & billboards in the city

I was wandering off in and around the Grand Central rail station. My camera bag, now that I am shooting only digital in the streets, is now reduced to a Northface backpack, and I could move around more and a lot faster. But all I did for four hours in the Big Apple was to stare at the advertisements.

 Billboards, Advertisements & Posters in New York City

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They have never failed to amaze me. I will post a few more ones, huge, immense billboards in Times Square, that simply add a distinct flavor of New York’s inclination towards hugeness (!). Most of the tourists pay a minute’s attention but the residents are probably so used to them, it don’t matter.

For images like this, I usually sit flat on my behind on the other side of the pavement. I hold my camera at an angle so that the vertical lines of the buildings come out vertical in the view finder. I set the shutter speed to between 10 & 15th of a second. I set the flash on rear sync TTL and wait patiently! I wait for a few pedestrians to cross in front. They add a local flavor to the image. Since the pedestrians see me sitting from a distance, nothing alarms them and they walk by naturally and I get my pictures.

This image was taken in New York City on hand held Nikon D200 with fill in flash at -1EV.