Random Picks

Ingo Meckmann's photo from Ingo Meckmann at http://ingomeckmann.com - all images Creative Commons Noncommercial Ingo Meckmann's photo Ingo Meckmann's photo Ingo Meckmann's photo

My Twitter

Archives

Shooting New York City at night in 30 minutes

By Ingo, on September 5th, 2011%

I shot all images in that album while walking back from a +Rick Sammon workshop at the Explorer’s Club to Grand Central Terminal within 30 minutes. All pictures were shot handhold and using fairly slow lenses – the Canon 24-105 f/4 and the Canon 16-35 f/2.8 – I probably shouldn’t call an f/2.8 a slow lens, I know…

The weather was absolutely fantastic as it stopped raining just a few minutes after I left the Explorer’s club giving me awesome, wet reflective roads.

I was using poles and dumpsters as tripods and all are single exposures = no HDR.

Check the original post over at Google+ for more pictures.

If you don’t have a Google+ invite yet, drop me a comment and I’ll get you one.

30 minutes of NYC at night

Leave a comment   Google+, Low Light, New York   , , , , ,  

How to motion-blur

By Ingo, on May 25th, 2011%

Shooting at night with a fast lens is so much fun. I took this photograph with the same lens I talked about yesterday – the Canon 24mm f/1.4.

I didn’t have the tripod with me that night but I wanted to get a slight motion blur of the passing train. The rule of thumb I apply for motion blur is to shoot with the same shutter-speed than the moving subject is passing by in mph…hmmm – I hope you are very confused now because I would be. Here is what I mean:

I your subject moves with a speed of 20mph, you shoot it with a shutter-speed of 1/20th. You obviously need to guess the speed if you do not have a radar gun with you but that shouldn’t be too hard. The train in the photograph was not driving by in full-speed but was rather breaking to stop at the station.

Exif Info:

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Exposure Time: 0.05s (1/20)
  • Aperture: f/2
  • ISO: 3200
  • Focal Length: 24mm

Leave a comment   Landscape, Low Light, Switzerland, Tutorials   , , , , , , ,  

Open 24 hours

By Ingo, on April 22nd, 2011%

The 5th Ave Apple Store in New York City is an awesome example of modern architecture. It looks great during the day but it really shines at night

Leave a comment   Apple, Landscape, Low Light, USA   , , , ,  

The Wet Rock at Night

By Ingo, on April 20th, 2011%

New York City is one of my all-time favorite photography locations. I’ve lived in the area for around a year and spent many weekends in the city walking around with my camera. One of the most photographed buildings – besides Time Square and the Empire State Building – is Rockefeller Center. When you google for “Rockefeller Center” and choose the ‘image’ tab on the left, you get over 2,000,000 hits. The majority of the images show the Christmas tree or the Ice skating rink.

While there might be lots of pictures shot from the location I chose, I haven’t seen many good pictures which were shot at night while it was raining. I anyway think that you get the best possible light when shooting New York at twilight during rainy weather.

Here is my take at Rockefeller Center with the Atlas Statue at night in the rain.

Exif Info:

  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Exposure Time: 0.4s (handhold)
  • Aperture: f/4
  • ISO: 100
  • Focal Length: 24mm (24mm in 35mm)

    • The reason for choosing a very low ISO of 100 was that I wanted to get light-trails of the passing cars in the frame. I was leaning against a lamp post to stabilize myself and the camera. Using that method you can shoot rather long exposures without a tripod and still get a sharp image.

    Leave a comment   Landscape, Low Light, New York   , , , ,  

    #46/365 Moody Road

    By Ingo, on July 17th, 2010%

    I shot this picture while walking the dog and it was raining heavily.

    #46/365 Moody Road

    Leave a comment   365project, Photography   , , , , , ,  

    #32/365 A Clear Statement

    By Ingo, on July 4th, 2010%

    I found that sign on a car while walking the dog in the rain:

    #32/365 A clear statement

    Leave a comment   365project, Photography   , ,  

    #19/365 Duo

    By Ingo, on June 20th, 2010%

    Still no weather improvement. I went to Brunnen today and shot some rainy pictures of Lake Lucerne:

    #19/365 Duo

    Leave a comment   365project, Photography   , , , , , , , ,  

    #18/365 Drop

    By Ingo, on June 19th, 2010%

    It seem like the rain will never end…

    #18/365 Drop

    Leave a comment   365project, Photography   , , , , , ,  

    #17/365 Divided

    By Ingo, on June 18th, 2010%

    It’s still raining here in Switzerland with no end in sight. This spring (or is it supposed to be Summer) really s…cks big time. I shot this picture in the early morning while it was raining hard.

    #17/365 Divided

    Due to the heavy rain, there was almost no contrast in the scene so I really had to pull the Lightroom sliders to their limits. See below for the Before (RAW file) and After

    One comment   365project, Photography   , , , , , ,