From the course: Photo Essay: Coney Island

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Getting the lay of the land and first shots at Coney

Getting the lay of the land and first shots at Coney

From the course: Photo Essay: Coney Island

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Getting the lay of the land and first shots at Coney

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(crowd sounds) - As you could see, it's just absolute crazy excitement here at Coney Island. I kind of did my walk around just as I described I would. I like to get a sense of, kind of, everything that's there. I started on the boardwalk, lots of action going on there. I came in through here, the kiddie rides and the bigger rides. I'm sort of looking at what might have some great potential. As far as the rides are concerned, I'm most interested in the rides where I could see people that aren't in protective cages, where you can see their faces and their fear or excitement, and those are the kinds of pictures that I think I'm going to want to go after. Well, occasionally I would stop to just take the odd shot if something looked interesting just because I'm not going to pass up a great opportunity. But I wanted to be patient and just continue the walk around. I'm going to be here for a while so I want to make sure that I don't miss anything because I've missed in the past where I've…

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