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Shooting the carousel at Coney Island

Shooting the carousel at Coney Island

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Shooting the carousel at Coney Island

- Well, we're here inside the park. The light is kind of beautiful now and I thought I would maybe start to concentrate on some of the rides. Now, the rides don't have to be like over the top to make great pictures. I wanted to get a shot where maybe the tamer rides with the younger kids were on and because the light was illuminating these beautiful horse carousels so nicely, I thought I would start here and get some shots. So I, you know, unfortunately there weren't that many kids that were actually taking part on this, but you know what? When you get lemons you make lemonade so I was doing some closeups of the beautiful horses that are just kind of colorful and really kind of spooky actually but very interesting nonetheless. So I did some detailed shots, some reflections, and then when a few kids got on what I'm really looking for is the more expressive kids because they make the best pictures. So you don't have to photograph everybody but just spot out. There's always some people…

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