The Brooklyn bridge

I couldn't stay home this past Sunday. It was a great day to make pictures. I decided to make a trip to the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights to practice my photography skills. It was a beautiful sunny day. Basically a perfect day to shoot some pictures. I went late in the afternoon around 4 PM to get the perfect sun light. I love the black and white picture, but I kept the original picture because I love the colors.
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is a perfect place to escape to from Crown Heights and just walk around slowly and enjoy the great view on Manhattan and the surrounding neighborhood.

colours

I'm still trying to figure out the perfect lighting and colours. I'm realising that it doesn't come so quick and easy as I hoped it would be. This photograph is taken at my sisters living room table. I used a Kosher lamp ( Shabbos lamp ) as background light. I experimented the all afternoon yesterday with different colours and lighting sources.

Black and white

I shot this picture on Eastern parkway on the corner with Grand Army Plaza. I took this picture because I like the reflex from the street in the windows. I changed it to black and white because it shows you much better all the details.

Welcome to the Van Halem Studio blog

This blog is for everybody that has an interest in Photography or likes good pictures. My English is not that great but that doesn't matter because the main reason why I started this blog is that people could enjoy my pictures. I would try to come up with at least a picture every single week.

Please comment on a picture you like ( or you don't like ). The camera that I mainly use is a Nikon D300 but I'm also using from time to time my old point and shoot camera the Panasonic limux.

I will try to give a short explanation about the photo shots that I will post.