I’m bouncing around between the tri-state & bay areas at the moment, but, I recently stayed in NYC for a weekend. Spending two nights at Gild Hall was a pretty excellent surprise. Despite spending the majority of my life about 10 minutes outside of NYC, and having worked there, it’s been rare to spend a full weekend there. So the 48 we spent there were…interesting. At the end of the weekend I felt like I was supposed to get on a plane and go home. Instead I drove the 7 miles home.

It wasn’t a photo weekend, but when you’re carrying your camera, its always a photo weekend. I finally got into the Oculus, which is insane, and spent a good deal of time eating & drinking my way through the bars & restaurants of the financial district. I’ll take a coffee, a bloody mary and eggs benedict, please. 

A lot of this weekend’s shots were spent getting used to my new Canon 50 1.2L. As always, it was screwed onto the 5Dmk3. Here’s my official review: “Holy crap, I’m in love. That thing is SHARP.” Ha.

My usual walkaround lens is a 16-35 2.8, so the 50 feels like a telephoto for me. But the sight lines started to feel familiar after a while, and that lens is as crisp as any I’ve used. The lens is definitely heavy, and when combined with the 5d, not to mention eventually a speedlight in certain situations, its going to be a bit of an anchor. But as all photographers know, pain, rain, etc., are just details that you ignore to get the shot.

A few images from the weekend are listed below: