February in New York City // Playing with presets

Okay, last New York post, promise. Until I go back in the summer, of course. So I've decided: There's pretty much no other city in America that can compare to New York. You have the food, ranging everywhere from street vendors to Philipino Gastropubs (yes, that's a real place. And it BLEW MY MIND). You can't really go wrong when you're grubbin' in NYC. Then there's the people watching. It's literally the one city in the US that you can find anyone, from anywhere. Everyone has a place here. It may be a 400 sq. ft. place, but it's a place nonetheless. I can't even begin to list the many other hundreds of reasons why I love it there. That's a whole other blog post. I've decided that one of these days, I will live in New York. I don't care when or how, all I know is that it will happen. So, there were a few days during our trip that I bit the bullet and dragged my heavy camera along with me while exploring the city. It's not often that I take my big camera along with me on trips (unless I'm working, of course). But this time I wanted to remember NYC in all it's quirky glory. And sometimes an iPhone just wont cut it.

I also felt like this was the perfect excuse to try out some of my new VSCO 03 instant film presets. While shooting film can be fun, VSCO makes it way too easy to shoot digital images and add a film-y edge. I'll mostly be using these new presets for personal stuff, since they are a bit too crazy to use on weddings. Either way, I am kind of loving the way they make these street photos so much more interesting. What do you think?

P.s. Most of these photos were taken in or around Chelsea, Central Park, Union Square, Madison Square Park, and the Met. Starting with the Madison Square Park farmer's market...

Union Square Park (in case you couldn't tell)...

Somewhere...

The Met (the George Bellows exhibit was my favorite)...

Central Park...

Hotdog triple fisting...

Chelsea Market (officially had the best hotdog of my life here. Yes, we like hotdogs. We are so classy)...

Said hotdog right there = insanely delicious!

High Line...

Hi...

Most of these were from the day Will and I just walked. We didn't really know where we were going, but it didn't matter. I had fun snapping photos along the way and holding hands with my guy. Oh New York, I love you so. I would marry you if I could...sorry Will.

xoxo, Brandi