40 things to do in New York City

40 things to do in New York City

New York have biggest attractions to be had fun without ever handling over a cent, and not for park trails, bike path or windows browsing. Some ticket-admission even have free times. It's promisses lots of surpsing and interesting to find out about attraction of New York. Below is the best 40 things to do in NewYork for possible your experience to had fun during visiting. 

1. African Burial Ground  
2. Brooklyn Brewery tours3. Central Park4. Chelsea galleries5. City Hall6. Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Museum7. Federal Hall8. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
10. General Ulysses S Grant National Memorial (aka ‘Grant’s Tomb’)
11. Governor’s Island
12. Grand Central Partnership Walking Tours
13. Green-Wood Cemetery
14. Hamilton Grange
15. High Line
16. Hispanic Society of America Museum & Library
17. Japan Society
18. National Museum of the American Indian
19. New York Earth Room
20. New York Public Library
21. Old Stone House
22. Public boathouse kayaking
23. Rockefeller Center Public Art
24. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
25. Socrates Sculpture Park
26. Staten Island Ferry

27. American Museum of Natural History
28. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

29. Brooklyn Museum

30. Bronx Zoo

31. El Museo del Barrio

32. Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

33. Museum of Modern Art

34. Museum of the Moving Image

35. Neue Galerie

36. New York Botanical Garden

37. New York Historical Society

38. South Street Seaport Museum

39. Studio Museum in Harlem

40. Wave Hill

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Light Paintings of 1970′s New York City

Incredible light paintings in New York in 1970

Using hand-held light source to select iluminate part of the subject and therefore painting picture by shinning directly into camerea lens. The pictures below was shoot with Nikon on a tripod and planned a choreography with light by Eric Staller photographer taken that have intimate creative look . 

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So... you are a good chess player!

So... you are a good chess player. Do you think you can win NYC Chess players? lol






In New York, chess is popular and plays in tournaments for players from kindergarden ages through high school with 30 + chess tournament. This event attract around 500 player in participate. Chess-in-the-school organize and direct all tournaments services to test players ability and showcase. Chess help student develp focus and concentration, teamwork, confident, pride

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Top Ten things to do with Kid in NYC

Kid in New York City

If you bring your family includes children, this post is for you!

There are dozens of interesting to do in NYC for your kids features in best toys shop in the world, massive skyscrapers, bright lights.

Courtesy of www.nyctourist.com

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The Culture that exists in NYC

NYC cultures 

NewYork has highest population among the states therefore it expose to different cultures due to the fact that lots of immigrant entry to America.  NYC has a large population mainly Asian, Polish, Indian, and Russian. The people keep their culture, custom, food, fashion and language.

Chinatown is well known through out US. serve as  tourists , business area and home to many Asians.

Little Italy mainly for tourists to get authentic food and awesome shopping

Little Odessa found in Brighton Beach expose to Russian culture 

Sample spicy kimchee at Korean restaurant. 

Irish soda bread at a bakery.

For more information, detail describe NewYork culture very up close.

Why you need a tripod

Now you wanted to visit New York i hope ;) so .... why should you need a tripod for photography 

Generally, tripod help you to have steady picture. It hold your camera and let you think in a seconds or so to have a great view to shoot. Tripod force photographer have more thoughtful. Some pictures really can't take picture by handheld. 

9 Top benefit of tripod

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1. Enhancing sharpness

2. Enhancing depth of field

3. Enhancing capture quality

4. Enhancing framing precision: allow to compose picture perfectly using lateral rotation tilting and center post height adjustments. Shooting multiple frames, same picture with different exposure

5. Extending you focal-length range: setting your zoom lens. 

6. Extending your photographic range: Night photography, shooting time exposures. 

7. Enhancing your videos and movies

8. Enhancing your creative expression

9. Extending shooting flexibility: press in light stands.

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Important Subjects placement in photography

Subject placement

This post will discuss more about the important of subject placement that essential for photographer
You can apply those rules to photograph any place from biggest NewYork city to rural places to get awesome images.

1. Rule of Thirds
2. Direction
3. Symmetry

4. Balance

5. Framing

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