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

For more popular attraction with cheap price for kid , you can look at nyctourist

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.

For more detail in tripod usages

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

More tips on subject placements

What lens to use

SLR lens mean a lot to photographer. I writing some review of different lens in this post.

For travel, I recommend to use big wide anger lens

18-55 mm lens: great focal length fo all purpose lens

10-22 mm lens: wide angle lens, fit lots pictures. It good for photograph hotell, city skylines.

70-200mm(and above): good for outdoor action photography, zooms so far in the back. 

50 mm: lens does not zoom in or out mean you have to move in or out by your feet

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New York Population

New York Led Country in Population Growth

By Census Bureau on July 1, 2011 New York have more people than any city because high birth rate among immigrants, great influx of newcomer and recession. New York city announce to have issue with housing permit issued in metropolitan. New York are aiming to be safety public and increasing quality of life. 

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More photography iphone app review

Top 5 most highest rated of February 2013 from Top Ten Reviews

Courtesy from Top Ten Reviews website 

The top 5 that i have found based on highest rated was quite surprising to me since after awhile of looking at top ten review. Right now so many new apps taking the top place and help us have a lots benefit of have better photography with effects make images have awesome looks.

The top 5 in the list from most user rated currently was 

1. Camera Genius - This app bring the best out in your iphone 

2. Fuzzyshot Photo Blog

3. Camerabag 

4. Instagram

5. HP iPrint Photo

For more information, you can have more technical review at Top Ten Review

Best New York City Museums for photography

10 Best New York City Museums

1. American Museum of Natural History 
The one of best place to have photo taken would be American Museum of Natural History with evolving history since 1869 and growing. If you really want to experience with multiple scene to capture beautiful scenes, and series of exhibit and exciting new things to see in the museum  just get across this museum to have completely good engaging experience.  

Courtesy from http://gonyc.about.com/od/museums/tp/Best-New-York-Museums.htm

Other museums that you need to see 

2. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum famous with contemporary and historical designs impact lives.

3. Ellis Island Immigration Museum

4. Guggenheim Museum

5. Lower East Side Tenement Museum

6. Metropolitan Museum of Art

7. Museum of Modern Art

8. Museum of the Moving 

9. New York Historical Society

10. Whitney Museum of American Art

A Story about Composition New York City photography

Composition Photography 

Have you thought about photographs the clouds, the bue sky. The details of clouds can be a good story for your imagination to describe with your emotional feeling to it. The fall season which just a right season for photograph at new york by put the camera in right position. 

There are rules of composition to have a good picture that have balances. Here are three rules as you can find it useful for taking picture: Pattern, Symmetry, and Texture

Example of photograph picture have great composition that telling a story that engaging story. 

Courtesy of http://learnphotography101.com

More information about composition

New york through the lens of photography

One of my favorite times of a day to photography at nighttime at New York. It's quite hard for beginning to keep their camera safe from snow, droplet water. I will just wrap the camera in a plastic and that's all you need. New York so beautiful on 5th Avenue in the snow, mid town at night, Time square Lower East Side are the best place to have picture taken at night.   

Some awesome photography pictures of New York city at night 

Visiting quite an interesting and exciting journal. Highly recommended to check it journal video out below. 

New York's Neighborhoods, Through a Lens

Here are my favorite iPhone Apps uses for my photography. 

Good Food to eat in New York

Food that have the best taste in New York

The finest slices of pizza, helfy sandwiches, biryani, chicken, season urchin toast. It's always around the city to have the food and drink. Top shelf would be Black Label Burger at Minetta Tavern cost $26, so delicious. How about cult dish of Riccia at Marea for only $14. 

Top 10 lists that you should try out  will be

1. Black Label Burger at Minetta Tavern
2. Ricci at Marea
3. Arroz de Pato at Aldea 
4. Roasted Manila clams at Umi Norn
5. Maple budino at Locanda Verde
6. Margherita pizza at Kest Pizza & Vino
7. Shio-tama at Ramen Setagaya
8. Pecorino potatoes at Convivio
9. Fried chicken and biscuits at Roberta's Pizza
10. Pilot Punch at Mayahuel

For more information http://www.timeout.com/newyork/eating-drinking/10-best-things-to-eat-and-drink-in-new-york-city?package_id=27426

Exciting New York City review

Have you been to the exciting New York City on foot?

Would there be any better to have a trip to New York in New Year?

      New York City is a quick-change artist, famous for transforming overnight—so what's packed and popular this month may be passé by the time you arrive. It's impossible to see everything, regardless of its staying power, so instead try to soak in the sheer amount of culture, restaurants, exhibitions, and people here, and you'll be acting like a jaded New Yorker in no time.

New York City Travel Guide

Courtesy of http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/new-york/new-york-city/

Here is an quick video that you can see great places you can visit in the New York city.