Capturing NYC with a lensbaby | Anniversary Weekend

Last weekend was Victor and I 11th wedding anniversary and as we always do, we had a little ‘just-us’ weekend get-away.  The girls spent the weekend with my parents in Brooklyn while Victor and I spent our weekend reliving our early married years in downtown NYC.  What a wonderful weekend it was – the weather was perfect, the city was not too crowded (which is always the case in the summer), World Cup was going on,

I’ve taken a ton of images of NYC over the years so this time I decided to bring only one lens – a lensbaby Composer Pro with a sweet spot 35 optic.  The reason for it was two-fold: 1) I wanted to challenge myself by only using this lens and 2) I did not want to carry any of my ‘big’ lenses with me – and this one is SO TINY!  And even though photographing using a lensbaby takes longer than it does with a regular lens, my husband was patient with me and I did get some images that I love.  Here are a few highlights of our weekend – I think this lens captures the energy of the city so well!:

And on Sunday we decided to go a bit off the beaten path and took a tram to Roosevelt Island.  It was very interesting seeing the city skyline through the greenery of the island.  And the Four Freedoms park is pretty awesome – definitely worth a visit!

It was a wonderful weekend and I was very happy to have my lensbaby to capture it!