A handful of years in NYC and I still haven’t been to Governor’s Island. Today was a perfect day to change that.
It was perfect in just about every way.
The weather was gorgeous, my new 35mm Zeiss lens was gorgeous, and my partner in crime, Carolina was gorgeous as usual.
Laced up with a pair of flawlessly white shoes, feeling like a kid on his first day back to school, I was excited. Carolina rolled her eyes at my ridiculousness and we hopped on the ferry.
$2 and 20 minutes later we arrived at Governor’s Island with a front row view of downtown. Manhattan has so many different skylines but this is on of my favorites. Surrounded by water it looks like an massive city island.
A Photo of Care during a windy trip across the Hudson River from Manhattan to Governor's Island
It was a quick ferry trip from Manhattan to Governor's Island.
We stopped by the poetry festival, walked around the island and jackpot – the Hammock Grove! Definitely a hot spot which made it difficult to find an open hammock. The trick was to find a good location on the grass with a view of a good cluster of hammocks and keep an eye out for who looks to be getting ready to leave. Usually within 10-15 minutes someone is bound to get up.
People gathered to watch some music at the book festival on Governors Island
Flowers in full bloom
Flowers in full bloom
Sometimes it nice to catch a break and enough the summer day
Sometimes it nice to catch a break and enough the summer day
She wanted a photo of me so we switched it up. The downtown Manhattan view wasnt to bad either.
I had to look this one up because I had no idea it was a vent shaft for the Hugh L Carey Tunnel
It was pretty windy today
Giraffe Art in the park
Looks like a solar powered traffic light on the playground for kids to play redlight - greenlight.
Sometimes I just need a little ice cream
After a few hours and a couple cones of soft served ice cream, we had our fill and caught the ferry back to Manhattan. While heading to catch the A train downtown , the setting sun was reflection on the building behind us.
Perfect opportunity for an impromptu photoshoot.
On our way back the sun was setting and reflects nicely for a backlight off the building for a quick photoshoot in downtown manhattan
On our way back the sun was setting and reflects nicely for a backlight off the building for a quick photoshoot in downtown manhattan
On our way back the sun was setting and reflects nicely for a backlight off the building for a quick photoshoot in downtown manhattan
