Capturing the Soul of the City: My Analog Photography Adventure in New York City.

It’s got to be probably 20+ years since we last visited New York. In that time the world has changed immeasurably and if I am to be completely honest neither my Wife or I were quite sure what the city that we fell in love with all those years ago would be like now.

We need not of worried.

We visited back in April of this year and had a wonderful few days. The weather was perfect. The hotel we stayed in was great. Our flights there and back were spot on (thank you as always Virgin Atlantic).

And we walked our little legs off.

What did we do? Well, most of the touristy things. A bike ride around Central Park, visited the Ghostbusters Fire House (awesome by the way), walked the high line. Got more than a little drunk at a Tiki Bar.

We also went up to the ‘Top of the Rock’. Not recommended if like us queuing is no longer how you wish to spend your time. We wouldn’t do this again.

I obviously took a couple of cameras, and stuck to purely analog photography. I used my Dads old Canon EOS 500n for 35mm and my Mamiya 645 for 120. Film stocks were Kodak Gold for 35mm and for 120mm Kodak Portra 160, Fuji Pro 400H (which I am using very sparingly), Ilford Delta 400 for B&W and least but not least my first roll of Cinestill 800T which I LOVE!

Here are a few of the images taken on our trip. It was a magical few days and I sincerely hope to return again in the years to come.

On our way home, in an attempt to save a little money and to also try and mitigate the effects of jet lag we decided to catch the early flight home to LHR from JFK.

In order to do this we had to find somewhere to stay close to the airport so I got to scratch my airplane geek itch and we stayed at the TWA hotel at JFK.

This place is AMAZING. I can’t recommend it enough. It’s like stepping back in time or onto a movie set (which ironically, it is).

Also, no Jet Lag.