New York Street Photography - In The Streets of New York

Man standing in crowed New York subway entrance from New York Wedding Photographer Matthew Druin + Co Last month I traveled to New York City for Bethany and Stefan’s engagement session and while I was there I spent a lot of time exploring the city and shooting street photos. New York is one of my favorite cities, if not my top favorite. Back in the day I lived there for awhile and fell in love with everything about it, so I never miss a chance to visit. In general, I’m a very savvy, some might call it frugal, traveler, but I ended up staying right in Times Square for dirt cheap (by NYC standards) which is a great place to photograph tourist and street performers. I spent a lot of time in that area during the early mornings and really late nights.

During the middle of the day I traveled a lot around different parts of the city mostly by train. I’m a little obsessed with fitness tracking on the Apple Watch, so I would often walk long stretches though key areas like Central Park to take advantage of different locations on my way to my main destination and to log exercise. I actually averaged about sixteen miles a day! Of course the trains are awesome for street photos and unusual situations as well. I also made some personal day trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tom’s Restaurant, the inspiration for the diner featured in Seinfeld. Some of my favorite locations in Manhattan to photograph are the Times Square area, Chinatown during the day, the Financial District during the week when people are going to or coming from work, and the lower east side. This time around I didn’t really venture into the other boroughs, but The Bronx and Brooklyn are on my list for next time. Here are some of my favorite photos from my trip. New York street performer wearing sick mask in Times Square from New York Wedding Photographer Matthew Druin + Co New York City homeless man on his birthday begging on streets from New York Wedding Photographer Matthew Druin + Co My name is Matt Druin and I’m an Atlanta wedding photographer that specializes in unique, offbeat weddings for all awesome people! Not only do I shoot amazing Atlanta weddings, but I also travel frequently for destination weddings like New York City, and weddings all over, with no travel fees in the US for amazing wedding photography. I also shoot Atlanta engagement sessions and destination engagement sessions for newly engaged couples. I’ve even been known to travel, and far, for engagement sessions too! Plus, we have our amazing photo booth, Booth Riot!