Grand Central Station

December 2009

Street

New York

This is a picture I took inside Grand Central Station in New York. The main entrance of the station with the bright sunlight illuminating parts of the building seemed instantly familiar to me. I guess that’s because I have seen pictures of this motif many times before so here is my interpretation. From a technical side, I am kind of proud of this picture. First of all, my rangefinder doesn’t have a light meter so I have to guesstimate the correct exposure settings. Outside, in daylight this is actually fairly easy. You just have to remember three or four different light situations and my exposures are almost always fine. Inside buildings is a different story though so very often my exposures are off by an aperture or two. Here I got it instantly right which is very nice. Second, even with the aperture opened all the way, the shutter speed needed to be as slow as 1/25th of a second. I don’t have very steady hands but tried really hard to steady the camera and breathe slowly and it worked. Lots of motion blur but the picture is sharp.