It happened in April of last year, my discovery of yet another great location for people pictures, Prospect Park. As a photographic New Years resolution in 2010, I made a vow to travel all over the 5 boros to places I'd never been before searching out new potential photographic opportunities. As a huge lover of Central Park I've often held the belief it's one of the greatest parks in the world for photographs, and sometimes I think I would shoot there every day for the rest of my life if someone would pay me to. But in reality I longed for fresh new parks and looking on the city map it seemed like Prospect park was the next best place to try, as it was absolutely huge and Brooklyn is just brimming with people. My very first time there I hit pay dirt, capturing a shot of a saxophonist silhouetted against the colorful spring flora. I personally consider it one of my finest candid shots. But the park was so large I couldn't explore it all in one day. So months later, in September, I came back a second time and traveled to many of the other spots I hadn't gotten around to before.
One of them was the boathouse by the lake at the Audubon Center. The setting and lighting there was potentially magical, and I made a mental note to come back here on a sunny day so I could take the fullest advantage of the fabulous window lighting here and finally today, a full bakers dozen of months since my first trip to the park, was the day I got my chance. By the time I arrived here it was rather late in the afternoon and I was a little hungry as I hadn't eaten since breakfast, so buying something to eat at the Boathouse's commissary, I set down my camera on one of the small wrought iron tables and proceeded to enjoy my snack while observing the comings and goings of the many visitors here. Barely after swallowing my first few bites I spotted this mother and son walking towards me. Boy was this ever the kind of shot I had been dreaming of capturing here all this time.
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