http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog Amateur Digital Photography and Logs by Jess Guim Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:52:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the places well-visited by tourists in New York City is the Rockefeller Center.  It's located in midtown Manhattan covering the blocks of 48 Street to 51 Street, and 5th Avenue to 7th Avenue.  The center was originally owned by the Rockefeller family, but was later sold to group of companies ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/big-apple-citys-rockefeller-center After three weeks with no photo blog, I'm back again!  Wow! It's really busy weeks for me.  Yeah, I've been busy researching on ways to make this photo blog "findable." Plus, I have three more personal web sites that I'm trying to develop.  It was really hectic. Anyway, here's my Big Apple ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/spring-flowers-at-macys It's Springtime in New York City, but the coldness still feels like Winter. Last week, I had the time to revisit downtown and other beautiful places of the city that never sleeps.  Battery Park is the southern end of the Manhattan island.  From here, you'll find the South Ferry Port ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/downtown-revisited I'm back with my regular photo blog.  This had been delayed because of the accident committed on my web site last week.  This whole site was mistakenly deleted by the tech support who was supposed to troubleshoot my other web site that's newly registered with them.  The mistake made bigapplecity.com ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/the-central-park Just across the Rockefeller Center is the St. Patrick's Cathedral.  This Neo-Gothic built cathedral is the seat of New York's Archbishop.  It is located between 50th and 51st Streets, along 5th Avenue. If you're facing this church, to your right you'll see the Sak's Department Store, the store with it's ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/st-patricks-cathedral I've missed three days of photo blogging.  So, I'm giving you 17 photo albums to enjoy today.  They're all pertaining to paintings, sculptures, and other forms of arts inside the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. The "Met" is located along the "museum mile" at the eastern end of the Central Park. ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/arts-and-other-pieces-of-history Spring is far yet to come in New York City.  The snow storms are still here, and probably more are coming.  So, if you're new in the city, all around is like a haunted place where plants and trees are leafless.  All trees and their twigs are all black dead.  I'm hoping that ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/flowers-of-the-big-apple Born the eldest from 11 children in the family, I started to play the role of a breadwinner at the age of 10.  My father was was just an ordinary employee in the government, and had no other source of income to support a family.  So, at early age of ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/the-child-in-me-and-new-york-city Is there art from the garbages in a trash bin? Many, if not all, may have thought there's nothing there but garbage.  Or probably, I was just crazy taking these following shots inside garbage bins, and experimenting from results if there's arts in them. Don't feel or think nasty.  These shots were ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/arts-in-a-garbage-bin New York City is a good place to take pictures in any angle of the city.  I remembered an article how the movie, "I am Legend" of Will Smith which was supposed to be shot in Los Angeles.  But the producers decided to shoot the movie in the Big Apple ... http://www.bigapplecity.com/photoblog/photography/viewing-new-york-city-from-the-top