New York Icon Photography Tour

Overview

Join a fast-paced 2.5-hour photography tour to capture some of the most iconic locations in NYC, including the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and Central Park. Turn humdrum vacation photos into something you'll want to share with all your friends at home. This photography workshop is appropriate for all levels of experience.

City: New York City

Fri 20 Sep

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Starting at $125.00

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Fri 20 Sep

Starting at $125.00

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What's Included

Subway fares

All taxes, fees and handling charges

Professional photographer guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

What To Expect

Empire State Building

Find the best angles for photographing the Empire State.

Rockefeller Center

Capture the top sites at the Rockefeller Center.

New York City Photo Safari

Stroll around New York's most iconic sights to learn how to best record the landmarks on camera.

Radio City Music Hall

Photograph one of the most historical buildings in NYC.

St. Patrick's Cathedral

View the neo-Gothic facade of one of New York's most prominent churches.

Manhattan Skyline

Learn the best way to snap brilliant images of Manhattan's world-famous skyline.

Saks Fifth Avenue

Stroll by this iconic department store on elegant 5th Avenue.

The LEGO Store

See this famous children's store.

Pulitzer Fountain

See this ornate fountain at the Grand Army Plaza.

Trump Tower

View this soaring, 56-floor glass tower.

Central Park Zoo

Stroll by the world-famous Central Park Zoo.

The Pond

Admire The Pond, one of Central Park's expanses of water.

Gapstow Bridge

Check out the Gapstow Bridge, a stone arched bridge that spans The Pond.

Top of the Rock

Gaze up at the observation deck situated at the top of the art-deco 30 Rockefeller Plaza skyscraper.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

One of the best museums in NYC.

Bergdorf Goodman

Great shopping.

Tiffany & Co.

Historic location.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Traveler Photos

Reviews (113)

johnmw3

Nov 2017

What I expected: to get some good shots of buildings and landmarks that I didn't think I had access to. What I got: a great education about photography that changed my perspective on how I shoot in NYC. Zim is an experienced and well-crafted guide and a great person to walk around with in the city. She really changed my perspective on both how I view parts of Manhattan, but also I approach photography altogether. Highly recommended!

Simon B

Nov 2017

I was the only participant on this safari and I have to say that the tour surpassed my expectations. Zim very skilfully combined her considerable technical expertise with some very interesting tips on the iconic sites we visited (e.g. Empire State Building, Central Park, Rockefeller Centre). I definitely learnt quite a lot in the three hours we had together and would definitely recommend the tour to photographers at least in the beginner/intermediate category. A great way to learn more about the city too! Thanks Zim.

Emermaria K

Nov 2017

I found myself in Manhattan one Sunday morning in September and decided to join a Photographing New York Tour with NYC Photosafari. I had my trusty Canon EOS 1300D with me and had packed my regular 24 X 70mm lens suitable for pretty much any shot – or so I figured. The meeting point was at Pershing Square and our party of three soon set off to start shooting the iconic New York land marks. Zim our tour lead and tutor was an expert professional photographer, a straight talking alley cat if ever there was one, adept at crouching, craning and angling to take full advantage of how to take excellent abstract shots of the urban metropolis. Zim wisecracked with steely intent that her only tour rule for photographing New York was that we weren’t allowed to shoot pigeons or squirrels. The way she said it, you kind of knew that she meant it. And with that in mind we quickly pointed skywards at the Chrysler Building, adjusting cameras to shoot diagonally which suddenly turned a regular picture into something edgy and abstract. Zim knew all the best tips and as she was shooting with a Canon, was able to fix my muddled camera settings in, as she said “lickety-spit” time. We covered a lot of the basics including depth of field and the law of one-third. We also discussed light settings and filters. Zim was quite happy to shoot in Automatic or Program and considered it unnecessary to fiddle around with Manual settings, when the camera was quite able to determine optimum exposure. Needless to say that suited me just fine, I was happy to point and click and work on getting better compositions, rather than getting lost in my camera settings.On we went into the Grand Central Terminal, with Zim the urban warrior zig-zagging through the traffic like a ninja. Inside, the gothic interior gave way to a huge marbled concourse, throbbing with New York ancestry while wrapping itself around a priceless four faced brass clock which stood majestically under an astronomy themed ceiling.Zim elbowed a few dawdling tourists out of the way and soon we were photographing New York street life itself – with their reluctant permission of course. The station thronged with day trippers ambling through the historic building, booking tickets to romantic sounding places like Poughkeepsie, or dining out in its wonderful food halls. Zim spoiled us with her historical knowledge about the building, a legendary New York landmark which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis once famously stepped in to save from redevelopment. From there we cut across 42nd and Madison to head up to the New York Public Library – famous among other things for its Carrie Bradshaw and Mr Big wedding showdown. By this stage, our little tour group was hitting its stride and getting well acquainted. Our trio also included an equally enthusiastic photographer Relly from Israel, who as well as being an accomplished pastry chef had an excellent eye for architecture and composition. As we completed a few practice shoots outside the library our chatter slipped into discussing macarons and meringues as Zim quizzed Riley over her favourite New York bakeries. For an Israeli, Riley was surprisingly refined in her carefully chosen comments about American cuisine, but Zim was no fool and continued her interrogation on lobster rolls as we stepped it out down 42nd and 7th street.Soon we were at Time Square ready to capture the epi-centre of New York street life. Leaving pastries aside for one dizzying moment, Zim coached us on how to truly capture the intensity of our surroundings. Her advice was not to be too greedy, to try and zone in on the essence of New York and focus on something truly iconic like the NYPD police cars or the yellow taxi’s. Up we perched on a small pavement wall as we tried to shoot the oncoming three lanes of snarling traffic. Eventually Zim kindly exchanged her wide angle lens with mine so I could capture the neon background as well as the speeding foreground. I wondered about my balance as I hung out into the street shooting image after image with the hurtling traffic unprepared to stop for no one, least of all a tourist photographing New York.A final skyscraper shoot and we were done – asides of course from a few last pastry remarks. It was a truly enjoyable and enlightening morning and I would recommend it to anyone as a great way to experience the city that never sleeps. Not only did I learn a whole lot more about architectural photography – as Zim liked to call it – but I also got to see a side of New York that perhaps I would have only glanced at – if instead I had spent the morning wafting around Bergdorf Goodman. A reminder once again, that photography broadens the mind and gladdens the heart!