Boerum Hill Has The Best Rollerblading in NYC

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Location

This Rollerblade photo was taken in Boerum Hill. In the street garden area on Hoyt Street.

Workflow

I am really enjoying this small garden area. I stumbled upon this place in late August. There were a number of great subjects:

And as you know — finding a great subject is a photographers dream. It makes the work of taking good photos much easier. I feel extremely fortunate that I found so many things to photograph, here.

This particular photo is a multi-exposure shot. Specifically 3 photos — which are merged together into one photo. This process is known as High Dynamic Range (or HDR). It’s simply a style of photography. HDR is used in certain situations to bring out all the incredible detail in an image.

In this case you can clearly see the incredible detail of the blade:

several scratches
several scuff marks
caked on mud
rust on the buckle
the groves on the heel break

I remember having a pair of Rollerblades in my early 20′s. My girlfriend (at the time) and I went to a local sports shop and picked up a pair each. Unfortunately, we found ourselves having a deep relationship with the floor. It took us a solid week before we were actually rollerblading — and not falling down every 3 feet.

But we had an incredible time. We felt like kids learning to ride a bike.

One of the main reasons why I love photography is for this very reason. Nostalgia.

Photographs tell a personal story to each one of us. Many times that story is unique to the viewer. When I look at this Rollerblade — I have fond memories of a NYC-summer, with my girlfriend, rollerblading through out Central Park.