During my trip to NYC, I decided to focus my attention back onto street photography–something that I’ve always been passionate about, but have had little time to pursue. And, what better place to rekindle the joy of capturing people than in NYC?

The “spy lens” is a simple 45 degree mirror lens that lets you stealthily capture images 90 degree from where your camera is actually pointing.
Joanne got me the super nifty spy lens from Photojojo, which lets me stealthily take photos of people on the street without them noticing. I’m much more confident when using this lens, and it lets me capture moments that would never take place if the subjects knew the camera was aimed at them.
My first adventure was shooting people in the MoMA. Using the lens takes some getting used to (more on that later), and shooting people who are stationary and staring at art is good practice.
On a funny note, one of the security guards, after watching me shoot for quite some time, noticed that I wasn’t using an ordinary straight lens. He came up to me immediately exclaimed that I was shooting “laterally”. I was stunned that he was such an astute observer, and shared with him some of the shots I made. He was genuinely amused, as he had never seen such a thing before.
I’m hoping to restart my photoblog sometime in the future, but, for now, here are some shots from the MoMA (all using the spy lens).