A Visit to Sandy Hook in New Jersey:
Hey everyone. So the other day, I went out scouting a bit for a future photo shoot I wanted to do. I checked out Sandy Hook in New Jersey. It’s a large park area with beaches, and it’s actually very close to New York City. There was also an awesome bike trail that went through the entire area, so I decided to grab a couple of family members, and throw my bike in the trunk. It was mostly scouting, and hanging out but I did grab a few shots with my Fuji X-T3.
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So, I was mainly following the bike trail, and whenever there was an area where there was potential for a future shoot, I would check it out. I heard from several models I work with that Sandy Hook is a nice area to shoot. I had some time, and thought, I might as well check it out.
↑ There a lot of old forts or military buildings.
↑ More of the same stuff.
↑ Thought the colors were nice :).
Gear wise, I wanted to be light, since I’d be biking a lot, once I get there. As I mentioned, I brought along my X-T3, and just the XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 R LM OIS lens. I figure it had a nice range but at the same time, it was compact enough where I could bring a very small bag.
↑ I thought this might be kind of cool for a background for a shoot.
↑ These looked mostly abandoned.
↑ During the pandemic, I bought myself a folding bike, specifically a Brompton. Turns out, this has been very useful.
I was primarily there to check out the beaches maybe for a beach shoot. But there are other cool areas there as well. There are some historic military buildings there along with a former United States Life-Saving Service station building. There’s also the oldest surviving lighthouse in the U.S.
↑ Here’s a nice beach area.
↑ As you can see, this area is very close to New York City, which is out there in this photo.
↑ Here’s the Sandy Hook Lighthouse.
Overall, it was quite a lot of fun. I spent most of the day there. I’m sure there are better photos out there but I thought I’d just share a few here to show you what I was up to there. I think I will try out a shoot there before it gets colder.
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