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Shoot: Empire State Building from DUMBO

Shoot: Empire State Building from DUMBO

From the course: The Traveling Photographer: New York

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Shoot: Empire State Building from DUMBO

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- We're in Brooklyn today and specifically, we're in DUMBO. DUMBO is an acronym that stands for Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass, and that's exactly why we're here. We've come here to make a beautiful picture, and it's iconic for New York. And what it does is it lines up the Empire State Building with the archway and the main support for the Manhattan Bridge. To do this, you gonna need to come to DUMBO, and come to the intersection of Washington Street and Front Street. From there, you'll go about a third of a block south on Washington Street, until you get to 65 Washington Street. You'll see it, it's right on a nice building entrance. There're gonna be two lights wrapped around that address. You're gonna stand even with the light on the left. That puts you at exactly the right distance to line up the spire of the Empire State Building with the arch of the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. Now specifically, you're gonna stand on the left side of the street, right at the border between…

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