I was down by the Brooklyn Bridge Park at high noon so the light was very harsh. I noticed the way this man was on his phone and because of the light was hitting his hands it cast the rest of his from in shadow. I took the image on my Ricoh GRII in high contrast mode to achieve the effect in camera on this image. I did very little in post. Camera = (This image was taken with a) Ricoh GRII 18mm f2.8 Exposure data (shutter speed = 1/250 , aperture = f1.9, ISO =100 )
Michael Young is a Street and Documentary Photographer based in the Bronx, New York, His love of light and shadow fuels his passion for creating his imagery. His work has been featured in The New York Times, and Digital Photo Magazine he has exhibited at The Bronx Documentary Center and Perspectives curated by Jamel Shabazz and Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for Photoville. Michael is also a curator and contributing photographer for the Instagram feed Everyday Black America.
