What Things May Come

The Central Park Zoo sea lions definitely enjoyed playing in the rain.

A little girl is in deep prayer during Sunday mass at the St. Therese of Lisieux Church in East Flatbush.

Two men jump over a big puddle simultaneously while crossing the street in Times Square.

Elaine Del Valle is the star and writer of the one-woman show “Brownsville Bred… Growing Up Elaine.”

Pedestrians cross a rain-soaked Broadway at Union Square.

A prankster taped up a 2nd Street traffic signal to resemble a middle finger.

James Dickens of Brooklyn competes in the high jump competition during the Bike Film Festival in the Lower East Side.

Ikhari, 10, and Thomas, 6, try to stay out of the rain during the Children of Abraham Peace walk in Brooklyn on June 11, 2009. The goal of the walk is to show the togetherness of Jews, Muslims, Christians and other religions as well as learn about each others traditions and houses of worship.

Part of the Children of Abraham Peace walk involved stopping at each religion’s house of worship. Here, at a Christian Church, participants sang songs.

Patricia Donovan holds Jershun, her pet pigeon, during the second annual National Pigeon Day celebration in Central Park on June 13, 2009. Jershun suffers from paramyxovirus, which prevents him from flying and has serious nerve damage.

I was trying out the “Matt Mallams” technique with this one. This was an R&B quartet singing in Washington Square Park.

One thing I love about Union Square is that it’s always so lively. I had to shoot features all day and Union Square is my favorite place to go. I know that I’ll be able to find something there. Here was a group of hacky sack players – and they were good.

I’m always a little weary about shooting features of children. It’s always a touchy subject with some parents. The parents’ of these three girls, however, were really receptive and I managed to get a few classic “kids playing in water” shots in. This was also in Washington Square Park.

This was some graffiti that caught my eye in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. It reminds me of the days of yesteryear where graffiti was extremely prevalent inside New York City – especially the subways.

I was walking downtown and a man (or woman I suppose) in a panda suit was spotted in the corner of my eye. He must have had a long hot day in that suit. He was dozing off and I’m sure the weight of the panda head exaggerated his head bobbing.

A group of businessmen walk by Nathan Stodola as he plays what he calls ‘Renegade Accordian’ in Union Square on June 1, 2009.

Nathan Mellott paints the scene in front of him in Tompkins Square Park on June 1, 2009.

Sarah Bowles practices aerial silks techniques while her friends Matt and Alyssa watch on.

Jim Ellson, a retired FDNY firefighter comes from a firefighting family. His son is also firefighter.

Matt Payton (#1) is hit by a pitch in the bottom of the 3rd inning.

Payton steals second base as Justin Edwards jumps to catch a high throw from the catcher.

Payton is congratulated by Wade Gaynor and Chad Cregar (#24) after Payton hits an inside-the-park homerun in the fourth inning against New Orleans. WKU won the game 13-1.