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Sometimes I get to work in the most amazing places: Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Empire State Building, The New York Stock Exchange, Montego Bay.... there are really so many amazing places to work as a photographer, but sometimes the unexpected office in New Jersey provides a spectacular backdrop or behind the scenes for some headshots
Leftover food from our lunch at City Island
Photographer Ben Hider
About 8 or 9 years ago I used to photograph celebrity events nearly every day, or at least whenever I could race to my email quick enough to snag a contributor event for Getty Images. It was a crazy couple of years where I would run around New York City photographing anybody I could who might one day make me a few dollars on the stock site. I'd call myself a "celebrity event photographer" and that would often elicit the question, "Who's the coolest celebrity you've photographed?" I'd normally blush a little and get a bit embarrassed by the question, because the answer was honestly not what people expected: Anthony Bourdain. He was such a huge character, and lived exactly the life I'd dream of, traveling and eating all over the world. If you asked me my dream job more recently it would probably be to travel with Anthony Bourdain as his stills photographer. If I ever travel anywhere outside America I often look up whether Anthony Bourdain has been there, and then see where he ate. It worked a charm in Amritsar, India, where I ate one the greatest meals of my life that cost under $3.
Celebrity Event Photographer Ben Hider
It was really a highlight to see David Kwong speak last night at the Essex House Hotel. He's a magician and a creator of crosswords for publications like the New York Times.
New York City Conference Photographer
Plein Air painting at New York Botanical Gardens on May 5, 2018 in The Bronx
All photos taken with the Canon 5D Mark IV with the new 24mm-105mm F4 IS ii lens and a Profoto B2 mounted on a Promediagear boomerang bracket and Profoto beauty dish.
NYBG Photographer
Stone Barns just had a new litter of Red Wattle Piglets and it was perfectly timed for my scheduled shoot with Maggie in the Apiary. All images shot with a pair of Canon 5D Mark IV's, one with a 100mm F2.8 macro and the other has the amazing lighting setup you see below with a Canon 24-105mm F4 lens.
Stone Barns Photographer Ben Hider
Holding the Canon 5D Mark IV with the Canon 24mm-105mm F4 IS ii surrounded by the Promediagear Boomerang bracket and Profoto B1 and beauty dish
It was really great to be back working as a photographer at NYSE for a few days. If the opportunity arose I would be happy to photograph more IPO's on the iconic trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange or the amazing tech studio of Nasdaq. They both provide some really amazing photo opportunities for newly listed companies and being the photographer for a business on such an important milestone is always a pleasure. Since working as the full time photographer at the New York Stock Exchange I've covered many large meetings and events across the globe, but it was still nice to land a few photography jobs close to home in such a familiar setting. If you have an opening bell or closing bell that you'd like photographed and want to have worldwide usage for your pictures, then hiring an outside photographer is your best option. You can see the full gallery for this event here.
Onesmart IPO at the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider)
NYSE Photographer Ben Hider
An excellent event at Cipriani's modtown with the CEO of Pepsi and the Ethisphere crew.
