Not long ago I was asked to take some photographs of recently-opened Bodega Wine Bar on Troutman and St. Nicholas in Bushwick. Woodworker extraordinaire Ted Kilcommons did a lot to design and build out the new bar and was looking for photographs to capture everything from details to the atmosphere.
Here are a few I liked from the first session of shooting. These were all taken around 5pm, with lots of natural sunlight coming through the windows. I used a lot of long exposures to capture the light as it fell across the wood, which gave me really great tones and emphasized the texture in everything.
This image is of Ben Warren, one of the owners of the Bodega, and also the bartender. His partner is Gina Leone.
Ted and I decided after looking at the first set that we needed a couple more in the evening. Something to really get the atmosphere and the whole look of the place. These are the two gems we ended up with.
