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Yam Laranas
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Visual Storyteller. From branded films to street stills—always creating.
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NYC is frozen.
People are walking on water.

#mobilephotography #adobelightroom
Silhouette of a person walking across frozen water at golden hour in New York City. Person in a winter coat walking on frozen water with textured ice patterns in NYC.
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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How’s it going?

#snow #NYC
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Orange and yellow nights.
Dry to wet to snow.
Office window at night with warm interior light glowing through brick facade. Fogged glass and condensation lit by orange streetlights during cold night. Vintage yellow taxi parked on a city street at night with buildings rising behind it. Yellow taxi passing a food cart at night as snow and sleet fall on wet pavement.
January 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Color contrast. Cityscape.

#lightroom #nyc #nightphotography #newyoek
Chelsea street at night with cars moving through a bus lane and buildings lit on both sides of the road. 23rd Street subway entrance at night with people going down the stairs and city traffic passing beside it. Midtown Manhattan street at night with a crowd on the sidewalk and a protest sign held up in the foreground.
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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“Beloved of Ra, given life forever.”
Carved to assert order, authority, and permanence. Still standing. Still readable. Moving into 2026. #happynewyear
Wide view of Cleopatra’s Needle standing among bare winter trees in Central Park, Manhattan, highlighting scale, age, and contrast with the modern city. Ancient Egyptian obelisk in Central Park photographed in black and white, hieroglyphs carved into weathered stone rising against a winter sky in New York City. Close-up of hieroglyphic inscriptions on Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Park, showing erosion and stone texture from centuries of exposure.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Walking freezing chilling photographing.

#lightroommobile
Snow-covered sidewalk at night in New York City, bare trees lining a quiet street, warm apartment lights glowing beside a frozen winter walk.
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Ice cold night in the city.

#lightroom #citylife
Snow falling on a city street at dusk, with pedestrians crossing in the foreground and apartment buildings lit by warm windows in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Holiday walk under sunlight on black and white.

#lightroom #shotoniphone
Black and white image of a single tree on a small hill, branches spreading wide and casting patterned shadows on the ground. Black and white close-up of a curved stone fountain edge with water below, emphasizing texture, curve, and symmetry. Black and white photo of a city building corner with fire escapes, repeating windows, and strong geometric lines.
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Santa’s gig.

#nightphotography #lightroommobile
Santa Claus riding a pink neon-lit "I ❤️ NY" pedicab at night in front of a city storefront.
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Late post. Late fall.

#cinematography #colorgrading
December 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Long day to night walks in #blackandwhite
Black and white photo of a street musician playing a saxophone under a stone arch in Central Park, sunlight cutting across the ground. Black and white nighttime photo of a city sidewalk under metal scaffolding, strong symmetry and reflections with people walking through the frame. Black and white street portrait of a woman sitting at a Midtown intersection, surrounded by pedestrians, traffic, and street signs. Black and white view through a subway car door window showing a crowded train interior during an evening commute.
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Morning light calls for black and white. Quiet paths, bare trees, and reflections doing the work.

#lightroommobile #monochrome
Black and white photo of a city skyline reflected on a partially frozen lake, framed by bare trees in early morning light. Black and white image of a winding park path lined with leafless trees, long shadows stretching across the pavement. Low angle black and white photograph of a park road at sunrise, textured asphalt in the foreground with sunlight filtering through bare trees.
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Chasing sunshine.

#architecture #streetphotography #nyc
Museum exterior with tall columns and a Divine Egypt banner, with strong sunlight casting sharp shadows along the facade. Close-up of carved architectural details on a column of the Met, half in direct sunlight and half in shadow. A Louis Vuitton trunk installation with a parked truck in front, sunlight creating a bright diagonal highlight across the display. The Flatiron building under scaffolding with netting, sunlight revealing patterns and textures across the structure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Low light, dusk, walk, and shoot.

#visualstorytelling #lightroom
Central Park benches at dusk in New York City, captured in low light with mobile photography. Blurred pedestrians move past while buildings and streetlights glow through bare trees. A runner in motion blur passing empty benches in Central Park at dusk. Low-light mobile image showing noise handling and evening dynamic range with tall NYC buildings in the background. Two empty benches in Central Park surrounded by fallen leaves at dusk. Low-light NYC mobile capture emphasizing detail recovery and subtle color grading.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Guillermo del Toro Used a Higher Frame Rate to Amplify Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth’s Most Emotional FRANKENSTEIN Moments
Guillermo del Toro Used a Higher Frame Rate to Amplify Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth’s Most Emotional FRANKENSTEIN Moments
Guillermo del Toro is always tinkering with the craft of filmmaking, and his approach to Frankenstein is no exception. The director revealed a surprising technique he used to elevate the emotional connection...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Man minds his own business.

#rain #nightphotography
A rainy night street scene outside MoMA in New York. A food cart vendor faces the grill under bright lights and a Sabrett umbrella, while pedestrians walk by in winter coats. The pavement is wet and reflective.
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Cold night walk.

#blackandwhite #nyc
Black and white shot of two people inside an MTA bus, seen through the windows from the street. Black and white night scene of a person buying food at a Sabrett street cart on a dark sidewalk. Black and white low-angle view of tall NYC buildings and scaffolding at night.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Rainy night photography.

#lightroom #moodnyc
Black luxury car in heavy night rain with bright headlights, water streaks falling across the frame, and a yellow taxi passing behind it on a wet city street.
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Rainy day black and whites + mood and feels in fall. Lightroom storytelling. Symmetry drama.
Black and white photo of the Central Park Bandshell with a full reflection in a puddle. The arched structure is centered in the frame, surrounded by bare trees and cloudy sky, with the reflection forming a near-perfect symmetrical circle. Black and white photo of Central Park after rain, showing tall Midtown buildings reflected in a shallow puddle in the foreground. The frame is low to the ground with soft focus on the water surface and sharp city architecture above.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Central Park wildlife having lunch and fully ignoring the other wildlife filming him.

#MobileCinematography
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Underground Commute

#lightroom #colorgrading
Subway tracks and steel support beams inside an underground NYC station, with the opposite platform visible through the metal framework and illuminated by yellow safety strips and overhead lights.
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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iPhone Cinematography + storytelling in colors with DaVinci Resolve

#fimmaking #colorgrading
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Fall light before the winter shift.

#Lightroom #moodNYC
Curved Central Park road with cars passing through late-fall trees under textured clouds. Empire State Building beside an active construction site, fall sun casting sharp shadows across the skyline. Row of older NYC apartments with fire escapes, strong sunlight creating patterned shadows. People walking inside a glass-walled lobby near Bryant Park, long fall shadows stretching across the floor.
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#cinematography
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Light and form in focus.
NYC architecture in black and white.

#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #NYC #LightAndShadow
A tall historic skyscraper in New York City, photographed from a low angle in black and white, showing sunlight hitting its stone façade and detailed cornices. The curved exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in black and white, with dramatic clouds framing its smooth concrete texture. A modern glass high-rise reflecting nearby buildings, captured in sharp light and shadow with strong geometric lines.
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM