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Possibly the same walk where I noticed gold details on the library, I saw this arch and wondered if I could make it look cool on camera. I mean, I see stickers all the time, but never take a picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a phone pic where I didn’t want to obviously be a try-hard while angling the camera. The wall behind it still in focus is my least favorite part. I wanted stickers and the Brooklyn Basketball logo. Even if I ran it through some filters to pretend it is a shallow depth of field, it\u2019s not very dramatic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did we learn? Better to try too hard and proudly look like it. Otherwise I\u2019d kind of a waste of a shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outside the Liberty and Nets training facility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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