These two photos of downtown Tampa were both taken while looking for new angles of downtown during the time I had a rented fisheye lens. The first shot is taken from the University of Tampa at night. I composed the shot so that the artwork would sit between the downtown […]
It was recently decided that the St Petersburg Pier will soon be demolished. A new “pier” will replace it but eh design called “The Lens” definitely does not have the visual impact and the photographic potential of the current pier. The current pier was only built in 1973. It seems […]
Today’s photo is from the St Petersburg Pier at sunset. Including the viewfinder (binoculars or whatever you call that thing) is something that has become popular lately on a lot of the photo sharing sites. We have all seen hundreds of shots from the classic locations such as Half Dome, […]
What is your favorite time of day to shoot? For me it has always been around sunrise. I like the quiet and calmness of being one of the very few people out and awake at this time. I enjoy being able to take photos without having to wait for people […]
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Sometimes it is about the gear! Last night I wrote about how it is not all about the gear, but more the vision that makes a good photographer. Tonight I will take the counerpoint. Sometimes it is about the gear. I was recently commissioned to take a specific photo of […]
Sometimes as photographer’s we get carried away by the amazing scenery and cityscapes we see. This was definitely the case when I visited Pittsburgh. I had done my research and decided that West End Overlook gave me the best view of the city. Watching the sun go down and all […]
My standard workflow for working with HDR photos like today’s is to first import with Lightroom. During the import process I have Lightroom fill in the copyright and contact information in the metadata. Of course as soon as I wrote that I went into Lightroom and saw that my import […]
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