Steelers vs. Saints

Photos from yesterday’s game at Acrisure Stadium.

Basilica and William Penn

I captured this long exposure drone photo in downtown Philly in 2019.  In the middle is the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.  Down the street to the right is City Hall with the William Penn statue on the top of it.

To view a larger version, click HERE

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Gilbert Arizona Temple

When we booked our Hilton DoubleTree Inn hotel room in Gilbert Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix), I had no idea it was near such a cool location.  For our trip to Sedona, we booked over night stays in Gilbert on the first night and the last night of the trip.  In between we spent our time in Sedona.  But these nights in Gilbert, allowed us to attend a Cubs vs. Reds spring training game, prep for our flights home, etc…  On our first night, I saw this temple and knew I had to go back before we flew home.  So on the last morning, I got up before sunrise and went to the temple to catch the blue hour and sunrise.  Basically, I wanted good light for this photo.  This photo is the result of getting up at 530am in the morning.

A little about the temple:  This is the Gilbert Arizona Temple, which is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).  They announced their plans for this temple in 2008 concurrently with the Gila Valley Arizona Temple.  It took about two years to build and they had a formal public open house in February 2014.  It is the 142nd temple of the LDS Church and was built to ease the load of the nearby Mesa Arizona Temple. 

On a personal note, this isn’t a huge building but it is an outstanding structure and example of wonderful architecture.  I hope you enjoy the photo and video as much as I enjoyed seeing the building in person.   

Scroll down to see the 'how to' video.

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10 Saints Beer

Tonight I have something different for you.  When we were in Barbados, we found this fairly new beer that is made on the island.  It was first brewed in 2009 by 10 Saints Brewery Company.  The beer is unique because it is aged for 90 days in Mount Gay ‘Special Reserve’ Rum casks.  By the way, Mount Gay Rum is made in Barbados as well.  This gave the beer a very smooth taste and made it our beer of choice all week.  It is named 10 Saints because of the 10 Parishes (like counties in the United States) in Barbados are named after saints.   

Anyway, I did an impromptu product photo shoot towards the end of the week.  I cleared an area of the beach near our hotel, with the ocean and sailboats in the background.  I took two bottles and let them sweat a little in the Caribbean sun.  Then I laid on my stomach to get the camera as low as possible for this shot.   And I attempted to bounce the sunlight back at the bottles.  

If you’re interested in more information about 10 Saints beer, click HERE.

I have a special note below today’s photo….don’t forget to scroll down to see it.

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NEWS:

Recently I was contacted by a research doctor at the University of Pittsburgh about using one of my photos for an upcoming conference.  We negotiated a little and came to an agreement.  So now my photo of PNC Park is being used for the annual Pheno 2015 conference poster.  The conference gathers international physicists working on the phenomenology of elementary particles, cosmology, and astrophysics.  Don’t ask me what any of that means…..  The cool thing about this is the poster will be mailed and electronically sent to potential attendees around the world.  You can see the poster below.