I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m ready for the 2022 Formula 1 season to start…even though the 2021 season just finished a couple weeks ago. Here are a few photos I took last October at the FIA Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin Texas.
Sebastian Vettel - Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team
Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Sergio Perez - Red Bull Racing Honda
I’m still sickened by the actions of a few thousand individuals in our nation’s capital this week. Not only did they harm individuals, but they harmed “the people’s house”. This is how it should look when people behave.
By the way, I took this photo in 2019.
Tonight’s photo is the opposite of my last post. That was a daytime photo taken from the front of the U.S. Capital Building. This is a night photo taken from the opposite side.
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I think this is considered the front of the U.S. Capital building. I guess it could be the back…I don’t know. Regardless, I took this photo about two years ago while MJ and I were visiting a friend. Tomorrow I’ll post a “Capital (Night-Rear)” photo of the same location. I think you’ll find it interesting to compare and contrast the photos…day vs night and front vs rear.
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It’s been over a year since I was in Washington D.C. last. Which for me is a long time since my last D.C. trip. Not counting the cities I have lived in, D.C. is the location I’ve visited most by a long shot (90% of my trips to D.C. were work related).
I captured this photo on my last trip in 2018. Like most situations, I’m usually the only person standing in the dark or near dark waiting for just the right moment… This is the result.
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I had a good photo walk with Blair, Brad and Dave recently in Pittsburgh. It was a nice hanging out with the guys and capturing some photos.
If you’re not familiar with Pittsburgh, this building is called the US Steel Building (even though it has UPMC on it) and is the tallest building in the city. There are great views from within and outside.
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How is your week going? Mine has been very busy. Thus, I’m just getting around to creating this post at 10pm at night. So, this will be short.
Here is a photo I took a few months ago looking down the US Steel Building onto the streets of downtown Pittsburgh.
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Here is a unique perspective of the US Steel Building in Pittsburgh. We don’t normally see the world from these angles. I’ve taken a bunch of photos looking straight up buildings in the past. I haven’t taken many like this using the opposite perspective. I’m digging it.
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Happy Sunday. Short post for you today….. This is the U.S. Air Force Cadet Chapel (Colorado Springs CO), just from a unique perspective/weird angle. I love the architecture of this place.
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Some days I can come up with tons to say on these posts. Other days, I don’t say much, due to my schedule, being tired, etc.. But tonight, I just can’t think of anything to say. So, I’m telling you I can’t think of anything and therefore, you’re getting nothing of substance. Sorry about wasting your time.
I took this photo of the U.S. Capital building dome last August. I love the Statue Of Freedom on the top.
Here is a fun fact for you…. According to Wikipedia, the cast iron for the dome is an estimated 8.9 million pounds.
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I love the design of this chapel. My three hours at this site wasn’t long enough…but it was getting cold and dark, plus visiting hours at the U.S. Air Force Academy were coming to an end…. So, I called for my Uber went back to my hotel. That was about a year ago. I’ll have to plan another trip in the future.
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I took this photo in August while MJ and I were in Washington DC visiting friends. We stayed at a hotel a few blocks from the White House and I went over at sunset to capture some images. I had a hard time capturing any without the protesters who were in front. So I had to get creative with my composition.
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MJ and I were in Washington D.C. this weekend vising a couple of our friends (Nick and Erica). We had a great time and enjoyed our time with them. I didn’t take many photos while I was there, but I went out around sunset to capture some photos of the White House at that time of day. I haven’t processed any of those pics yet, but here is a photo of the Capital Building from two visits ago.
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Hello Tuesday!! How was your day? My day was pretty good…
About this photo: I took this shot last December while I was in Colorado Springs for a class. I slipped away from the group and took an Uber out to the U.S. Air Force Academy to visit the Cadet Chapel. I took all kinds of photos of the inside and outside using the traditional perspectives. But I also took some unique perspectives like this one. I was trying to capture this beautiful structure in a way that most wouldn’t have considered.
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I had a couple of visits to Washington D.C. last year. Surprisingly, I’ve been to D.C. probably over two dozen times in my life. If you would have asked me about that earlier in my life, I wouldn’t have guessed it would become a frequent travel spot for me. It just never appealed to me to visit D.C., but here we are years later and its become my most visited location.
I took this photo during one of my trips last year at sunset. The D.C. Police didn’t like my camera and tripod. They made me back up a few times to get me further and further away from the building. I must look scary or something. During this specific trip, I worked on capturing close ups vs. the normal wide angle perspectives of the capital.
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I took this photo in early December while I was in Colorado Springs. I used an Uber to travel out to the Air Force Academy right before sunset to photograph this spot. When I arrived, it was in the low 50s and I was comfortable. When I left a few hours later, it was in the mid 30s and I wasn’t prepared. I was freezing when the sun set and with the wind coming down the mountains onto this spot. Regardless, I dealt with it. I could have dealt with it better had I taken a coat (my fault for not planning ahead)…. But I didn’t. Anyway, after I captured all the photos I wanted, I requested another Uber. At that point, I started to get worried the Uber driver wouldn’t be able to come give me since the based closes to visits at 6pm (and I was really cold). If the Uber driver got stopped at the gate, it would have been a 4 mile walk from my spot (the Chapel) to the gate to catch the ride. As it turned out, the Uber driver got through and everything was fine.
By the way… you can see another photo I took of the Chapel’s interior at this LINK.
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At last weekend’s Steelers playoff game, these 2 jets flew over the stadium after the national anthem was played. I think these are US Navy F-18 Hornets, but I’m not 100% sure. Do you know?
By the way, this is another example of minimalistic photography. What is that you ask? It is a style using a minimum amount of components such as color, shape, line, and texture. It is highly subjective and the meaning is up to the perception of the viewer.
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I hope you have a great Martin Luther King Jr. Day. With all the ugliness in our world right now (you know who and what I mean), it’s nice to know that Dr. King and people like Dr. King have been and are among us. He pushed for nonviolence, racial equality, understanding, and eliminating poverty while maintaining his principles that everyone regardless of color or creed are equal members of the human family. There is a reason why he is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor and non-president memorialized on the Great Wall in the United States capital. Everyone from our current President on down to our newest member, can learn from Dr. King.
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I was in Colorado Springs recently and made a point to visit the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. It was completed in 1962 based on a design by Walter Netsch. It has become a classic example of modernist architecture, even though the design was controversial at the time. This photo doesn’t include the best features of the chapel, which are the 17 spires. I’ll share a photo of the exterior in the future so you can see the spires. Another interesting feature of this chapel is that it houses five distinct worship (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish Islamic & Buddhist) areas within it. All I can say about it is “wow”!! It’s a great facility.
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This monument needs no introduction. MJ and I recently visited Arlington National Cemetery and this spot. The weather (heat) was extremely hot, but we had a great day regardless.
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