Happy Thursday night. Here is a photo I took about this time last year. I took this from the 6th Street Bridge (also called the Clemente Bridge) which connects the North Shore to downtown Pittsburgh.
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Chernobyl Ferris Wheel
Tonight, I have a flashback for you. Here is a photo I took in downtown Pripyat, Ukraine during our 2018 trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This abandoned ferris wheel was setup as part of a traveling carnival behind main street, but the rides never got used due to the disaster. Over three decades later, they are still sitting there.
We used a bunch of flashlights to light paint this so I could capture this photo.
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Fort Pitt
Or what’s left of it…. The original British fort from the mid-1700s during the French and Indian War was constructed in the area that is now downtown Pittsburgh. The outline of the Fort Pitt walls are all that remain of the fort, which sits inside Point State Park. This is a great city park at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and the start of the Ohio river (thus 3 Rivers).
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Philip Rivers
I’m ready for football and everything else to get back to normal….. ugh!! Until then, here is Philip Rivers from last season. He’ll be with the Colts this fall….assuming they play next season.
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Point Fountain
MJ, Blair and I worked in the yard all day and now I feel like I could go to bed immediately (it’s only 7pm). But I’ll probably stay up a couple more hours, otherwise I’ll be awake at 4am staring at the ceiling. Anyway, due to my physical exhaustion, I will keep this short.
Here is a photo I took with my drone looking at downtown Pittsburgh. On this morning, Blair and I tried to catch a nice sunrise that didn’t happen. We got this cloudy morning instead.
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UA
Today’s photo post is from our “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition” road trip. If you watched the film, you know we went to Under Armour’s headquarters since they helped sponsor our film/road trip. Here is a photo I took that night from their campus.
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Up or Down
I really don’t know what to say about this photo. I’ve been to this spot numerous times over the years and taken photos on these stairs a few different times. I took this version back in 2018. This is an iconic abandoned spot in Pittsburgh that moves back and forth between locked up and wide open. The last time I went, it was locked up.
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Intensity
For Sunday night, I have a flashback football photo that I took last season. I captured this when the Ravens were in Pittsburgh. This shot of Robert Griffin III (RG3) demonstrates his intensity. You have to wonder what his career would have been like if the Redskins had managed him and his injury correctly. Potentially Hall of Famer but that was then, now he’ll never be viewed in that light. If you think about it, he was the Patrick Mahomes before Patrick Mahomes. Ruined potential.
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Bonaire Sunset
Very simple photo for you tonight. I took this from a over the water restaurant in downtown Kralendijk Bonaire. We had dinner and drinks here watching the sun disappear into the sea.
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Capital (Night-Rear)
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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Capital (Day-Front)
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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Gary Auditorium
Here is another photo from our Shutter Rush road trip to Gary Indiana. This is an abandoned school auditorium with Blair below me setting up his camera.
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Broken Window
I captured this beauty during our Gary Indiana exploration of abandoned buildings. This is from inside an abandoned school…honestly, I don’t remember which school. I liked this view with the graffiti through the broken glass.
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Vessel and Empire State Building
During our last trip to NYC (last fall), MJ and I visited the Vessel and the High Line. While we walked the High Line, I captured this photo of the Vessel with the Empire State Building in the background. It was interesting to see it from a distance after being inside it a few minutes before hand. There was also this weird reflection of the sun off the building behind it that caused an odd bright contrasting space towards the top of the Vessel.
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Baby American Robins
MJ, Blair and I were out in the yard this morning messing around. We found this American Robin nest in a small tree next to our house. Inside were three tiny little baby American Robin birds. I’m not a bird expert, so I’m guessing these little ones are only a few days old. Someone out there can probably help determine their real age. They were waiting for their mom to bring dinner. Every time I made some noise, they would lift their heads like this expecting it to be mom.
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Anthony Harris
Flashback to 2018…. Here is a photo I took of Anthony Harris at Heinz Field during a Vikings vs. Steelers game. Harris is a defensive back who has played for the Vikings since 2015 after leaving the University of Virginia.
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Abandoned School Gym
Right before the COVID outbreak in the United States, a few of us completed a road trip to Gary Indiana for the sole purpose of photographing a bunch of abandoned buildings. This is one of the many gyms we explored during trip.
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T.J. Watt
Here is a quick pic from last season. T.J. was celebrating a tackle in the Steelers vs. Rams game at Heinz Field.
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Tower of Voices
This is the unique structure at the Flight 93 National Memorial. It is supposed to have a bunch of chimes inside it…regardless I liked it. I liked all the different and unusual photographic angles. Plus, I got lucky with a great sky that day.
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Masked W&J
W&J is short for Washington and Jefferson College, which is a few miles from home. I passed by it Friday on my way to the Post Office and saw this scene. So, I turned around to go capture this photo, which clearly demonstrates the terrible times we’re all dealing with.
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