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.
In honor of Veteran’s Day tomorrow (November 11, 2020) in the United States, I’m sharing this photo I captured at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are actually a number of Unknowns from a number of different wars placed in the Tomb. This is located in Arlington National Cemetery and is guarded 24/7/365 by members of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (“The Old Guard”). It’s emotional to watch the changing of the guard at this site and I think every American should see it at least once in their life. I took this photo of this Guard “walking the mat” back in 2019.
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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’m keeping it short tonight. I captured this beauty in the basement of the abandoned U.S. Post Office in Gary Indiana.
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Here is a unique perspective for you. This is the US Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh. This may be the only photo of this building taken from this perspective ever!!
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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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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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Sorry I’ve been absent lately…. Just very busy with work lately.
I finally got out to take some photos last night. Yes, finally!!! Dave, Emily and I hit the North Shore of Pittsburgh. We took some photos, grabbed dinner and then took some more photos.
Here is an unusual Pittsburgh perspective for you. Have a great weekend.
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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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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.
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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 had a good trip to Washington DC earlier this year and I’m looking forward to the next DC trip later this summer. I honestly don’t know how many times I’ve been to DC in the past…..so I’ll just guess by using the technical term…”a bunch”.
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What can I say about this photo? I took this photo downtown last summer while on a photo walk with Brad and Dave. This is the entrance to the US Steel Building underground parking.
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This shot has been done by dozens, if not hundreds of Pittsburgh photographers. Regardless, I wanted to capture my version of this popular spot.
This is taken from a pedestrian overpass that crosses 9 traffic lanes of US 279 looking back south towards the city. The overpass has a chain link fence along the entire bridge, but someone (not me) cut holes in it just for photographers to take this picture without the fencing getting in the way. Again, I’ll stress it wasn’t me. The holes were already there when we showed up. Below I included a behind the lens photo taken with my iPhone to show you our set up (my camera next to Brad’s camera). The hole in the fence was small, so we had to work close to each other.
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My camera on the left, Brad's on the right. It was nice of someone to cut this hole for us.
