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Last Trip “Moody B&W” Street Picks

14 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Exercising my “curating” (editing) skills once again with the photos I shot during my last holiday trip with & for family. This time I’m focusing on a “Moody B&W” theme.

Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)

Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)

Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)
Bathroom Door, Washington DC (Dec 2013)

Car Wash, Woodlands, Texas (Dec 2013)
Washington DC (Dec 2013)
The Woodlands, Texas (Dec 2013)

Subway Escalator on a Rainy Day (Wash DC, Dec 2013)

(FYI: for you photographers who care about this sort of thing, these were all shot with the compact Sony RX100)



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From Behind: Street Photography with Fam

03 Tuesday Sep 2013

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Whenever I go on trips or vacations with my family, I almost always bring a camera along to take photos. Much of the photography I end up doing is candid, street-like photography. Sometimes I’m actually taking photos of my family; but other times, I’m trying to get photos of interesting things I happen to see in my environment as we’re walking along.

Typically, the children and my wife are in front of me. So when I go to take a photo, their backsides often end up somewhere in my shots…especially when I’m shooting at a wide angle focal length (which I usually am).

At times, this has driven me nuts. I’ll get these (at least to me) great street photos, but my son or daughter will be blocking a portion of the shot that messes it up! Sometimes I’m able to crop or Photoshop them out of the shot; but often, it’s not possible to remove them cleanly and I just have to accept the shot as is (either a ruined shot or somehow acceptable even with their backside in it).

On our latest family vacation, I again got a number of photos with their backsides (in a few cases, frontsides) in them. I thought it might be fun to actually highlight some of these instead of trying to fix or bury them as I usually do.

So these are from my latest family trip (two weeks this last August, 2013). If I get a positive response, maybe I’ll go back to our many previous family trips and assemble an even larger collection of these “From Behind” shots that I always seem to get in ample amounts…:).

Mackinac Island, MI (August 2013)
Mackinac Island, MI (August 2013)
Petoskey State Park, August 2013

Cleveland, OH (August 2013)
Brookville, PA (August 2013)
Brookville, PA (August 2013)

Brookville, PA (August 2013)
Brookville, PA (August 2013)
Brookville, PA (August 2013)

Pittsburgh, PA (August 2013)
Pittsburgh, PA (August 2013)
Cooksburg, PA (August 2013)



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The “Sport” of Travel Photography

17 Thursday May 2012

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I have discovered that taking photos when I travel has become, for me, like a “sport”. It enhances (makes more interesting and fun) my experience of traveling.



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A Trip to Texas

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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My family and I took a trip down to Texas last February (2012) to visit some of my relatives and to escape our northern winter clime. My relatives live near Houston (in The Woodlands). We also rented a car and spent about 1.5 days down in San Antonio.

As usual, I brought a camera and took photos. I really enjoy taking photos when I travel. A camera helps me to focus on and deeply explore my new surroundings. And having the photos helps me to remember the places I’ve traveled to of course!

Below is a gallery of my photos. I’ll likely be adding to them occasionally as I finish going through them…:-).

City Lots, San Antonio, Texas
Skyline from Parking Lot, San Antonio, Texas
Soccer Field Practice, The Woodlands, Texas

Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Suburbs, The Woodlands, Texas
Central Library, San Antonio, Texas

Warhol, Houston, Texas
Alamo Window, San Antonio, Texas
Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas

Rainforest Cafe, San Antonio, Texas
Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas

Billboard, San Antonio, Texas
12:52 pm, Airport, Rochester, New York
Lot, San Antonio, Texas

Window within Window, San Antonio, Texas
E Houston, San Antonio, Texas
9:36 pm, Cleveland Airport

Along Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas
Security Check Point, Airport, Houston, Texas
Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas

Travelodge, San Antonio, Texas
Travelers Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
Koi Garden Entrance, The Woodlands, Texas

Central Library, San Antonio, Texas
Some of Buc-ee’s “49 Toilets”, Luling, Texas
Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas

Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Empire Theatre, San Antonio, Texas
Racing on Broadway, San Antonio, Texas

Tutankhamun Exhibit Statue (“Dog Face”), Houston, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Pigeon Alley, San Antonio, Texas

Rental Car Row, Airport, Rochester, New York
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Motel Lot, San Antonio, Texas

Some Perspective, San Antonio, Texas
9:37 pm, Cleveland Airport
Broadway, San Antonio, Texas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Sunset Travelodge, San Antonio, Texas
Streets, San Antonio, Texas

Central Library, San Antonio, Texas
Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas

Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas
Complimentary Motel Breakfast, San Antonio, Texas
My Fam, Downtown, San Antonio, Texas

Park near Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas
The Alamo (side), San Antonio, Texas
Out Motel Window (4th St), San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas
Along Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas

Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Airport Security, Rochester, NY

Tomb Rider 3D Adventure Ride, Next to Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Signage, San Antonio, Texas
Out Hotel Window, San Antonio, Texas

Mover, San Antonio, Texas
Outside the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, San Antonio, Texas
Along Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

Central Library, San Antonio, Texas
Along Riverwalk, The Woodlands, Texas
Motel Pool, San Antonio, Texas

Central Library, San Antonio, Texas
James Turrell, The Light Inside (w/ my kids), Houston, Texas
Flight Delay, Airport, Rochester, NY

Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
RIverwalk Performers, San Antonio, Texas

Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
Downtown, San Antonio, Texas
AA, Cleveland Airport

Restroom Door, Airport, Cleveland, Ohio
Central Library, San Antonio, Texas



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