Thursday, August 11, 2011

Cannonball Run from Salt Lake City, UT to Seattle, WA

My wife and I drove to Seattle, we left Thursday morning and got home Saturday night, to pick up our niece and nephew for a few weeks of summer visiting (we have a lot of fun with them when they are with us).  The following images were captured by the Museum of Glass we didn't make it before they closed (6:00pm) but the exhibits outside are so amazing!  I went into capture trance mode filling up my memory card before I realized there was small details I needed to capture and went into macro mode, the details were hypnotic, you have to see this place.  We got there as the lights were coming on right after dusk and I think it was the best time to be there, less people and individual lights for each sculpture.  The exhibits are behind glass (no kidding) and the glass at the top of the walk way was a little dusty picking up some light causing the image to be a little less detailed then I would have liked, that was the only thing I didn't like about shooting here at night. See the full set of image here: http://smu.gs/oJPHj5 
http://www.museumofglass.org/
on the side of another piece of glass.
apartments
my niece calls these glass sculptures "bags" :)
hollow creations of amazing color and light.
small details of the actual museum
attempt at street photography ;)


Friday, March 18, 2011

What cropping can do for you!

Cropping an image can make or break it. This is a photo I took because of the color and the texture, but wasn't sure the way I wanted it to look post processed, I love both of them but one has a little more dramatic look.  I think it works both ways, which one do you like better?

Friday, February 25, 2011

Behold the power of Black and White!

I am in love with Black and White photographs!  Here are some examples (in my opinion some great photographs on their own) that are  amazing in black and white.  The two in Vegas - the Bellagio and Ceasers Palace have been HDR processed into Black and White that's what gives them the painted ethereal look.  I put them side by side for reference, comment if you like the color or black and white one better:

 
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