Finally had some free time to shoot and caught up with the Atlanta Photo Walkers. On this shoot I had m Canon 5D Mark III with a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. It was nice to gout and shoot and to see south downtown when you are typically driving through it. Thanks for stopping by. Until my next post
2AN
On a Sunday earlier in December I had the chance to head down to the Georgia Grand Canyon. The Canyon is in Providence State Park in Lumpkin, GA. I initially discovered this place on a motorcycle ride with some friends two years earlier. The day I went down I was hesitant because of the 60% of rain. By late morning I decided to head down. It was a cloudy day and the rain held off till sundown. I will be back to shoot this canyon again.
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2AN
Ok folks, so it has been a while since I last posted, but I will say that I have been busy. This post will contain images I shot while I had some free time in Mexico City, Mexico. I was invited to attend a 100th birthday party. I didn't get to shoot that because there were other photographers there. I will say that the total free time I had to explore and shoot was about an hour. I decided this will be a good time to attempt some street photography. I shot mostly everything with my Canon 5D Markiii with a Canon 24-70mm/f2.8 lens. The mobile shots were with my Samsung Galaxy S8+
Looking out my hotel room, I saw this massive building on the ground and then something that looked like a Canon 70-200 mm lens. So after breakfast, I went down and walked to the Auditorio Nacional. After speaking some Spanish and asking for someone that spoke English, I found out that this was a Canon promotion, #MiLenteCanon where they would allow people to take pictures with a Canon camera with the different lenses they had on display. From what I remembered seeing was that the lenses ranged from 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 50mm, and a fisheye lens. Due to the time crunch I didn't get to test any lenses. Don't worry folks I am still kicking myself for not testing one.
View of the Audtorio Nacional outsde of my hotel room
Outside of the steps of the Auditorio Nacional contained special paved bricks of artists that performed there.
The next day, after the party, I had breakfast and had about 45 min to kill before I needed to be at the airport. While waiting for everyone to check out I captured this magazine stand outside of my hotel and created a 3 shot 1 stop exposure composition HDR shot.
HDR image of a magazine stand in Mexico City Mexico
After checking out of the hotel, My good friend took me to Paseo de la Reforma.
On our way there and stuck in traffic I captured this image of a Piñata stand.
On Sundays the streets near the Paseo de la Reforma are closed to allow people to bike skate or just walk the streets.
Captured this cute moment of a father running with his daughter as she biked around Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico.
A boy plays with the toys in his hand as the ladies pose for their photograph on the steps of the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico
Participants take part of a group exercise outside of the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City Mexico.
Just a boy and his dog posing for pictures in front of a door by the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico
A man walking his big dog near the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City Mexico
Ok thats all I have for now until my next post. Thanks for stopping by
2AN
This will be a quick post and a single image post. One night, after I couldn't find a photo group I was supposed to meet up with, I walked around in downtown Fayetteville, GA. I came across the Historic Fayetteville Courthouse. The courthouse alone did not catch my attention, but the red light on the clock face did.
With the news of Triggertrap closing up shop earlier this year, I am still happy that the app still works. Pairing it with my Canon 5DMarkiii I did a three shot long exposure HDR and came up with the image below. Driving home, I had other ideas to compose the courthouse so I will be back again.
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2AN
One morning when I went home, I had some time to kill early one morning. I decided to drive around in Forest Park in St. Louis. I came across the "Apotheosis of St. Louis" statue. This is a statue of Saint Louis, King Louis IX, which sits in front of the St. Louis Art Museum. I'm happy that I was able to shoot this early in the morning because about two hours later there was a lot of activity around Apotheosis
Click here to read more about the "Apotheosis of St. Louis".
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2an
There was one weekend where I went to Tampa to visit family and some friends. For this trip I traveled light with just a carry on and a backpack. For this trip I took my Canon 7D and the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens.
Saturday morning I went to Ballast Point Park. I got to the park around 9 a.m. and being close to the Hilsborough Bay, wow it was really hot and humid. I ended up walking north on Bayshore to take a couple of photos of the Adeste condos entrance and of a metal sculpture.
After visiting some family and some friends, my next photo adventure took me to Ybor City. I met a friend for lunch at Carmine's and took some shots in Ybor City. It was a quick fun weekend and the next time I am in Tampa I am hoping capture some areas with my Canon.
A shot of some spirits at Carmine's Bar and Resturant
Until my next post
2AN
One Sunday morning I caught up with the Atlanta Urban Photo Walkers Meetup group. This Meetup was on the west side at the Brickworks restaurant parking deck. I missed the sunrise because I just had to have five more minutes, which turned into 20 min. While there, the we all walked a scouted path and on this path there was a lot of cool graffiti and building art. For this photo walk I used my Canon 7D and the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8.
Towards the end of the walk the doors of the Piju Belly restaurant caught my attention. By this time it is around 9:30 a.m. and the next thing that caught my attention was the way the sun light was hitting the bricks followed by the iron gate that lead you to the doors. While standing there studying the scene, three letters came to mind. H.D.R. The photo below is a three HDR with one stop over and a one shot under exposed. With a little magic done in Photoshop, I created the image below. This was the best image from the photo walk.
Until the next post
2AN
