Mexico City 2017

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

View of the Audtorio Nacional outsde of my hotel room

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Outside of the steps of the Auditorio Nacional contained special paved bricks of artists that performed there.  

 

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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.

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On Sundays the streets near the Paseo de la Reforma are closed to allow people to bike skate or just walk the streets.  

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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. 

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

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. 

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

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

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