View allAll Photos Tagged CHRISTMAS
Christmas can start now... .we just put up our tree tonight! I know, a little late! But we all had fun decorating it while listening to Christmas music!
The critics were harsh, even with Christmas just days away.
“A Christmas scene with no snow? Why even that fellow from Brazil found snow for his forced perspective, Christmas scene!"
“What kind of shenanigans are those Colorado boys trying to pull now?”
Truth be told, snowfall and Christmas do not often meet in the Mile High City. Now, some of you may be whispering, “Global Warming” yet, this was as true back in 1938 when this photo was taken as it is today. Daytime temperatures on Winter Solstice had been a balmy 60 degrees. That evening brought a full moon rising behind the photographer and only a hint of snow in the forecast for Christmas Day.
Local history and a story in Westword suggest, David Dwight "D.D." Sturgeon, a Denver electrician, dipped lightbulbs in red and green paint, connected them to electrical wire, and hung them in a pine tree outside his sick son David's window to brighten his holiday. People came from miles away to see the illuminated tree.
The country's first outdoor-lighting contest was held in Denver in 1918, attracting hundreds of contestants. A year later, the city electrician, John Malpiede, replaced the lights in Denver Civic Center with colored globes of red and green for the holidays. The following year, he put an illuminated Christmas tree in front of the State Capitol. In 1926, Mayor Ben Stapleton approved $400 to illuminate the front of City Hall, and by the late 1920s, Denver had become known (or was calling itself), the "Christmas Capital of the World.” The tradition was transferred to the new City And County Building after it opened in 1933.
The scene hasn’t changed a lot in the years since. The big trees were taken down a few years ago and all the cars cruising by to see the lights are headed southbound now.
Traffic is a little heavier, with Mom and Pop SUVs driving by slowly pointing a phone or pad at the lights. Commercial vehicles crowd the street with horse drawn carriages, 15 passenger hotel buses, 50 passenger tour buses, 40 foot long Cadillac stretch limos and tiny Tuk Tuk cabs. Drivers drop off patrons and wait while they gawk, take selfies and dodge street vendors waving trinkets with shiny lights that will fade by morning. Small herds of electric scooters vie for control of the sidewalks with pedestrians and bicyclists.
The city uses electricity much more efficiently in the modern display than the 1938 version. Nowadays, it is all done with LED lighting. This also allows the lighting scheme to change every now and then. Sturgeon Electric, the company founded by D D Sturgeon in 1912 is still in business and now works throughout the mountain west.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/24 scale die-cast model cars in front of a real background.
Happy Holidays and Peace on Earth from one24thscale!
Danbury Mint 1937 Studebaker Dictator Coupe
Danbury Mint 1931 Ford US Mail Truck
Danbury Mint 1933 Ford Deluxe Coupe
Danbury Mint 1938 GMC Car Carrier
Franklin Mint 1930 Cadillac V-16 Imperial Sedan
The behind-the-scenes photo of from this set-up can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/one24thscale/46479174491/in/datepos...
Day 141/365
It's Christmas Eve, Eve! Very, very busy day, but it's great fun - I love the Christmasy buzz!
The side roads and villages are the worst they've been all week. Incredibly slippy - they're like ice rinks! GREAT fun if you have skates... :P
Facebook Page - Twitter - Olivia Bell Photography (website) - Formspring - Tumblr
--
Olivia Bell
59/80 (days left in 2011)
I just spend ages trying to get the colors right. Almost made it a b&w, but that just doesn't work out with this particular photo. So this will have to do ;)
Finally decorating the christmas tree! Have a wonderful lazy sunday!
Facebook | Tumblr | Formspring | Blog
Part of the quite elaborate Christmas display outside CentralwOrld - one of the city's mega shopping plazas.
Haggling over trees (and hauling them in-or-onto the family vehicle by hand), chasing around the pets, stringing up the lights...
Christmas in D&C-world isn't so different from our own!
Divide & Conquer 11: coming to a theatre (of the mind) near you!
Thanks to Ian and Seabass for some help and progress opinions on the tanks. Individual tank-renders coming soon™.
Individual tank renders up on my Blockheads
Far from a reindeer but close enough! :0)
I took time off of work one afternoon many years ago so we could return to an out of town shop to purchase this beauty, we just had to have her!
I have been wanting to come here and shoot the Christmas lights for a couple of years now. This place looks very whimsical and enchanting with the warm lights against the cool tones of the ocean and sky during the twilight hour. Apparently I had picked the "best puddle" because I was being asked by other photogs to give them a chance in-front of the puddle. I was nice and shared :)
Obviously I couldn’t open any gifts until they had been inspected very carefully.
Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating today.
The exterior of an architect’s office is tastefully and discreetly decorated for Christmas and The New Year. The windows’ glasses are spotlessly clean and even Ralph, my fox terrier pet, is reflected in one of them. Can you spot my own (the photographer’s) reflection, too, in the entrance sign?
This was shot during my very first corona walk in 2021. The Happy New Year to all.
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛.:☾ Christmas Decor... ☽:. ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛.:☾ Featuring [BLOOM] ☽:. ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛.:☾ [BLOOM] Main store ☽:. ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
⛧⛧⛧Feature Item⛧⛧⛧
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛.:☾ [BLOOM] Flickr ☽:. ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
༶•┈┈⛧┈♛.:☾ Other items in picture ☽:. ♛┈⛧┈┈•༶
[[ BackBone ]] Pretty Presents
[[ ..::THOR::.. ]] Magic Cabinet
[[ Half Deer ]] Mini Christmas Tree II - Modern
[[ [Merak] ]] - Starry Nights Rug1
Happy Holidays everyone. I present to you my 2013 Narnia inspired Christmas card. Not sure how I will beat this one next year. Head over to the blog if interested to see the setup shot.
Strobist: abr800 in a 60" softlighter camera right, ab1600 in silver beauty dish rear left, sunpak 120j with cto gel strapped behind the light post, all triggered by pocketwizards
The last of my seasonal offerings, as we managed to get a good fire blazing yesterday. Just taking these three photos over a couple of minutes I realise that the flames are constantly changing – often more interesting to look at than the TV...
Day 17 of the 365 days of photography project.
The bells are ringing out for Christmas day.
Discovered in Stacksteads, Lancashire