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A view of the recently rehabilitated Broadgauge building in downtown Petersburg that sits catty-corner from the Menard County Courthouse on the northwest side of square. The Broadgauge lies within the Petersburg Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Constructed in 1872, the Broadgauge was built as central Illinois' original "mega store," containing under one roof hardware, grocery and dry goods stores. The following is excerpted from the Broadgauge website: According to local poet Edgar Lee Masters (Spoon River Anthology), "John Brahm had built the stone faced bank on the corner with its marble columns, and the large store on the corner, always called the “broad-gauge”, and a very fine store it was, finished inside in walnut, with counters of walnut, and shelves back of them on which were goods not surpassed in quality and variety in the stores of Springfield."
Over the past 150 years, the Broadgauge has been home to a variety of retail and office businesses. Under new ownership the building has recently been redeveloped into a restaurant, bar, coffee shop, and event center.
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that window reflections are one of my favourite things to photograph :)
Sending Love and Light. ✨✨
A live version of a new release that I have been listening to from When Heaven met Earth. The whole album with the same title is worth a listen. Gentle, sensitive, and heartfelt songwriting, and the harmonies between Paulien Rondou and Gaetan Vandewoude are gorgeous and moving.
“Elusive” (Cinema Session): youtu.be/y30iByGIE9k?si=1TcENNKghFDzkEVI
Album version: “Elusive” with string arrangements by Peter Broderick.
Mark your calendars! I will be giving a presentation on Photographing the Aurora Borealis at 5PM EST tomorrow (Wed) on B&H's EventSpace! You can register here:
www.bhphotovideo.com/find/eventDetails.jsp/id/4065
During this presentation, I'll take a deep dive into how the aurora is formed and what metrics we can use to forecast and predict it. After that, I'll talk about the best way to photograph it along with some post-processing tips. Hope to see you there!
From oldrockhouse.com: “Old Rock House is a concert venue and event space located in downtown St. Louis, between the Soulard neighborhood and Busch Stadium.
The renovated Old Rock House building borrows its name from a historic riverfront building dismantled in 1959 to make way for the Gateway Arch.” Thanks for having a look.
Modern design element in the event space. Lots of romantic elements makes it perfect for a wedding.
The roses could be seen as eyes set in the oval face. The heart at the bottom is a mouth or a beard. The horizontal pieces extending from the heart are the shoulders and the uprights are the arms leading to the buds as hands. The love birds are eyebrows. Did not see this when I posted the photo.
The Fall River Carousel
Fall River, MA
September 19, 2026
If you were ever on the carousel that was at Lincoln Park when it was open, this was the carousel you rode on. Beautifully restored.
Taken from the location's website:
"This popular family destination is just a short walk from the Battleship in the heart of Battleship Cove, now offering year-round fun for everyone!
The Fall River Carousel is a beautifully restored classic carousel located in Heritage State Park in Fall River, Massachusetts. Originally built in the early 20th century by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, this hand-carved wooden carousel features intricately detailed horses and a nostalgic charm that delights visitors of all ages. Operated by Red Oak Hospitality, the carousel is a cherished local landmark that reflects a commitment to preservation, community, and timeless experiences.
This one-of-a-kind venue offers a magical setting for children’s birthday parties and private events, surrounded by waterfront views and the charm of a bygone era. Whether you're planning a whimsical celebration, a family gathering, or a special photo session, the Fall River Carousel creates the perfect backdrop for unforgettable memories. Let us help you bring your vision to life in this beautiful and historic space.
Sometimes living in an area, one tends to overlook obvious things, even photographers with a keen eye will many times not want to embark on the touristy journeys, many times overlooking the opportunities to capture images of very common things. This past Monday, was the second day of B&H Photo’s Optic Photographic Conference, the third such conference held annually by what I must say is probably the best photography retail store in the United States, largest selection, competitive prices and the most knowledgeable staff around B&H Photo located on 9th Avenue and 33rd Street; I’ve been a loyal customer since my first purchase a Minolta 70-210 F/4 MD Rokkor Lens when they were still located in Chelsea in the 1980’s. They not only have a first class photo-video-computer-all consumer electronics store, but they have a first class training vehicle called B&H Eventspace where they present top notch classes, lectures at no cost organized by two professional photographers David Brommer and Deborah Gilbert. The 3rd annual Optic Photographic Conference was held at the historic New Yorker Hotel which featured some truly inspiring speakers and on Monday evening, Canon-USA sponsored an evening New York Harbor Cruise on Hornblower Cruises. It was a lousy weather evening, low hanging clouds, New York’s marvelous skyscrapers enveloped in clouds in fact. However when we approached Lady Liberty, she was marvelous. I was able to capture this and many other images, it had always been something I meant to do, living here like I started in this commentary I figured I get to it eventually.
One other thing to note, being a film shooter until 10 years ago, my manual focus Minolta X-700 had a top ISO of 1600, I remember having to shoot Konica 3200 print film with my hand-held meter, it’s truly remarkable what these new modern digital cameras can shoot. I used 6400 ISO handheld on a moving boat for this shot, and there are current cameras that have ISO way beyond that number (Nikon D5 has a top ISO of 3,280,000) so really as one of the speakers at the Optic Conference Brooks Jensen said, “we live in a great time period for photographers”
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from our French comrades back in 19th Century. The idea in 1865 of a monument for the United States was first proposed by Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye. It took a decade for that concept to percolate into a real proposal with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi commissioned to design a sculpture with the target completion 1876, the centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. The original proposal for the monuments name was “Liberty Enlightening the World” and would be a joint endeavor between France and the United States. The United States would build the pedestal for the monument, but struggled mightily for the capital to build said pedestal. The French had issues raising capital for the statue as well.
Regardless of the financial issues Bartholdi realized the structural integrity of his massive statue was beyond his artisan knowledge, so he sought knowledgeable help and commissioned Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) who designed a massive iron pylon and the metal skeletal secondary framework that would be required to put this massive memorial together. After a final push from newspaper publisher Joseph Pulizter that poked directly at the American middle class and the wealthy the necessary funding for the pedestal was raised and the pedestal was finished in the spring of 1886. The statue actually was finished in France in 1884, reduced into 350 individual pieces that arrived in New York Harbor summer of 1885 on French frigate “Isere”. So in October of 1886, 10 years late for the Declaration of Independence centennial celebration New Jersey’s own United States President Grover Cleveland oversaw the dedication of the completed monument. For trivia buffs, Present Grover Cleveland, native of Caldwell New Jersey is the only US president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms.
If you are visiting New York, by all means take a day and visit the Statue which is managed by the National Park Service. If you reserve with some time you can go all the way up to the crown, I did it once long ago in the early 1990’s, cool view of the harbor. Take a day because included is also a stop at the Ellis Island Monument and you could easily spend a day there alone. Lastly in recommendations will be if you have a couple of hours during your visit New York to kill, stop by B&H Photo it’s in the heart of midtown, go upstairs where you can get your hands on the latest cameras from all the major manufactures or if you like old cameras, on the same floor stop at their used department, amazing stuff there; definitely a stop for all the gear-heads out there.
Taken hand held onboard the Hornblower vessel with Olympus E-5 using an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens raw image processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
The former Independent Order of Odd Fellows Oregon Lodge No 3 building (1922), which was also the former home of Friedrich's Hardware store, as viewed from Washington Street. A corner of the roof of the Stevens-Crawford Heritage House (1908) can be seen in the upper right-hand corner.
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* Oregon City: 602-604 7th Street
* KPTV FOX 12: New Oregon City speakeasy honors the past and celebrates the present
Oregon City, Oregon
I met up with local photographer, Douglas Stucky (he also has a Flickr account as well ) at Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum this morning. We popped into the Visitors Center first and got a map and monthly events calendar. Then we walked around the property. Douglas knew about the Garden & Arboretum, but had never visited. So this visit I was kind of his tour guide.
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
Knoxville, Tennessee
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
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Standing squarely at the center of the frame, the Bayview Opera House shows off its full two-story Victorian facade beneath a crisp blue sky. Twin arched windows rise on either side of the gold-lettered South San Francisco Opera House sign, their curved tops echoing the decorative pediment above, where a strand of small lights traces the roofline. The 1888 date plaque sits just below the peak, a quiet reminder of the building's original construction as San Francisco's second-oldest theater. Wrought iron accents and dentil molding add texture along the upper cornice, while a modern accessibility ramp and railing wrap around the building's side, visible evidence of the ongoing effort to keep this century-old civic space usable for the neighborhood it serves. The symmetrical, head-on composition treats the opera house almost like a formal portrait, letting its restored grandeur speak for itself against the open sky.
When I study this image I see faces. In the middle, the two circles with flowers are the eyes, the candles at the bottom are a goatee, the mouth is a small dark area above the goatee and a mustache of candles is above the mouth.
On the left there are two small blue eyes. The thin column is the nose and the purple squares its hair.
Just my imagination.
"The House for an Art Lover is an arts and cultural centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The building was constructed between 1989 and 1996 based on a 1901 Art Nouveau house design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The house is situated in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park and sits east of the site of the Festival Tower of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland of 1938.
"The idea to actually build the house from the Mackintoshs' designs came from Graham Roxburgh, a civil engineer in Glasgow who had done refurbishment work on the Mackintosh interiors in Craigie Hall. The house is a prominent example of the Modern Style. It serves as a venue for art exhibitions and other events, as well as being itself a visitor attraction.
"The current House must be viewed as an interpretation of the Mackintoshes’ original designs. The Mackintoshes were designing a residential house. The current House was constructed with commercial purposes in mind." Source: Wikipedia 19 Jan 2026
The Bayview Opera House rises here from a three-quarter angle, its cream Victorian siding and ornate cornice catching the low afternoon sun against a clear blue sky. A broad wraparound deck and covered porch extend along the building's south side, a contemporary addition that gives the historic theater a modern gathering space overlooking the neighborhood. Landscaped boulders and drought-tolerant plantings soften the building's base, while a metal railing traces the elevated walkway leading toward the entrance. Just visible to the left, a colorful mural wraps the side of a neighboring building, hinting at the vibrant street art scene that surrounds this Bayview landmark. The composition captures the opera house not just as a preserved 19th-century structure but as a living community space still very much in use today.
They are in the process of moving into the of space of the Historic Abbey on Rock Street in Fall River, MA. The location is known to be where Lizzie Borden attended church and taught Sunday School.
Klyngehuset Kronjylland is a modern community centre serving 13 villages near Albæk in Jutland, Denmark - the striking timber architecture features three independent volumes joined by a large circular roof, providing versatile spaces for events and gatherings, embedded in a lush biodiversity landscape park.
Architecture & landscape: C. F. Møller Architects, 2024
The 2014 Equinox Holiday Staff Party at Capitale
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Klyngehuset Kronjylland is a modern community centre serving 13 villages near Albæk in Jutland, Denmark - the striking timber architecture features three independent volumes joined by a large circular roof, providing versatile spaces for events and gatherings, embedded in a lush biodiversity landscape park.
Architecture & landscape: C. F. Møller Architects, 2024
The Davis Event Space a premiere wedding and special event venue in Harrisonville, Missouri. Serving clients in Belton, Lee's Summit, Raymore, Pleasant Hill, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Kansas City, Blue Springs
A virtual gateway to the skies serves as the focal point of an event space at this high end resort facing the Pacific Ocean.
Olympus OM-D EM-1 with 17mm f/1.8
The 2015 Equinox Holiday Staff Party at Capitale.
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The Davis Event Space a premiere wedding and special event venue in Harrisonville, Missouri. Serving clients in Belton, Lee's Summit, Raymore, Pleasant Hill, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Kansas City, Blue Springs
I'll bet this place swings in the summer.
Maybe.
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