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Strictly speaking a confluence is a meeting of rivers/streams, but here I see a meeting of streams of air between closely packed buildings in a crowded London.
I look forward to returning here with my fish-eye lens.
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This photo is from a trip I took with my father in 1990. We drove from Wisconsin to the east coast for my spring break, and NYC was our final stop before heading home. In our final few minutes in the city, I snapped this shot on West St., from a moving car, using my little Kodak Elektralite 10 film camera. It has always been one of my favorite photos, even before 9/11.
I've been back to New York a few more times, seeing Ground Zero, and a nearly completed Freedom Tower, but no image was more iconic than seeing the Twin Towers from miles away, or from the road beneath.
Never forget those we lost on September 11, 2001.
I ❤️ NY.
San Francisco City Hall is stunning, but if you want to get pictures with no one in them, you better be at the door at 8am when they open!
I shot a really nice vertorama and moved to the upper level and managed to catch this happy couple as they were shooting their wedding pictures. Usually I like my pictures with no one or as few people as possible in them, but this one came out pretty good I'd say
I was really excited for the chance to spend some time outdoors this weekend. We always do our weekly shopping on Saturdays so this weekend, we stopped downtown to go for a little walk in the late afternoon sun and to possibly grab a hot drink.
I knew the shot that I wanted to get since we only have a limited number of large buildings in our area. I also happened to follow a friend on Instagram who inspired me to go and do my own "looking up" shot. What was funny, is when we made our way to the corner where this building is, there was another group of people toting their cameras around doing the same thing.
I find these types of shots (along with the iPhone perspective shots) to be difficult to compose and execute. Getting things exactly centered can be a bit more tricky than it looks. The more symmetrical your scene is, the more difficult it is to keep completely straight. It isn't until after in post where you find where things may not be as straight as you would like.
I wish there were more sky-scrapers in Regina to get in more experience using different architecture. That being said, you may see some doubles of the same building. I am hoping to go back to this spot for a day when there is some decent cloud cover and stretch some exposures right out.
This week’s theme for my 52 project is “Vanishing Point.” I had a number of different ideas for the theme. I took a very similar shot a year ago, which is one of the reasons I’m making this an alternate. This is the YMCA where I am a member. It looks so dramatic and almost like a prison.
A place holds more memories for me than any photograph. When my grandma was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I took her for an appointment by Columbus Circle. Afterward, we went to the mall and had lunch at Whole Foods, followed by clothes shopping for me. There’s something special about that place as a memory. When I return, it feels like time has stood still. I can almost feel her presence beside me. I feel 15 years younger, and she’s not yet bedbound. At that moment, there’s no distance between us. People say, ‘You can't go home again,’ but sometimes one really needs to feel the past again, even if it’s only standing invisible behind the back but always in the heart.