Smurfit-Stone Building

You know your a photographer when you go out in the freezing cold before the sunrise to capture photographs of buildings. Here is the Smurfit-Stone Building framed with some trees. You may remember this building from the movie Adventures in Babysitting. The was the first building I really noticed when I came to Chicago for the first time, and I am still mezmorized by it.

DIA Corner

Today we spent several hours admiring other peoples art work at the DIA. This atrium was begging me to photograph it. The lighting in this room was amazing and allowed me to really capture a lot of features in the architecture.

Charlotte Tower

Charlotte Tower

Today was an experimental day of photography for me. I tried a lot of things and experimented with light, shadows, objects, colors, and framing. None of the images were worthy of posting on my blog, but I gained a whole lot of experience. Instead of posting nothing, I thought I would share with you this shot taken on my recent trip to Charlotte North Carolina. This building was in the downtown area and if anyone knows the name of it, please let me know.

Update: This is the Hearst Tower located at 214 North Tryon Street in the heart of downtown. It's the second tallest building in downtown Charlotte at the height of 200.9 meters. Read more at the Sky Scraper Page

Reflecting Charlotte

Reflecting Charlotte

Here's another shot from my photowalk downtown Charlotte NC. I'm sure this photo has been taken several times by many photographers before me, but the sun was setting in the sky and the colors were warm and beautiful. I couldn't pass up this great shot.

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400