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Last week I went to Las Vegas to attend WPPI. This was my first time going to WPPI, it’s a rather large convention for Wedding and Portrait Photographers, from around the world. While the week was filled with seeing friends, … Continue reading
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As I mentioned at the end of my most recent post, I wanted to share a handful of my favourite iPhone images from my recent journey to New York. Even though I had a Fuji x-pro 1 with me, everywhere … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I boarded a plane east. A red eye, means hopefully a nap or three as you fly cross country, with the hopes of a safe landing and a productive fun-filled first day. And that for the most part is how it played out. My flight landed just before sunrise on Sunday morning, and before I knew it I was headed to Brooklyn. A couple of hours later the gal I was staying with and I headed towards the subway for a bit of a walk and an adventure. We ventured across the Brooklyn Bridge and through various parts of New York, above and under ground. I was there for a bit of work and as a result of this didn’t get out and about as much as I might have liked, but below are a variety of images captured along the way.
It’s obviously taken a bit of time for me to create this post, some of these areas may well look different today, as a result of hurricane Sandy, which hit the New York area just a day after I left. If you can, please donate to the Red Cross or similar foundations to help provide relief for the families and individuals affected by events this past week.
Below and along the Brooklyn Bridge:
Subways, City Streets, and the Converse store.
And Central Park:
All of these images were snapped with a Fuji X-Pro1 and edited in Lightroom 4 (and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2).
Look for a follow up post with a smattering of iPhone images too.
~ kate
Today I did a mini-road trip with a couple of friends. The destination: Point Defiance. Point Defiance is in the Tacoma area, south of Seattle. It has a rose garden, trails, a marina and more… There is also a Zoo! We didn’t explore the zoo today, but I would like to at some point in the future.
We spent some time in the rose/flower gardens. This is a locale that can be rented out for events like weddings, and I’m sure that it’s used for other things. It’s filled with lovely roses, and dahlias and more. With it being around 70 degrees out today, the day, as a whole felt like spring.
So I wanted to share some images of the beauty there in the garden.
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Tagged dahlias, day trip, flowers, nikon 700, point defiance, Road Trip, roses, tacoma, washington
This past weekend, I spent some time with dear friends. As we hopped in the car and got on the road. Driving north of Seattle towards a state park called Deception Pass…
There’s a great bridge that you can walk across, supplying you with the opportunity to see some amazing views of the water, beach, and a horizon that goes on…
Once you cross the bridge there are stairs that go below the bridge so that you can cross to the other side, as well hike down closer to the water or even the beaches. This photo is a view from the path below the beach.
We crossed under the bridge and found a path down to North Beach, where I snapped this photo of some trees and the rocky walls. This was taken with my Olypmus Pen E-P2 and a Lensbaby Composer Pro with Sweet 35 optic.
Here’s a photo of my friends, Jenny and Matt, they’re tiny! But I really liked the texture and old world feel of this picnic area.
After some hiking and picture creating along the pass and the beach we hopped back in the car and back on the road, heading towards Coupeville and lunch. We ended up a pretty nice restaurant in the small town, with a view of the water, fresh seafood and great wine. We had a filling meal, walked about town a bit. Pretty soon we were ferry bound, from Whidbey Island to Mukilteo and then back home to Seattle.
It’s nice to just take a day, here and there, to go explore. It’s important! I encourage you to do something like this… often!
Here are a couple of portraits of my friends…
Matt
Jenny
Portraits taken with the Olympus Pen E-P2 with the Lensbaby Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic and edited with Lightroom 3 and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
What adventures do you enjoy?
