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Light Up Night 2011 Pittsburgh PA

On the way home from school I wound around and up Sycamore Street to Mount Washington. Parked and pulled out the sweater and blazer in the back of the car and layered as best I could. No tripod, no cable remote. Took this with the Self-Timer and propped the camera on an iron fence on the Duquesne Incline platform. Watched the sky grow dark. Met people from Dallas, Las Vegas, a couple of Pitt students and New York City and photographed them with the light up night behind them. An Art Institute Special Effects major was shooting a time lapse exposure and we chatted. Did I mention it was in the low thirties? With a wind chill factor that made it seem really chilly.

A week ago we were in the Columbus Athletic Club bowling and preparing for the wedding celebration. Didn’t feel like driving right home after school and had stayed late to get ready for next week. An art room always needs attention.

My blog header is Light Up Night 2010 shot from the Monongahela Incline.

November 19, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: 24-70mm lens, Canon 5D, city, Duquesne Incline, Incline, Light Up Night, night photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011 22 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fall

Tenth Street Bridge in Fall light on Monday morning on the way to school. You can see the Liberty Bridge behind the Tenth Street Bridge. Bridges and their construction fascinate me. This morning shot from the Birmingham Bridge (I pulled over and stopped with the flashers in the bike lane and there was almost no traffic) But the reflection in the Monongahela River is what made me stop. The river mirror-like this morning, so still. October is my favorite month to shoot and I am going to make a point of leaving for work earlier so I can catch the Autumn Dawn. How great it would have been if the trees had changed colors already but they are just beginning. And V I think I see Prospect Middle School up there on the left top of Mt. Washington (33 years of fortunate students) !!! Oh my.

September 27, 2011September 27, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: 24-70 mm lens, Canon 5D, Liberty Bridge, light in the city, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday2011, Tenth Street Bridge, weekly photo challenge: fall 16 Comments

What I Saw Out the Window at School

The cropped version and the original. You get a better feel for the place in the second, original, full size.

WILD turkeys but they seem fairly domesticated and brave ( or not too bright?). There are a lot of them in the area (remember my first day of school post with the family of turkeys on the sidewalk.)

Urban turkeys.

September 9, 2011September 8, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the CityTags: 24-70mm lens, animals in the city, bird watching, Canon 5D, digital photography, fowl, photography, postaday2011, school, turkey, wild turkeys 11 Comments

Two and a Half Year Old Photography Assistant

This would not be a funny picture if granddaughter Maura had knocked it over. I was shooting her grandfather’s family reunion last Saturday. Caught her with my phone camera.

July 7, 2011July 13, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Family, PhotographyTags: 70-200mm lens, Canon 5D, family, photography, postaday2011 10 Comments

Working at Jim’s Steaks Philly

From the archives. People at work series- graciously allowed me to photograph as we ordered drinks to go with our cheesesteaks.

I like the backlight of the glass door fridge, her quizzical expression, patiently waiting for our order. Tourists!

I am sorry I didn’t get her name but perhaps someone will know and comment.

In the city of brotherly love last summer for a wedding and it was late Saturday night, a line around the block to get into Jim’s Steaks. Steve and I waited. It was well worth the wait And just last week, Mark said to me that it’s all in the bread. Hmmmm. Good thing we live across the state in Pittsburgh!!!

June 20, 2011 by Ruth Categories: From the Archives, Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Canon 5D, food, Jim's Steaks, people at work, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cheesesteaks, photography, postaday2011 3 Comments

What I Learned in Photoshop Class

Phil Borges Effect — After coffee last October 30th in Columbus OH.

Eight weeks goes by fast. Three hours a week. Jill Wiggins was our wonderful and patient teacher at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild on the North Side. She really explains everything. Multiple times!. The project I presented that I thought came out the best was the greeting card of Laura and James just a few days after their engagement in Columbus OH. I desaturated the whole picture and then added a mask layer and then used a brush tool to recolor just their faces in the style of the Social Documentary Photographer Phil Borges effect (he is a master). And when I pulled into the garage I held it up in the ambient light and took a photo of the greeting card I printed from the file. Jill is a great teacher and creates these handouts with the “recipes” all broken down so you can do them later without missing a step. I love shooting the photos but don’t enjoy the tedium of computer time and being EXACT. As classmate and fellow photographer Andy says, “Photoshop is NOT intuitive.” which helped me a lot to understand why it is tricky for me.

Outcome

I liked the photo just fine the way it was.
The autumn trees in the background.
The subjects two of my favorites in the world.
With determination and time I followed the
directions to the letter. Not easy for me.

March 25, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: Canon 5D, Columbus OH, engagement, Phil Borges Effect, photography, photoshop, postaday2011 6 Comments

Super Moon Over Pittsburgh

No Cow Jumping Over

What a moon! Big and bright.

Illuminate limitations of photography.

Capture an enormous sky, city light, moonlight.

Being there and looking at a photo later/

what I experienced earlier are so different.

Just hard to capture huge super moon tonight.

But lots of fun trying.

Steve went with me to Mt. Washington and what a crowd of photographers set up with their fancy equipment and tripods when we arrived. I have a nice camera but I can’t imagine what some of that equipment cost!

I wish I had asked Keith or Andy some tips on how to shoot the city light and super moon light simultaneously and get a good effect. I thought it was hard. And that Spring weather was 40ish but felt like a freeze with the wind from the river. I shot primarily with the 70-200mm lens. Wished I knew more about how to get the city and moon at the same time but there wasn’t anything you could do about the positioning of the moon in relation to the buildings. Duh. Oh it was so bright!

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March 20, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Canon 50D, Canon 5D, night photography, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011, super moon 10 Comments

Mississippi Spillover and a Rowboat

Still a few views from the Quad Cities weekend.

Bettendorf Iowa — Sunday morning. A perfect fall day. The sun shone right on the red rowboat. No oars in sight.

October 14, 2010October 13, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, PlacesTags: 24-70 lens, autumn scene, Bettendorf, boat, Canon 5D, Iowa, Mississippi River, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, river, rowboat 4 Comments

Constellation Captured in Okanogan

Aperture: ƒ/2.8
Shutter Speed: 79.0s
Image Date: 8/9/10 2:00:00
no tripod, no cable release, propped on a chair with my finger holding the shutter in bulb setting, releasing as motionlessly as possible

August 10, 2010August 13, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, Places, ThingsTags: available light, Big Dipper, Canon 5D, constellation, night light, night photography, Okanogan WA, photoblog, photography, rooftop, stars, summer, vacation 10 Comments

Full Moon Over Newlyweds at Quicksilver

Midway PA out near Canonsburg. Every wedding has a feeling to it and this one Friday night was relaxed and sweet. What a nice couple. We went out onto the golf course and checked the time, it was 10:10. Moonlight, the light from the clubhouse and indirect flash. Megan and Gregg, the happy newlyweds. *Blogged with permission from a gracious bride!) [24-70 L series Canon lens, 1″ at 2.8 aperture. Canon 5D]

High school sweethearts enjoy their wedding day — It was a happy wedding. Thought we'd try to capture the full moon.

June 26, 2010June 26, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, Wedding PhotographyTags: Canon 5D, full moon, light at ngiht, Midway PA, newlyweds, photography, Quicksilver Golf Club, wedding 6 Comments

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