city skyline – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Grid Gallery

Grid gallery. From the archives. Once you start looking, it’s surprising to see how many grids present themselves. Seems I lean to shooting through chain link fencing.

City through a chain link fence. Arlington Ball Field.

Felix de la Concha Cathedral of Learning Paintings University of Pittsburgh Alumni Hall

Man on cell phone with statue at MOMA NYC

Andy Warhol Museum from the AGH Parking Lot

looking to Murray Avenue from the Suzanne, Linda and Pat’s Art Show

From my sister’s apartment window. You can see Freedom Tower under construction.

Steelers Garage in Arlington neighborhood.

Urban Madonna Bloomfield neighborhood

Grandchildren at The Wilds in Ohio
Dear Murphy in the snow

Snowstorm Softens Skyline Edges in 2015 and in 2010

Self-assignment: Return to the same place and take another photograph.

Did you ever see two photographs where you are to spot the differences?

Photographed February 2015

Photographed December 2010 Where the Rivers Meet (note the Christmas Tree at the Point)

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 by Ruth Categories: architecture, Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, architecture, bridges, city scene, city skyline, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, skyline, Snowstorm, Three Rivers, winter 14 Comments

Winter City

Just the tips of the top of the PPG building, reminded me of a sandcastle at the beach.

And up over the hill, the rest of the skyline.

You can see the barge lane in the middle of the icy Monongahela River. Don’t let the blue sky fool you, it was really cold.

A panorama taken with the Sony Mirrorless camera. First time I used this feature.

This was actually the first shot Monday afternoon as I pulled out of the school lot.

First time the sun had shown itself in awhile.

February 24, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: architecture, barge, barge lane, city skyline, Monongahela River, Mt. Washington, panorama, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, school, snow, weather, winter 6 Comments

Pure Pittsburgh Skyline 1993- Before All the Signs- Thanks to Groundhog Day Movie Capture

Tonight was the annual viewing of the Harold Ramis’ classic Groundhog Day movie. If you follow the blog, you know how much my family enjoys this holiday. (No gifts required)

I noticed in the opening credits how different the 1993 skyline looks.

The updated version will have to be another post. And I’ll need a helicopter ride to capture the same angle.

A screen shot of my computer screen shows the old skyline as it appeared before all the advertisements.

Just two years ago there was an article written by Bob Bauder about this issue- Skyline-defiling signs targeted by council chief. “Harris said the signs, including company names and logos, clutter the city skyline and detract from its aesthetic splendor.”

And author Charles Rosenblum’s blog post Under a Bad Sign– Pittsburgh Architectual Club weighs in on the issue.

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: advertising, architecture, Bob Bauder, city, city scene, city skyline, corporate, design, downtown, Groundhog Day Movie, logos, Pittsburgh Archtectural Club, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh skyline 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Converge

Converge.

Ben Huberman’s challenge of the week. He says, “Photos are visual spaces where shapes and lines, objects, and people come together.”

And what classic photo from my Pittsburgh archives could I choose, except where the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River converge to create the great Ohio River? Three Rivers!

Anna and Lala converge at james’ parents’ farm

Ocean and sand converge at sunrise. St. George Island, Florida

Double Yellow Lines converge at Little Italy Days in Bloomfield.

Railroad tracks appear to converge even though we know they are parallel. Ohio.

Perhaps this one is for MERGE where the traffic attempts to converge

Geometric lines of light, Market Square. CONGREGATION kinetic interactive video art installation

The Beatles song Come Together comes to mind

November 29, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, Ben Huberman, city skyline, converge, Florida, Little Italy Days, music, ocean, ohio, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, rivers, the Beatles, travel, water, weekly photo challenge, wordpress 12 Comments

Mazeroski in Moonlight, After the Prom

Pittsburgh Carrick 2013 Senior Prom was held at the Lexus Club at PNC Park tonight.

I went and took pictures of the kids and it was a great evening. My friend Steve picked me up and then had to turn the car around to be in the homeward direction.

This is what we saw at the circle by the Bill Mazeroski statue-

I got out into the chilly air and took a few shots. The clouds kept drifting over the moon, making the clouds luminous.

p.s.

In case you don’t know about the Greatest Home Run Ever Here’s the youtube video of Bill Mazeroski running to home in the 1960 World Series

May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh PhotosTags: 1960 World Series, Baseball, Bill Mazeroski, city skyline, home run, moonlight, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, postaday 7 Comments

Last Sliver of Sun

Before I drove up the mountain, I went to one of my favorite spots on West Carson Street. This is what made me decide to head up to Mt. Washington to catch the incline in the snow as the sun set.