Roberto Clemente Bridge – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Friday Night on the North Side

Friday after he got home from work, Steve asked me to go to the Andy Warhol Museum, use our museum memberships. We always say we are going to go to one of the museums every month and although I went with the grandkids to the Carnegie Science Center twice recently and the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, he and I have not kept up with our plan. Four museums in one membership is a great deal but you have to utilize it! Tonight we were remembering going the night the Warhol opened in 1994. We had a beer and sat on the couch, a nice man offered to take our photo as he saw me struggle with a selfie attempt. We took a walk to the river after our visit.

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, Andy Warhol Museum, art, Carnegie Museum, museum, North Side, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Robert Clemente, Roberto Clemente Bridge, Willie Mays 8 Comments

Watching the River AND the Ball Game @ PNC Park

Drove back from Columbus to Pittsburgh with the youngest three grandchildren for a vacation at Grandma’s House.

We went downtown toPNC Park to see the Pirates game. It was Pittsburgh Public Schools Night.

Wasn’t sure how I’d manage with all three ( 5, 7 and almost 9) but it was fine. There was a mixture of fun and boredom for them.

A hot summer night. No rain. Saw a lot of students from school and the grandchildren seemed fascinated as the kids called my name.

Our seats had a great vantage point for the activity on the Allegheny River, too.

Gateway Clipper Ships Pass Under Roberto Clemente Bridge on the Allegheny River

Anticipating the release of the pitch Pirates lost to Cincinnati Reds 6-5

Entertaining the crowd

Always like to get a shot of the Cotton Candy Man

A lot of energy left at 10 PM. Home to Grandma’s House.

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, barge, Baseball, Gateway Clipper Ship, grandchildren, Pittsburgh Photography, pnc park pittsburgh, Roberto Clemente Bridge, skyline, sports, summer, travel, tugboat, vacation 9 Comments

Street Life 2

The Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life part two Found these in my old laptop. Different city streets-

From the archives

Garbage Men on Josephine St

High Street Columbus Ohio

Bus Stop Millvale

Pirates Sidewalk

Couch on Sidewalk NYC

Poetry in Bloomfield

New York City

Headed to Summer Pirates Game

Short North Beer Truck Columbus

Someone’s Wedding on Roberto Clemente Bridge

Pizza Men New York City

Taxis and Yellow Tables NYC

Waiting for the Bus East Liberty

April 2, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Baseball, city photography, Columbus Ohio, ice cream, New York City, photography, Pittsburgh PA, poetry, Roberto Clemente Bridge, street life, travel, wedding, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

Knit the Bridge and Three Boats

View from the Roberto Clemente Bridge( 6th Street)

Knit the Bridge on the Andy Warhol/Seventh Street Bridge. Night shot.

Photographed from the vantage point of the Roberto Clemente/Sixth Street Bridge on Fireworks night, A muddy Allegheny River reflecting the night light. I used the 70-200mm L series lens.

Just three more days of the installation so get down and walk across and back to experience the creativity of communities gathering together who nit and crochet the colorful panels now stretching across the span.

September 3, 2013September 7, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, Andy Warhol Bridge, boats, city photography, city scene, crocheting, Knit the Bridge, knitting, night photography, Pittsburgh PA, Roberto Clemente Bridge, Yarn bombing 21 Comments

Waiting for Barges on the Allegheny River Late in the Day

Standing on the Roberto Clemente Bridge from Sixth Street. Saturday night.

June 11, 2013June 11, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, barge, bridge, city, coal, energy, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Roberto Clemente Bridge, transportation, travel, tugboat, water 11 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above

There’ve been a lot of directions in the challenges.

Up, down. Round. Forward. No inside out. Yet

this week it’s FROM ABOVE.

I stand over garbage, see a lone glove on the road-

take a shot. A single baby shoe in the gutter.

Weddings from a church balcony, the mezzanine.

Not often, though. Directly above is rare, more likely above from an angled side.

Have they done sideways? I like that movie.

Here’s my From Above Gallery, though not celestial.

Laura and James at Marjorie and Dan’s Wedding Reception. Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.

Seventh (Andy Warhol) and Ninth Street Bridges taken from the Renaissance Hotel.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shadows at the entrance of school

John and Angie’s Wedding

Franklin Park Conservatory Columbus OH

Anna, Baby Jack and Michael March 2007

Roberto Clemente Bridge and PNC Park from the Renaissance Hotel

Last Year’s Rose

French Fries on Carson Street

Porsche Engine

Batteries from a week in digital photo class.

Dunkin Donut apron in the school parking lot.

May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: architecture, bridges, Carnegie Music Hall, food, Franklin Park Conservatory, grandchildren, Metropolitan Museum of Art, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Porsche, postaday, Roberto Clemente Bridge, rose, shadow, travel, wedding, Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above 35 Comments

Roberto Clemente Bridge at Night

Roberto Clemente Bridge from a different angle. High up! What a view.

Photographed from the lovely Renaissance Hotel’s fourteenth floor – my fellow blogger’s room. The Allegheny River looked pretty chilly.

If you follow me you know how I enjoy working on my night photography. Love all the lights’ reflections, especially in the water. Too bad it wasn’t baseball season as we could have watched the game from her room!

I was telling Kathryn about how the bridge is closed when there are Pirates Games and you can walk across to PNC Park. Thanks for inviting me up to see the city at night. What fun. I think I need to book a corner room with a river view and just take photographs at different times of day.

January 17, 2013January 17, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, architecture, blogging community, bridge, city at night, night photography, photography, Pittsburgh PA, PNC Park, Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh, Roberto Clemente Bridge, travel 13 Comments

What Mark Did With My Camera When I Went to the Concession Stand

Mark, will you hold my camera while I take Maura to the concession stand?

Scroll down and see the Stop Action Video, These are all stills I put into iMovie to make a stop action clip with all the photos Mark shot while he held my camera.

We were disappointed that Mark’s HS friend and daughter and his parents couldn’t make it. A flight cancellation due to thunderstorms in NYC put the squash on the long awaited weekend plan.

It was a hot afternoon

Mark holding Maura and Anna on the Roberto Clemente Bridge approach. Maura had just been awakened in the car when we arrived at the park. I had fun buying team regalia for the family in the Strip District the day before they came to town.

Willie Stargell Statue — Mark photographed me with my granddaughters by Willie Stargell statue

Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers.

Headed for the car in the garage.

June 25, 2012June 24, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: Baseball, family, guest blog, photography, Pierogies Race, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, PNC Park, Roberto Clemente Bridge, sculpture, sports, stop action video, summer afternoon, travel, Willie Stargell statue 9 Comments

Night Game- Pirates 5 – Mets 4 – PNC Park – Pittsburgh PA

It was a beautiful night, capturing the sunlight as the sun went down. And it ended up being an exciting game with a win by the Pirates. A few fireworks. Perfect weather. They close the Roberto Clemente Bridge for pedestrians to walk across to the Park. Reggie Howze is the saxophonist standing on the bridge.

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May 22, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Allegheny River, available light, Baseball, Canon 5D, city at night, night game, NY Mets, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Reggie Howze, Roberto Clemente Bridge, skyline, slideshow, sports, street musician, travel 14 Comments

Find the Bicyclist’s Headlight – North Shore Riverwalk

Bicyclist Headlight — Riverwalk at Riverfront Park, North Shore, Allegheny River

Along the Allegheny River, across from downtown. Riverfront Park. I was on a field trip with a photography class I signed up for through Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. Next week we’re going to a greenhouse to photograph orchids. The other class members are people I have taken classes with before so that is fun! Wednesday night was Light Up the Night Walk for Lymphoma and Leukemia. One walker said they raised $700,000 dollars if I heard him correctly. The walkers had red balloons with flashing lights inside which I tired to photograph but didn’t really work out. I’ve shot this skyline angle before. But then the moment happens and the bicyclist drives by into the frame and because the shutter was open for 30 seconds you can see the trail of light. I think it adds interest to the scene. There were lots of people readying the area for the Tom Cruise movie they are shooting, putting tape down on the cement walk to mark the actor’s places. Turning an office building into a hotel. There were benches and additions to the walk- a kiosk and a rental shed.

October 6, 2011October 5, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: bicycle, Bicycles at night, bridges, night photography, North Shore, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday2011, Riverfront Park, Roberto Clemente Bridge 14 Comments

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