berries, Autumn

 

Shot a couple years ago in Loose Park, on a walk.

complimentary

Walking on the Plaza at the beginning of May, I saw this tree after a rather soft, Spring rain.  Between the different shades of red and the greens and then the late day sun shining on it at a fairly straight angle, from the West, I liked how it looked.   

Spring rain

I shot this last month, on a Thursday evening on Cinco de Mayo after a Spring rain.   I learned shooting rain on flowers and leaves, especially in Spring, can make for great shots.  I think so, anyway.  This was on the Plaza.  I love these trees.

structure

Shot in Westport last month.  I like dissecting a frame sometimes, like this with, say, a building and the sky or whatever.

New York Life

For those of us here in Kansas City, we know this as the very old New York Life building.  I don't care who owns it, that's how I'm going to refer to it.  I put up a shot of this a couple weeks ago.  This is from that same shoot.  I was trying to go for a different angle but also trying to come up with something that showed it's strength, structure and detail.  I think I got it.

Shock*Top

There are some things that are so easy to shoot that first, they're a pleasure and second, it's almost like stealing.  Some of those are, in my  mind, sunrises, sunsets, some architecture, lots of things from nature and this, neon, but there you are.  They're still fun and somebody had to think of it.  In this case, of course, it's me so here you go.

early Spring on the farm

Shot just South of Smithville Lake on the way to work at the end of March.

accidental brilliance

Okay, I have to 'fess up on this one.  I was trying to shoot this car going by that had 2 children in the back seats who were each watching televisions mom and dad had supplied in order to keep the kids quiet on what must have been a long trip.  The idea disgusted me, frankly, and I thought I might blog about it.  Instead, I got this shot and I have to say, just for the color alone, I like how it turned out.  I can't claim I knew what I was creating, of course, but still, it was this artist's result so here you go.  

last light II

Winter sunset: red on blue

The Kansas City Public Library building on the Plaza at the end of last winter, March.

last light

This is Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church on Main Street, just down from Il Centro and eggtc. restaurants.  I shot it last month--a few weeks ago.

Livin' in the city

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sunset facade

Once again, shot last month in Atlanta, in midtown.

Child with house

The Roy Lichtenstein house sculpture, from the garden at the High Museum in Atlanta, Ga., shot last month.

Lichtenstein at the High

The Roy Lichtenstein house sculpture, from the garden at the High Museum in Atlanta, Ga.

Lichtenstein at the High II

The Roy Lichtenstein house sculpture, from the garden at the High Museum in Atlanta, Ga., shot last month.

H Strong III

Plaza sunset

Okay, I always used to just want to put up the photography only--no descriptions--so the photos would speak for themselves.  I've changed my mind.  I think a little background sometimes, if not all the time, might be helpful for viewers.  Anyway, this was shot in the first week of March, at sunset, down just off our Country Club Plaza, at the library building.
Funny thing was, I was shooting this because I liked the sunlight on the building against the sky when all of a sudden a security guard came out and said I couldn't do that.  Crazy.  "Okay, whatever."

Lichtenstein at the High

This is a shot of the High Art Museum's garden in Atlanta between buildings, which is also the space they put their Roy Lichtenstein piece.  I thought it made a good shot and the piece itself is a lot of fun.  I'll post more in days to come.

floating red