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Nov

One World Trade Center

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Dramatic, Dramatic Tone, Fog, Freedom Tower, Manhattan, New York, NY, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, One World Trade Center, Photo, Photograph, Photography

As I noted in the previous post, I was in New York a few weeks ago for the Olympus Visionary Summit. In addition to the Brooklyn & Manhattan bridges, we also shot the One World Trade Center building (aka The Freedom Tower) the next day. Again, we had a lot of fog to deal with. Here are a few of the shots of the exterior of the building. All of the images were taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk II. I used a combination of the Pro series lenses, including the 7-14mm f2.8, 12-40mm f2.8 and the 40-150mm f2.8. Many of the shots were straight out of the camera with the built-in “Dramatic Tone” filter (one of my favorites).

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Sep

Yale University

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Dramatic, Historic, Milford Photo, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, Photo, Photo Walk, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, SOOC, University, Vintage, Yale, Yale University

Last weekend I led a photo-walk for Milford Photo sponsored by Olympus at Yale University. We had a great turnout and great weather. I have never been to this location and I’m already looking forward to going back. During the photo-walk, I thought I would concentrate on various graphic elements of the buildings and work with the built in black & white filter “Dramatic Tone”. Most of these images are SOOC (straight out of the camera) with some minor lens perspective correction.

Apr

Grand Central Terminal

By Frank T. Smith 8 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Grand Central Station, Grand Central Terminal, MTA, New York, NY, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, Photo, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, spring, Station, Terminal, Train, Unique Photo, Vintage, Workshop

On behalf of Olympus & Unique Photo, I was privileged to do a presentation this past Friday evening at Unique’s store in Fairfield, NJ on the Grand Central Terminal and lead the photo tour, with an MTA guide, at the terminal on Saturday. This was an amazing experience. We were granted access to ares in the terminal I didn’t even know existed. At one point we were at the highest area in the structure that still allowed a view of the inside of the complex. There were many other vantage points that were amazing beyond belief. I had photographed here in June of 2012 (check out my earlier post from that event).

Rumor has it, that there will be another opportunity on May 30th to do this again. Keep an eye out on Unique Photo’s web site. This one sold out in 24 hours.

Apr

Biltmore Estate

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Asheville, Biltmore, Biltmore Estate, Estate, George Washington Vanderbilt, Landscape, NC, North Carolina, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, Photo, Photograph, Photography, spring, Vintage

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to be traveling close to Asheville, NC. So I took the opportunity to visit an amazing place, The Biltmore Estate. The main house and primary attraction was built between 1889 & 1895 by George Washington Vanderbilt. Back in the day it was the largest house in the USA at 178,926 square feet. As a photographer, the only disappointment was, they don’t allow any photography inside. But, there are plenty of images to be had outside and around the many grounds and gardens.

Mar

The Roxy

By Frank T. Smith 8 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: architecture, Northampton, Olympus, OM-D EM-5, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Roxy, Theatre, Vintage

The Roxy in Northampton, PA was a place I would periodically travel to in my younger days. It has always captivated me based on its architecture and, of course, the various concerts & movies I saw there. The Roxy opened as the Lyric in 1921 and fortunately they have continued to maintain it over the many years. My attempt was to capture the theatre with some daylight along with the “blue hour”.

Jul

Grand Central Station

By Frank T. Smith 7 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Grand Central Station, Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY, Olympus, OM-D EM-5, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Railroad

Last month I photographed in the iconic Grand Central Terminal (aka Grand Central Station) in New York. I spent about 5 hours here and could have easialy spent another 5+ hours. This location screams for a fisheye lens. And as you can see, most of my images where produced with one.

A special thank you to Denise Ippolito who made all the arrangements for the day. Including a special tripod permit. A must for long exposures and any HDR work.