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Jul

World War II Weekend – The Americans (post 2 of 4)

Last month, The Reading Airport hosted the 24th annual World War II Weekend. It was presented by the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum of Reading, PA. There were all types of WWII aircraft, vehicles, military personnel and reenactments throughout the weekend. There had to be several thousand attendees. This, of course, creates all types of challenges as a photographer. However, I think I was able to do a reasonably decent job of keeping the spectators out of the images. I decided I would break this post into four series [The Aircraft, The Americans (one & two) and Behind Enemy Lines]. Enjoy!

Jul

World War II Weekend – The Aircraft (post 1 of 4)

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Jul

4th of July Rain Hike

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Flora, Flowers, Landscape, Lehigh Parkway, Olympus, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Summer, TG-850

I debated with my self this morning. It was raining – stay inside or brave the elements. I made the decision to grab the Olympus TG-850 and head outside. I wasn’t disapointed.

Jul

Jazz Cabaret – Go Trio with Gene Perla featuring Viktorija Gecyte

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Allentown Symphony Hall, Gene Perla, Go Trio, Jazz, jazz cabaret, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, OM-D EM-5, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Symphony Hall, Viktorija Gecyte

May’s Jazz Cabaret at Miller Symphony was another great evening! Paris based vocalist Viktorija Gecyte graced the audience with her alluring themes,accompanied by Go Trio with Gene Perla. Other band members included Sean Gough on piano, Gene Perla on bass, Colby Inszer on drums and special guest trumpeter Joe Magnarelli. The band kept the audience entertained for the entire performance.

Jun

Peace Valley Park 2014

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Bucks County, Flora, Landscape, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, PA, Peace Valley, Peace Valley Park, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Summer

Yesterday morning I made the trek down to Peace Valley Park in Bucks County, PA. It is clearly one of my favorite places to shoot. The day and the wether were perfect!

Jun

Red Mill

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Clinton, Landscape, Mill, New Jersey, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Red Mill, spring, TG-850

A couple of weeks ago I photographed the Red Mill in Clinton, NJ. I have seen many images from here, but I never checked it out myself. I now know why this is such a popular spot. The first image is a more conventional shot of the mill that I shot with my OM-D E-M1 with the 7-14mm lens. The second one, however, was shot from the other side of the river with the waterproof TG-850. The reason I mention this is because I made this shot with the camera being about 50% under water. I was able to do this because of the 180 degree flip LCD screen. To the best of my knowledge, this is the only underwater camera with a flip screen.

May

Black Hill Regional Park

By Frank T. Smith 3 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Black Hill, Black Hill Regional Park, Landscape, Maryland, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, Photo, Photograph, Photography, spring

On Saturday I was in Maryland and made a trip to the Black Hill Regional Park outside of Germantown. The weather was very thretening most of the time. However, there were a few times the sun peaked through the thick cloud cover. The wait was worth it!

May

Bill Goodwin Quartet

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Allentown Symphony Hall, Bill Goodwin, Jazz, jazz cabaret, Miller Symphony Hall, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Symphony Hall

A few weeks back I had the privilege of photographing Bill Goodwin, a professional drummer with an extended list of past performances and bands. Goodwin played with his quartet at Miller Symphony Hall- Jazz Cabaret. The quartet performed selections from Goodwin’s new CD “Raise Four”. The evening was great fun and always enjoyable in the “best listening room in the Lehigh Valley”- 3rd floor Jazz Cabaret. For future Jazz Cabaret Series schedule and tickets, Click Here .

Apr

Spring has Sprung

By Frank T. Smith 1 Comment

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Flora, Landscape, Lehigh Parkway, Olympus, OM-D E-M10, Photo, Photograph, Photography, spring

Yesterday I took my usual Saturday morning hike down in the Lehigh Parkway and was greeted with the first dose of spring. Finally! I also had the opportunity to enjoy my new Olympus OM-D E-M10 with the ultra compact electric wide zoom M.Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lens. I can tell you this mini combo is quite the powerhouse. It was as easy to use as it was to carry.

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.