On New Year’s Eve day my nephew, Matt (a new Olympus shooter) turned me on to a place he had visited several times that includes some amazing artistic graffiti. It is an abandoned warehouse that skateboarders frequent. Here are a few shots from the day.
I have done some work in the past for WLVT PBS 39. A few weeks ago they asked me if I could assist them by creating a new backdrop, which will be used, when they interview local and regional politicians. We discussed various options and decided on downtown Allentown, PA. Particularly, with all of the new activity and construction taking place, it seemed to make sense. The following final three images are what they selected. It was fun to see the image show up as a backdrop on MSNBC the other day.
Tuesday evening, a couple of Olympus shooters (Mike Boening & Victoria Diaz) invited me to join them for another Philly shoot. However, in comparison to the shoot a few weeks ago, this one took place well after sunset. Of course we picked a time where the temperatures approached the teens again. Not withstanding the temperature, we had a great time and got some fun shots. My images were taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and in most cases I used “Live Composite” or “Live View” modes. You will notice in the one image looking down the river, there were helicopters circling behind the Cira Center. This was a 20+ minute exposure and made for some interesting light effects.
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