I think Jon and Phyllis have lived a charmed life filled with travel to more than 100 countries. Their master photography library contains roughly 150,000 images and they have boxes and boxes of slides and paper photographs that are slowly and lovingly being scanned. That is why they must have grimaced when asked for just a few of their favorite photographs with reflections. They have curated their collection and have sent along a few to share.
Downtown (Phoenix)
For several weeks Tom and Steve discussed riding the light rail to downtown and just 'exploring around'. There were lots of criteria to be met before buying that cheap ticket! The weather, the light, presence of clouds (not too much cover), traffic, etc. Finally, an instant "Let's go!"
More color than you might imagine in a downtown environment.
Or, black and white works.
If you don't have a tree to capture a starburst, just use a skyscraper!
Not everything is tall.
Hmmmmm . . . .
Explained.
The usual question. "What are you taking picture of?" Assumption is that there is not much to photograph in downtown Phoenix. "Anything that moves!" is Tom's usual response. The arms go in a flash and the smile comes along with the'movement'. Click!!
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This dog knows how to model. When the camera is pointed in your direction look at IT!
Steve captured.
When reflections become abstract.
Looking through the window of the light rail.
The guys agree. You could spend days photographing downtown Phoenix. There are long shots, wide shots and detail. There are reflections, color and ample opportunities to plan for a black and white. There are interesting people who don't mind being photographed (just ask). If you have not made a trip downtown with photography in mind, no worries, the guys left a lot of images for you!!
One Lake of Killarney
Ah, the lakes of Killarney. Great place to spend a late afternoon and then watch the sun go down. Well, sort of! The clouds moved in and cut off a spectacular colored sunset. However, the colors were barely missed by those of us high up on a ridge overlooking the lake below.
As we left our first site, Daragh (our photo leader), quickly pulled over. Just a small lake off a bigger lake begged to be photographed. There are so many of these opportunities around Killarney.
Another interpretation.
Yet another interpretation. Sharing this many to give you an idea of how many opportunities we are given to frame our shot.
Haha! This is where I discovered just how slippery all that wet green can be. This tree was up on a ledge. I was climbing up the slippery rocks and grass. Down I came, tripod, camera and my dignity. I was not hurt and neither was the camera. It was not going to be the last fall, however! I just got back up, scotched up more carefully, rested on my belly and took this one. Is that not just a most interesting tree? Many more like that around here.
Another interpretation. Tom did not fall and even managed to get in the church in the background.
We kept hoping for color. The clouds moved in more thickly and we were left with this stunning view! We did not feel sorry for ourselves.
After our shoot we returned to our hotel for a three course meal. We were treated to sharing the excitement in the pub of Ireland's win in a soccer match. WOW! These folks are boisterous when supporting their team. Up next we will have photos from our sunrise shoot after a very brief night of sleep.