Demolition

It was 4:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I thought to myself, "I really don't want to get out of bed. I won't go." And wound up laying there for a few more minutes before the next thought came. "How many times do you get to see the controlled demolition of a building? Live?" The city of Louisville was demolishing the old Riverview Plaza building to make way for the new basketball arena. The building was located at the northwest corner of 2nd and Main and I set up on the top of the parking garage at the southeast corner of 1st and Main... just over a block away. I'm so glad I went. Yeah, I had to get up early on a Saturday morning. And yeah it was crowded on the top of the parking garage. But it was so very worth it. I'm also proud of this shoot because it was the first time I'd ever shot completely manually. Focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO... all of it. And I only got one shot at it. You can't call "do over" when it comes to demolishing a building.

Concours d'Elegance Part 2

When men were men, women were women... and cars curved like women.

2008 Bluegrass Balloon Festival and Balloon Glow

Balloon glows are fun, but mainly I was looking for something challenging to shoot. Trying to set up for shooting the lighted balloons in the dark of night is a challenge to say the least. Tinkering with ISO settings will yield pics that are totally underexposed to pics that look like there's still another hour or two till sunset. It's an interesting and challenging thing to shoot. Not to mention the fireworks. I can't wait to shoot next year's Thunder Over Louisville.

Natural Bridge State Park - June '08

I took a trip down to Natural Bridge State Park earlier this summer. I hadn't been there in probably 15-20 years. It was a beautiful day for hiking and the scenery is just as I remembered it... except that the bridge itself didn't seem as high as I remembered it. I guess that's a matter of perspective. Everything seems big when you're a little kid. I'll be making another trip in the next couple of weeks so that I can take some more pictures of the fall foliage.

Concours d'Elegance Part 1

On Sunday, Oct 5th, Louisville held it's inaugural Concours d'Elegance. For those of you not familiar with car competitions, a Concours d'Elegance (or "competition of elegance") brings together some of the best examples of automotive history. There were immaculately restored and maintained cars and motorcycles dating from the late 1800s all the way through 2008. I ended up spending over 4 hours at the concours and shot over 450 pics. I'll be adding more concours posts as I continue going through and editing the pics.