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Carrytown walk in the City

August 23, 2015 — Leave a comment

I run a street photography group where we go out every once in awhile we go somewhere to shoot what we see. Carytown is a part of Richmond where there is shops and restaurants. Friday night it can get lively and that is when we went an hour before the sun set. Was a great time and I had a film and digital camera with me. I took a lot but some didn’t come out as it was also a time out with the girl. I had black and white film and so I shot in black in white with my digital to stay consistent.

Next four pictures were shot on a Konica Hexar with Fuji Acros 100 at 30mm.

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Nice couple we met that owned a Pizza place else where in the city, I need to stop by there…33560023 33560029 These guys posed after they had some Mellow Mushroom which is a pizza joint on Cary Street…033560030The rest of the images were taken with Fuji X-Pro1 with the 35mm lens, please no sitting…no siting The World of Mirth is a wonderful toy gag store in Carytown. They have interesting things and fun this in there and you can try on about 25 different weird/funny hats…puffy These guys were making some Gyro’s and noticed us taken some pictures into there restaurantmaking some food DSCF9992Across the street is The Daily which is been pretty popular every time I go by when it’s opened!DSCF9994

Thanks for looking today.

Girlfriend and Blossoms

May 30, 2015

I am pretty certain that I took a lot of pictures of the cherry blossoms this year. They were great and the weather was nice to view them. I took my girlfriend down to the paddle boat pond that is in Byrd park. Paddle boats were still put up probably from winter. Nice cloudy day. I used my Bessa R4M with Ilford FP5 film using the 50mm.

There is my sweet girlfriend enjoying our walk.

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The blossoms are lined all the way around this pond. It is pretty nice and should walk around a lot more.

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You can always go out there and feed the ducks and geese.

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Cheers

Richmond by Night

May 16, 2015

A month or so I had participated with my local club a walk at night to do some long exposure to capture our city. Richmond is a great city and has a lot of opportunities to take picures. This is the first time I really went downtown after dark to take photographs.

I used my Canon 60D with the 17-55mm f2.8 lens

The Main Street Station is a great piece of architecture and sites at the bottom of the city. The station was built in 1901 and still has trains pass through it all the time including Amtrack where you can get a ride. The road up to the left is Interstate 95 that was built pretty close to the station.

People also call it the clock tower but there is the main entrance to the station which is pretty nice inside. You can have your event inside and it is used quite a bit.

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Standing on the James Monroe Building we had a great angle of Interstate 95 and Main Street Station. The James Monroe building is the tallest building in the city and built in 1981. Stayed the tallest building in the state till 2007.

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We then checked out the state capitol which holds the oldest  legislative body in the western hemisphere when Virgina General Assembly was established in 1619, pretty interesting. It was completed in 1788 and is currently 227 years old.

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There was no one around except a few guards walking the grounds that night. Was a great night, little overcast.

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The fountains were nice to see and looked great when you long exposed them.

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Thanks for looking.

Snow in the Woods

May 11, 2015

There was quite a bit of snow this winter in the North East this year. We got some and I enjoyed it each time…if it got me out of some work. I took a walk in the woods in a near by park that was deserted as the snow was starting to come down. Everyone was busy getting their milk and bread at the store.

Taken on a Nikon FM2 with Ilford FP4 using a Nikor 50mm 1.4

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