the sidewalk outside Pitfire is closed to Pedestrians and the bright lights are up as they work on the new LAPD HQ (hey LA's finest needs indoor plumbing too!).
Night in the City.. City Hall and the new LAPD HQ as backdrop to construction.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Awake on Main Street
While taking a walk around the neighborhood this evening, the DWP was out & about getting started on the nightly work.
the sidewalk outside Pitfire is closed to Pedestrians and the bright lights are up as they work on the new LAPD HQ (hey LA's finest needs indoor plumbing too!).
Night in the City.. City Hall and the new LAPD HQ as backdrop to construction.
the sidewalk outside Pitfire is closed to Pedestrians and the bright lights are up as they work on the new LAPD HQ (hey LA's finest needs indoor plumbing too!).
Night in the City.. City Hall and the new LAPD HQ as backdrop to construction.
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Awesome pics, Meeko! The 2nd one is a work of art... if only it was not in front of my loft!
BTW- what camera do you use? Both you and Joe get such crisp, color-balanced photos.
LOL I'm sorry (ie: I feel badly for you) about all that construction. Hopefully it all works out for the LAPD being so Centralized like that.
As for the camera it's a Canon Powershot A570is (the "is" is for image stabilizer, although I seem to manage to muck it up despite that).
Not sure what camera Joe uses. His is pretty sleek though. Little pocket digital with nice black case. Yeah that helps a lot, I know (giggle).
Now I know your little photography secret- you help the "maestro" Ed Fuentes on his photo shoots. Some of his eye-for-composition must be rubbing off on you, because your pics always have a special "pop" to them, even if it's just a pic of a construction site.
Unfair advantage :-)
Oh my goodness no! The only thing I do is carry the equipment.. now if I happen to pick up a tip here or there..
Mine is a Fujifilm E900. It was top rated in Consumer Reports and I did a web search and found it for about $200 at Abe's Camera in NYC.
My secret is running my photos through Photoshop. I do a variety of things to the shots, depending on my whim or needs. About three-fourths of the time going to Enhance and using auto levels, auto contrast and auto color correction make a dramatic difference.
I almost always jack around the colors and contrast for more punch.
You're two shots here are great, Pamela!
Wait......I'm a former English teacher.
I mean, YOUR two shots here are great, Pamela!
By the way, Eric, Pamela took that photo of me in blue. Luckily I had shined my head just prior to her photo shoot!
LOL.. I too use Photoshop.. Photoshop Elements that is. I have a LONG LONG way to go before I'm even in the same neighborhood of composition and photo quality as Ed.
As for Joe, I love his fun and funky compositions and storytelling. You don't need a high end camera just a good eye... which Joe has. =)
Joe: thank you, btw!
Thanks for the tips Joe and Meeko- I use PaintShop Pro (Photoshop clone) mostly for resizing but I have to start playing around w/ the other options I guess.
Main problem is my auto-focus doesn't always focus right (I know to hold down shutter for a couple secs)- I guess many of my photos are through a window and it gets confused...
So Joe, what kind of polish do you use on the "chrome dome"? :-)
I think he said "baby oil" (except it burns..)
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