Wednesdays in Washington, DC

These are some shots I took at night (obviously) at the National World War II Memorial.  This is one of the more recently constructed memorials in Washington; it opened to the public on April 29, 2004.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - Music Video/ Movie within a Movie

This is one of the most unusual and original time lapses I've ever seen.  For some background information on this film, see this post on the PetaPixel website.  FYI - the time lapse doesn't really get started until about 55 seconds into the film.

Butler Baseball

I shot a Butler baseball earlier this week.  Here are a few images from that game:

You can see some additional photos of mine from this game on the Butler website.

Wednesdays in Washington, DC

Since I've gone with themed-posts on Mondays and Tuesdays, I thought I might as well extend them to Wednesdays too.

As I indicated in my 04-22-12 post, I was in Washington DC recently.  While I was there, I had the opportunity to get out and do some shooting.

These are a couple of photos of the White House from the Hay-Adams Hotel (whose slogan is "Where nothing is overlooked except the White House").  The first photo was shot near dusk and the second was shot after the sun had set.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - Hot & Cold

Here's a time lapse of Sunday's (May 20, 2012) solar eclipse.

Here's something a little "cooler" (pun intended), a time lapse of a blizzard in December of 2010.

Mondays at The Masters

As of today(May 21, 2012), Rory McIloroy is the #1 ranked golfer in the world.  This is a photo of Rory at The Masters being interviewed in the press area.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - ArcelorMittal Orbit Sculpture

Okay, this isn't the normal time lapse composed of multiple individual photos I usually post, but since it's Olympic-related, I decided to make an exception.

The time lapse shows the construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London.  The sculpture stands next to the Olympic Stadium and is the tallest sculpture in the UK.  Given the sculpture's unusual design, it isn't without some controversy.    

Mondays at The Masters

For the last couple of years, I've had the opportunity to attend The Masters golf tournament.  Last year I was there during actual tournament play.  During the actual tournament, no cameras are allowed.  This year I had the opportunity to be there during a practice round; that means I got to take pictures.  For the next few Mondays, I'll be sharing some of my photos from The Masters.

Here are couple shots of Arnold Palmer.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - NYC

Still Catching Up (with Butler)

Butler University announced today that it would be moving from the Horizon League to the Atlantic 10 Conference starting the 2013-14 school year.  I've really enjoyed having Butler in the Horizon League; all but two of the schools are within a three drive for me.  It will be interesting to see how the new conference works out.

Here are some photos from Butler's last basketball game of the year again the University of Pittsburgh in the College Basketball Invitational tournament.  Even though the game was on March 21, 2012, the weather was still warm enough for the fans to tailgate before the game.

A few action shots from the game:

Always have to have a dunk with the player facing away from the camera.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - Portland

This article has some background information on the video.

Goal!

In addition to basketball, I shoot other Butler sports when I have the opportunity.  A couple years back, I shot a Butler soccer game.  Before the game, I set up a remote camera behind the visitor's goal.  As luck would have it, Butler was awarded a penalty shot.  Here are a few of the shots that I was able to capture with that remote camera:

 The Butler player taking the penalty shot is framed between the goalie's legs.

The goalie decides to go left...

 ...but the shot goes to his right and...

                                                                GOAL!

A guy in New Zealand who has a soccer (football) blog called In the Back of the Net saw the photo above and asked if he could use it as the header and background photo for his website.  Since he was thoughtful enough to ask to use the photo rather than just taking it, I told him he was welcome to use it.  Be sure to check his website out; I think he put my photo to good use.

Keith Haring - Part 3

Here a few more pictures I took at the Keith Haring exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum:

I included a photo of this piece in my first Haring post.  This photo gives you a better perspective of the actual size of the piece.

If you're a Keith Haring fan, you might want to check out this Haring blog.

Keith Haring - Part 2

Here are a few shots showing some of the detail from the long mural I included in yesterday's post:

Hey, get out of the way, you're blocking my view!

Speaking of murals, check out this other cool Haring mural.

Keith Haring - Part 1

I was in NYC recently (surprise, surprise).  While I was there, I had the opportunity to see a Keith Haring exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.  The exhibit highlighted the early part of Haring's career (1978-1982).   Here are some shots I took at the exhibit:

Skywalking

Okay, here's a link to a story about a type of photography I will never do.  Be sure to check out the photo blog referenced in the article.  It contains so pretty cool photos from Russia.

Still Catching Up

I've still got a backlog of photos from when I was having computer issues.  Here are a few of the shots I took when I was in Philadelphia for Butler's College Basketball Invitational game against the University of Pennsylvania on March 19, 2012.  Butler won by the score of 63 - 53.

Butler played Penn at The Palestra.  Built in 1927, The Palestra is know as the "Cathedral of College Basketball."

While I was in Philly for the game, I also had the chance to visit the Liberty Bell for the very first time.  In the second picture above, you can also see Independence Hall.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - The Northern Lights

I'm going to try and post a great time lapse video every Tuesday.  Today's video features the northern lights.

Arlington National Cemetery - Part 2

Washington, DC was one of the NCCA basketball tournament sights for Butler last year.  While I was in DC for the games, I had the opportunity to visit Arlington National Cemetery.  Below are a few of my photos from that visit.

 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Photos from the memorial of the USS Maine.  The photo directly above shows the Maine's mast.

Photos of the memorials for the space shuttles Columbia and Challenger.