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American Muscle – Orlando, FL
I love muscle cars. I don’t know a thing about them, couldn’t fix and engine if my life depended on it and have never owned one – but I love them. I take pictures of them every chance I get. All that shiny chrome under the hood. It screams power and freedom to me (well that and bad gas mileage).
This was a handheld HDR shot taken a while back at Downtown Disney. HDR and chrome are an interesting mix. On one hand HDR picks up all the shiny shiny…on the other hand it can look a bit fLat and blah. I always have to play with it a bit to get the right level of light to really show it off. Plus if you tone map it too much, it just looks dirty – not good.
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The Wyndham – Cleveland, OH
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Also tagged Cleveland, cleveland oh, euclid Ave, HDR, Nik Color Efex 4, playhouse square, wyndham hotel
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United Bank Building – Cleveland, OH
Built in 1925, the 9 story United Bank Building stands now as a reminder of Cleveland’s heyday. Designed by the architecture firm Walker and Weeks (who also designed Severance Hall, Cleveland Municipal Stadium and The Public Auditorium among other buildings) the building was resplendent with marble columns, arched windows, bronze light fixtures all ornamented with gold.
Sadly however, the stock market crashed just a few years later and the bank did not survive the Great Depression. It merged with Central National Bank a month after the crash.
Today the building houses Penzey’s Spices and Crop Bar and Bistro. Both are worth visiting in their own right, but even more so to view the inside of a truly amazing structure.
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Also tagged bank, Cleveland, cleveland ohion, crop restaurant, HDR, penzeys spice, united bank building, west 25th street, west side market
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The Day After St. Patricks Day – Cleveland, OH
400,000 crazy party goers tend to leave a bit of a mess.
The building in the background is the AT&T Huron Road building, formerly the Ohio Bell Building. It is an art deco style structure – once of very few in downtown Cleveland. Built in 1925, the building is 24 stories high. It was briefly the tallest building in the city, but the Terminal Tower dwarfed it a few years later.
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Also tagged art deco, AT&T Huron Rd Building, Cleveland, downtown Cleveland, HDR, Modern American Perpendicular Gothic, Nik Color Efex 4
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Crossing the Street – Toronto, ON
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Macdonald Stewart Art Center – Guelph, ON
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Also tagged architecture, B&W, brick building, Guelph, HDR, macdonald stewart art center, Nik Silver Efex 2, Ontario, university of guelph
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Bridge and River – Guelph, ON
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The Cleveland Trust Company – Cleveland, OH
Sitting in the heart of downtown is the Cleveland Trust Bank Building. Built in 1908, it was designed by George B Post and features a glorious stained glass topped rotunda. The rotunda is 85 feet high and 60 feet in diameter and is decorated inside with murals by Francis Davis Millet, the world famous artist who lost his life on the Titanic.
It was my first bank branch as a teenager and I was always in awe of how beautiful the building was. Then the bank (Ameritrust at the time) was bought by another bank, which became yet another bank etc etc and the branch closed.
Too bad it is still closed to the public. Cuyahoga County bought it years ago, and in what can only be described as an act of governmental genius, lets it sit vacant most of the time. They do offer the occasional tour (and I do mean occasional – one day every few years it seems) but mostly this architectural and cultural gem sits empty. You would think with all of the effort to “sale” Cleveland as a destination they could find SOMETHING to do with the building.
I would love to shoot the interior one day. Hell I would even pay for the chance to shoot the interior (see pay – as in make opportunity to make money for the County). Until then though, taking pictures of the exterior will have to do.
Heading Home! – Cleveland, OH
I’m off to go spend a great early “spring” weekend in Cleveland. Friends, family, and more shooting opportunities. I love going home.
If anyone lives in the Midwest and is looking for a great, affordable place to shoot, it’s Cleveland. Cool architecture, museums, miles and miles of parks and wildlife, a world class zoo are just a few things that the city has to offer. I love New York and Chicago, but for 1/2 the cost you can explore a city poised to make a huge jump into the future.
Spaceship Earth, Epcot – Disney World
Just a quick shot today because I’m a bit buried under with work. I took this one one day when Epcot was just a way to kill time on a boring day. Living in Orlando warps you in so many ways 
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