Tag:Verticals

View of the Eiffel Tower seen through the window of a Paris Metro train

The Eiffel Tower Through a Metro Window

Click below to: Choose your print type Select your size Pick your finish Adjust your crop Add a frame (or not) Complete your purchase The Eiffel Tower For most people, when you think of Paris you get an image of the Eiffel Tower. This iconic structure has now soared above the Champ de Mars for over 120 years. Not bad for a temporary installation. The first time I visited Paris it was the first place I went. I dropped my […]

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View across White Sands National Park to the San Andres Mountains

White Sands National Park

When I visited the White Sands National Park it was still the White Sands National Monument. What’s the difference? I had to look this up and found the answer from one of my favorite publications, Outside. National Parks have scenic, inspirational, educational, and recreational value. National monuments have objects of historical, cultural, and/or scientific interest. So why the change? By redesignating from White Sands National Monument to White Sands National Park, the people of New Mexico are able to protect […]

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Photo looking down the stairwell of the Hyatt Place, Chicago Downtown

Hyatt Place, Chicago/Downtown

In April 2016, I chaperoned on my son’s high school band trip. We stayed at the Hyatt Place, Chicago/Downtown. 300 high school kids in one hotel. I felt for the other guests. On the edge of the core, the Hyatt Place Chicago/Downtown is three blocks north of the Willis Tower and eight blocks west of the Cloud Gate (The Bean). To ensure the kids kept quite after lights out we would put a strip of scotch tape across the door […]

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Handheld image of two fireworks exploding against a black sky

Happy New Year 2020!

A short post to which everyone out there a very Happy New Year 2020. Yes, the photo below is a hand-held shot. I’ve long maintained you don’t need a tripod to get great firework shots and at many festive events, you can’t bring a tripod anyway. Click below to: Choose your print type Select your size Pick your finish Adjust your crop Add a frame (or not) Complete your purchase

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