The Shard Reflection

During my London visit, Robert showed me this cool alley to capture some wonderful images of the Shard, which is what they call the tall skyscraper in this photo.  I liked this version from the numerous I took in this area.  For this photo, I moved the camera right up next to a glass building to get this reflection. 

West Baltimore Steel Wool

Here is a throwback photo for you.  I took this photo during a Shutter Rush weekend at the very beginning of 2020.  Jason, Jake and I spent the weekend photographing parts of Baltimore, creating digital content and capped the weekend off by covering the Ravens-Steelers game.  When it was all done, we put the photos and videos together to create the “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition” documentary which is still available on Amazon Prime.  This photo is from our time in West Baltimore.  We found this graffiti alley and played with steel wool.

Change The System...

“Change the system, not the climate, the future is for children”… nice graffiti message on an alley wall in Regensburg Germany.  We saw lots of graffiti around Europe with this type of style, interesting how different it is compared to the very modern (almost pop culture) graffiti style in the United States.  By the way, I have no idea if this is random or supported by a specific group or political party.

 

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Graffiti Alley Sparks

When we (Jason, Jake and I) filmed “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition” we captured some steel wool photos and video inside the famous Graffiti Alley.  This is an unedited cut of footage that didn’t make it into the film.  This is Jason spinning and I filmed this video.  By the way, big thanks to Nanuk Cases and Under Armour for sponsoring the film.  “Shutter Rush” is available on Amazon Prime.

Graffiti Alley

Here is another Baltimore photo for you on back to back nights.  This is from the famous Graffiti Alley in West Baltimore.  We (Jason, Jake and I) hung out here for a while capturing photos, video, drone footage and steel wool shots.  At this location, we met a large group of young men who kept saying they were “100% Bangers” whatever that meant.  Jake got wrapped up into photographing them all, like a mini photo shoot.

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Graffiti Alley

During our road trip to Baltimore, we made a stop at Graffiti Alley in West Baltimore….let me say that it was just amazing.  Of course, I love and appreciate nicely done graffiti.  This spot is basically, an “L” shaped alley that is painted with hundreds (maybe over a thousand) murals and graffiti (street art). 

The city (or someone) allows people to do make it sort of an outside permanent, but always changing, art exhibit.  This spot is consistently being used for photo shoots, videos, etc…  We did our own little photo shoot using steel wool (and Jake got sucked into photographing some local rappers).  I’ve done this in the past at various locations.  Normally, I’m the person spinning the steel wool.  This time @jasonpohuski did the spinning, while @jakemysliwczykphoto and I captured it via photos and video using five devices.

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Athens Alley

I’ve had this photo sitting on my hard drive waiting for its time to shine.  I guess tonight is the night.  I took this photo in some random alley in Athens near the Acropolis.  Probably about a five-minute walk away.  I just liked this spot and the view down this little back alley.

 

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Cusco Alley

Today’s photo is something a little special for you.  It’s a rare black and white photo from me…..  I just don’t produce many black and white images.  But when I processed this photo 2 years ago, I liked it better this way.  Then I left it sitting on my hard drive, until right now…..  So you now get to see this great picture of an alley in the city center of Cusco Peru.

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Malta Alley

I found this cool little alley while walking around the city of Valletta, Malta.  Unfortunately, MJ wasn’t with me on this city exploration.  I wanted to open all these doors and see what was inside, but I restrained myself.  I didn’t think the owners would appreciate it. 

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Pittsburgh Alley

Blair and I were walking in the downtown Pittsburgh area after having dinner and we came upon this alley.  I loved it immediately and setup my tripod for this perspective.  I like the detail of the buildings in the foreground along with the office building at the end of the alley.

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