My Christmas wish is for all of you to have a safe and happy holiday season, along with a wonderful 2021.
Tree In Motion
Another photo from PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh…..
PPG Place Tree
Now that Thanksgiving holiday is complete, I feel safe sharing Christmas holiday photos. Here is one I took on a past excursion to PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh. I took this late in the day on a weekday so that I could avoid having a bunch of ice skaters getting in my photo.
By the way, the ice rink is elevated above the sidewalk. So, I had to stand on top of a patio table to capture this perspective, which resulted in me getting yelled at by the PPG Security Officer. No wonder why I didn’t get a Christmas gift that year….I was naughty.
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Down View
Keeping with the Christmas theme, here is a unique perspective of the PPG Christmas Tree and Ice Rink. I’m sure this view has been captured before, but probably not by many. Happy holidays to you and your family.
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Tree Reflection
How’s your life going right now during the holiday season. My December seems to be crazy this year. Too much going on at work and home…..
……I’m ready for things to slow to their normal fast pace. In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
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Holidays in the City
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. This is of downtown Pittsburgh with the PPG Place building in the foreground and the Pittsburgh Christmas tree at the Point State Park in the background. Of course, the photo also includes the three rivers (Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela). Anyway, enough of that….again enjoy your weekend.
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PPG Place
As you’ve probably noticed, I love my drone. Not only do I like flying it, but I love the photo perspectives I can get with it. Today’s post is from a recent flight in downtown Pittsburgh. This is the top of PPG Place. If you’ve never seen it, the complex is amazing.
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412 Christmas
Merry Christmas!! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season (however you celebrate) and have a great 2019.
I took this photo from Mt. Washington looking towards downtown Pittsburgh with the PPG Holiday tree displayed on Market Tree.
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Copy-Cat Photo
I don’t know who took this perspective first, but I’ve seen a ton of Pittsburgh based photographers post this exact composition over the last 6 weeks. So, while we were downtown walking around yesterday capturing the city holiday scene, we captured this as well. Dave posted his version yesterday… Now it’s my turn. I hope you enjoy this copy-cat photo. Happy Holidays.
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PPG Christmas Tree
I got up way to early today (430am) to go into downtown Pittsburgh to meet up with @bradtruxell and @dtruxell . We were on a mission to capture some Christmas themed photos before they disappear for the season and without tons of tourist in the way. We accomplished the mission…..
I took this photo at PPG Place. Every year they turn this courtyard into an ice-skating rink and put a giant holiday tree in the middle. About the only person we ran into was a security guard who was on us in about 30 seconds. He was nice, just watching us closely.
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San Juan's Final Resting Place
I’ve posted a few pictures from this cemetery in the past. This is the Capilla del Cementerio Santa Maria in old San Juan Puerto Rico. I’m not ready for this spot to be my home yet, but when the time comes….this might be a great location. It has beautiful architecture, great history, a Spanish fort and an ocean view. Wow….
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Myers
The Steelers got their butts kicked yesterday by the Jacksonville Jaguars. No doubt about it. They just lost to a team that was better than them on that day for whatever reason. Tonight’s photo is Jason Myers (#2), who is the placekicker for the Jaguars. He’s in his third season and seems to be having a good career (so far).
Most of the football photos I share are action shots. So from time to time, I try to throw in some candid photos of the “action” off the field.
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Blood Moon Over Pittsburgh
Tonight, Blair and I went into the city to meet Brad for a photo walk. Except we really didn’t walk anywhere. We met at the Duquesne Incline to photograph the city with the super moon rising over the city. It seems like a waste of time because there were to many clouds. But all of a sudden, it popped out and we got a brief show.
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Pike Place Market
So I’m keeping with the Seattle theme and posting another photo from that wonderful area. I spent a little time around the famous market and enjoyed myself. But I struggled to find anything that I wanted to photograph. Weird how that works! Some times I just don’t see “it”. My own person version of writer’s block. Anyway, that’s what happened to me at this spot. So I ended up capturing this photo of the market’s sign (not the most creative photo). As you can tell, it was Christmas time when I was there.
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Day Room
This is another photo from my trip to the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Brownsville PA. I think this would have been called the Day Room (or living room) in the nursing dormitory area. I found it very interesting that when they closed this facility; they just left furniture, patient files, clothing, etc… in just about every room. The people just disappeared and they left everything behind.
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