Semester In Review

This is my last fall semester of college. It was a long and hard semester that I feel helped me build myself up for graduation. Here is a  slide show to review the past semester and see some highlights of what I have done. Enjoy!

Semester In Review on Dipity.

Weekend Recap

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Wind: From WNW at 16mph gusting to 22mph	Wind: WNW at 21 mph	Wind: WNW at 22 mph	Wind: WNW at 22 mph

My weekend was consumed of hearing non-stop about the weather we were going to have Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Everywhere I looked I was hearing about the next snow craziness.  My roommates wanted to get ready for the snow so we spent most of the day shopping and getting our lives in order for the weather. Then we waited. We had bought movies and food to last days, and yet we still waited. My roommates prayed for a snow day, and we waited. I had my camera ready for all our snow adventures, and we waited. Around Sunday night at 8pm I realized we weren't waiting for anything at this point, it was just a joke mother nature was playing on us. I got up early this morning to find out there was snow, but hardly any. But yet all kinds of schools were closed! Not Point Park! http://postgazette.com/pg/10347/1110473-100.stm        Ohhh my life!!!! So above are some photographs of the snow I wish we had! If you have any great snow photographs feel free to post them here.

Weekend Events!

Weekend List!


Human Rights Day Celebration
Shadow Lounge & Ava Lounge
12/10/2010 5:30pm

Experience a night of social awareness, live music and drinks in order to celebrate the progress of human rights in the world, rather than mourning the abuses and negative aspects that are all too often focused upon.

Begun in 1950, Human Rights Day is an annual event at the United Nations recognizing the 1948 Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights.

This evening will also highlight the important work that local community organizations are doing to educate the Pittsburgh community and promote human rights around the world.

This event is orgnazied by Global Solutions Pittsburgh, an educational organization that envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone. For more information, (412) 471-7852.

Old Fashion Christmas Evening
Merrick Art Gallery
12/10/2010 7pm

Celebrate the holidays with a terrific night of great food and sing-alongs in this museum, a former train station, rich with the details of Victorian and Edwardian eras including tin ceilings and period fixtures.

The evening will begin the Merrick's holiday season with a family style dinner. Guests will make ornaments and decorate the Main Gallery's Christmas tree. A Christmas sing-along will follow the tree decorating.

Tickets are $25 each. Proceeds benefit the Merrick Art Gallery, the only art museum located in rural Beaver County and features examples of romantic, realistic and impressionistic art by prominent American and European artists. For more information, call (724) 846-1130.

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus Window Displays
Macy's (Downtown)
11/20/2010 through 1/7/2011

Inspired by the holiday TV special, the store's classic windows are decorated with scenes about a child's faith.

The 2009 TV special was a retelling of a popular Christmas story of an 1897 editorial in the New York Sun newspaper answering little Virginia O'Hanlon's question: is there a Santa Claus?

With sets and characters made entirely of paper cut both by hand and
laser, the fusion of artistry and technology come together to tell an
inspiring tale of the holiday season in six new magical window displays.

Holiday Carnival
Fifth Avenue Place
12/11/2010 11am

Children will enjoy a day at the carnival with balloon tricks and treats by Giggles The Clown.

Be delighted by magic tricks, and discover circus classics like face painting and magnificent mask making

Admission is free. For more information, call (412) 456-7800.

Blow Your Own Beautiful Glass Ornament
Gallery G Glass
12/11/2010 12pm

Students in this workship can make an original piece of art that will be a great keepsake or a special gift for others.

After choosing the color and pattern, participants will go into the studio and an artist to make their masterpieces.

Each ornament costs $25. For more information, call (412) 683-1700.

Let me know what you think, or feel free to comment about any of the events!

Photo Spotlight Ideas

Photo Spotlight Ideas

I just wanted to give out some ideas on how to capture a fun moment. 

• Keep your camera on you at all times
• Keep your camera on you at all times

• Keep your camera near your body for basically every second of the day.  

This is a great tip from my advisor Chris Rolinson. The man is right though, you never know when a prime photo opportunity might come up. 

Take this photograph above. My roommates and I were having a poker night, just a regular night that we usually have once a month. I never thought to take a photograph of it or let alone the table. But for some reason I had my camera and took this photograph. This photograph may mean nothing to you, but to me this explains the entire night. It tells the story of our poker night in a nut shell. I love this photograph and have it framed in my room. It is priceless cause I can have another poker night, but nothing will compare to that night.  

 Here is another example. I ended up going home one weekend and decided to take a photograph of my bedroom door for whatever reason. I didn't think to much of it and didn't for a while after. A couple of months later my mom decided to sell the house, it all happened so quick and I didn't have time to come home and pack my things. So my mom had to take care of packing up my bedroom. This was a project that I started when I was twelve, I would add little things all the time and it had many layers to it. It is something that I thought defined me and was a great way to enter my room. After the move though a lot of these things got lost, so now I at least have a photograph of it. I loved that door!

So tip is to always have your photograph. You never know what you will see that day. It is always a good idea to capture the moment as you see it and want to remember it. Feel free to post any tips or ideas you have!

Spotlight Photographer

Lynn Johnson

Lynn Johnson worked at the Pittsburgh Press for seven years and has moved on to an amazing photographer and has even had work published in National Geographic.  Below is her Bio from her website.

Photojournalist Lynn Johnson is known for her intense, sensitive work.
Dividing her time between assignments for National Geographic and various foundations, Johnson has traveled from Siberia to Zambia and photographed celebrities including Tiger Woods, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mister Rogers and the entire Supreme Court. With her Leicas, she has climbed the radio antenna atop Chicago's Hancock Tower and dangled from helicopters in Antarctica. Yet her favorite assignments have been emotionally demanding stories about ordinary people; a family struggling with AIDS (Life), the death of an African-American coach in Amish country (Sports Illustrated), native Hawaiians who protect traditional ways (NG), the impact of zoonotic diseases around the world (NG).
Her vision is subtle. She invites the viewer to find the meaning in the frame. Her shooting style is equally low key allowing her subjects to reveal themselves to the camera. The photographs she strives for are compassionate. After 30 years of practicing photography, she sees her personal work moving from that of an observer to advocate.


She has done amazing work all over the world and I admire her for making her start here in pittsburgh. She has really proven herself and made a name for all her talents. 

Check out her website http://www.lynnjohnsonphoto.com
Especially her piece on Hawaii and Natural Medicine.  

Photography Bloggers

Here are my pick for the top Photography Bloggers out there.

I did a little research and have been following a couple of these for a while and came up with these contenders.

http://www.adidap.com/
All Day I Dream About Photography!
This site is pretty sweet, it may be a little overwhelming when you first get on but once explored it is full of amazing tips and photographs. This site also does a fun thing called "Flickr Round" its where it posts about 40 or more photographs and viewers can vote on there favorites.
This site also does some great tutorials on topics that are sometimes hard to understand.



http://www.photoinduced.com/
Photo Induced 
This website is awesome about promoting new photography gadgets. They also do a great weekly giveaway that is always something worth checking out.  I personally really enjoy the book reviews they do.

http://dslrblog.com/
Digital Photography 
This site is everything digital. It offers a broad range of how-to articles to photo reviews.This site hasn't been used lately but when looking back in the archives it is full of some really spectacular things. I highly recommend going in and exploring the back log of this site if for nothing else. 


http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
 Boston. The Big Picture
I honestly spend half my day looking at all the images on this site. This site doesn't offer to much other then amazing photographs. It posts almost daily and usually has theme for the day. Each post has at least 30 or more photographs. I usually get lost in all the images. It is a great site for inspiration.





http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/
PDN Photo of the Day. 

This site speaks for itself. It usually picks a photograph for the day and does a short post on it. This is just fun to see what image made the pick of the day.



These five sites are on the top of my list to check out. Let me know what you think or post some of your favorite sites.

History of Photography

This is an awesome quiz I made about the history of photograph. Let me know what you think!

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/e0VGhIT/History-of-Photography

Photography Books

Must have Photography Books.



http://www.jasonbellphoto.com/#/home/
 Jason Bell
This photographer is really awesome because if you explore  he's landscape portfolio you will find some of the most amazing photographs. Jason uses natural light to help make each photograph as dramatic as possible. I enjoy pictures like that and his use of color for each photograph really blew me away. Each photograph I looked at made me want to go to that place. He really draws a viewer in and uses his ability to capture a great landscape to his advantage. I also really enjoy his books. I think he presents a great topic that is interesting. Check out An Englishman in New York, I highly recommend it.


http://www.levonbiss.com/
Levon Biss

 Levon Biss is mainly a sports photographer, but the images he produces can tell an amazing story. He has a book called One Love soccer for life. Being a huge soccer fan I love this book. The images inside depict how people around the world see soccer. It is really amazing how he captured that exact feeling that every soccer player feels when playing or seeing the sport. I truly admire his work and edginess in the industry. 


http://www.timflach.com/

Tim Flach 

 Tim Flach is awesome at catching motion. Amazing photographs of dogs! Flach is amazing at what he does. I don't really know what else to say about this guy except that he amazing at what he does. He captures an attitude about a dog that only true dog lovers can see. He shows the real personality behind all that fur and shows the true dog. 












These three books are must reads! I highly recommend them all to you for Christmas! 

Weekend Events!!

December 3-5 weekend events!

This weekend is going to be a fun filled weekend. Since the holidays are here and in full swing, holiday themed events are going on. 

•  Christmas Brasstacular :River City Brass Band's eastern suburban location is Gateway High School auditorium in Monroeville.
•  Holiday Unwrapped: 

  December 3 and 4, 2010
  Friday 12/3 - 6:00pm
  Saturday 12/4 - 10:30am and 1:30pm
  2425 Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh Opera building)
  Strip District
  Tickets: $10 adults/$5 children
  Available online through ProArtsTickets or by calling 412-394-3353

• Downtown Irwin's Cookie Tour 
• Poinsettias & Pointe Shoes 
• Light Up Lawrenceville

• Breakfast With Santa

So get out there and explore what Pittsburgh has to offer this weekend. Also feel free to post or comment on any of the events. I will post and recap my weekend. 

Timeline of Photography

on Dipity.

First day of December!

 December 1st!

It's the first day of December! Christmas is just around the corner and the decorations are quickly going up around my house!

With the holidays right around the corner now is a great time to document the process! I put my Christmas tree last night and I made sure I documented the play by play. I will put up the slide show later this week when the whole process is complete. 

This is a great time to get some holiday photographs around the city as well. Everyone and everywhere has some kind of holiday decorations up, so get out and explore the city for various photographs.


Here are a couple of places I know get a little crazy for the holidays. Check out there websites for more information on cost and location.

• Hartwood Acres has a lighting celebration that is going on until January 9th.
• Oglebay  is another place with a world filled with lights. 
• Overly's Country Christmas 

So get out there and check out a few places that are taking Christmas to a new level. Feel free to post what you come up with or comment about some of your favorite Christmas places in Pittsburgh. 

Recap of the Weekend

Light Up Night Recap

Awesome turn out at Light Up Night. I really enjoyed every aspect of the night. The night had so many photographic moments it was almost overwhelming. The night had gingerbread houses, reindeer, and ice skaters. I couldn't have asked for a more fun filled and packed night.


Feel free to post your thoughts on the night and add photos!!

Photo Spotlight

Winter Garden










I love PPG's Winter Garden. I honestly can't get enough of it. Even when its not in season I am in there having lunch with my friends. But for the Holidays they out do themselves. Here are a couple of gingerbread houses that were built for the holidays.

Feel free to post your gingerbread houses on here!

Santa's of the World

Highlights from the Winter Garden.

Like I have mentioned a couple of times before I love the PPG winter garden. During the Christmas holiday they display figures of the Santa's from around the world. This is awesome because its a filled with facts about each Santa and gives a depiction of what they look like. For people that live here and see this every year this might be old news, but for some reason I love it each and every Christmas season.  For these photographs I tried to mess around with things. I used the light to dramatically depict each Santa in a different way. I also tried to get different angles for each one. Try out some of these options and let me know what you come up with. So get over to the winter garden and let me know what you think.

Feel free to post your own photographs or comment on the ones above.

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Special Event

Light Up Night

 Light up night is almost here! Not being from the Pittsburgh area I had no idea what this night would consist of. It is a great family oriented evening that includes fun activities all over the downtown area to celebrate the Holidays.  Here is a list of some of the special events that will be going on during the light up night weekend. 


 Friday, November 19, 2010


Northwest Savings Bank Market Square Stage

• CAPA Choir Ensemble – 4 p.m.
• Al Dowe and Etta Cox Trio – 4:30 p.m.
• No Bad JuJu – 6 p.m.
• The Stickers – 7:45 p.m.

Bridge Party Stage (Clemente Bridge)
The following groups will rock this unique party over the Allegheny River

• The Granati Brothers – 4 p.m.
• Johnny Angel and the Halos – 6 p.m.
• Donny Iris and the Cruisers – 8 p.m.

Celebrate the Sights from Mount Washington; 5 - 10 p.m. 
Shiloh Street, Visit http://www.vuplus.org

• Enjoy Santa Claus at Shiloh Street Parking Plaza
• Rich Patrick Celtic Duo at the First Niagra Stage
• Dan and Jason Krivanek Holiday CD launch at the Grandview Stage
• Costumed characters, balloon artists, cariactures, business holiday specials and activities

One Oxford Centre; 5:45 – 9 p.m.
Fourth and Grant Street, (412) 391-5300
For more information, visit http://www.shopoxford.com

• Annual Tree Lighting by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
• Rick Gallagher Trio performing holiday musical selections at 6 p.m.  in the Main Atrium
• Santa Claus arrives to hear children’s holiday wishes
• Free Horse-drawn carriage rides around Downtown by Mike Wertz of Caustelot Farms. Pick-up and drop-off on Fourth Avenue
• Live reindeer will be on display in the outside plaza
• Children’s activities, including face painting, balloon art, sand art and caricatures
• Gingerbread Lane—see this magnificent display of handmade gingerbread houses made by a local chef in the Main Lobby
• Live musical entertainment following Rick Gallagher Trio
• Have your picture taken with Santa Claus made into a magnet

Saturday, November 20, 2010

PPG Place Holiday Cheer; Noon - 5 p.m.
For details, visit www.ppgplace.com

• The Rink at PPG Place celebrates its 10^th Anniversary with a MASCOT SKATE and a variety of holiday fun; Noon - 2 p.m.
• Enjoy the delightful musical “HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR” show by Karen Prunzik’s Broadway Performing Arts; PPG Place Plaza, 2 - 3 p.m.
• A variety of musical favorites by THE GOOD GUYS; Food Court, Two PPG Plaza, 1 - 5 p.m.
• The Food Court at Two PPG Place will be open from Noon - 9 p.m.  
    

Festive Fun at Fifth Avenue Place; 1 – 5 p.m.
For details, visit www.fifthavenueplacepa.com
Continue the festivities with an afternoon of live music, shopping and fun! 
Got gifts?  Get started on your holiday shopping and earn a FREE Fifth Avenue Place Gift Certificate with qualifying retail purchases.  Redeem receipts from 12 p.m. – close in the Center Court.
Games, Prizes, Live Music & Fun!  Get in the holiday spirit with face painting and play cornhole to win a light-up necklace. Enjoy the sounds of the season with live music as you help Toon Brian create a huge comic of the North Pole.

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These are just a few of the events that will be taking place on Light Up Night. This is a great opportunity to take some fantastic photographs. So make sure you take advantage of this opportunity.
Also don't be afraid to take pictures of all the people who will be there, document the moment.

Feel free to post your photographs or anything you have about Light Up Night on here.

Photo Spotlight

FOOD!

With Thanksgiving coming up I thought it would fun to photograph some food! I love food with the deepest passion! So photographing it always seems like the best idea to me. I will most likely be posting a lot of photographs that involve food in the next couple of weeks.

The best way to photograph food I think is to get close. Get as close as you can to whatever it is and show the details of everything.

Also photograph people eating the food, especially kids. This will make the food look even better and show the fun side of the food. 

Also photograph the whoever made the food if you can. Especially if they are in the kitchen this will make an interesting portrait.

Embrace the color of different foods. This will draw the viewer into the photograph.

Here are a few people taking some really great food photographs.


http://www.christinapeters.com/

http://www.mattphotographs.com/


http://www.smithphoto.com/



Feel free to post your food pictures on here!

Photograph Hotspot

Eliza Furnace Trail

 

The Eliza Furnace Trail is a segment of the almost complete 37-mile Three Rivers Heritage Trail, which is conveniently located and used by commuters, walkers, bikers, joggers, and skaters of all ages. This is a popular trail that offers a unique view of various city bridges, landmarks, and views of downtown. This Eliza Furnace Trail begins at the parking lot on Swineburne Street, following the former alignment of the once heavily traveled Baltimore and Ohio rail line. Its eastern end connects to the Panther Hollow Trail (which leads to Schenley Park), and its western end will eventually connect to Point State Park.

Read more at Trails.com: Eliza Furnace Trail | Pittsburgh 

 Info from Trails.com

Not only is this a great place to take photographs of the river, people biking  or just people in general. It has fantastic graffiti along portions of the trail. It creates a great urban jungle feel that would make great back drops for portraits. 

Weekend Events!!

Friday Night Live
Jacksons Restaurant-Rotisserie-Bar (Southpointe)  

11/12/2010 7pm

Experience a wonderful evening of terrific acoustic-style music performed by some of the region's finest artists.

For more information, call (724) 743-5005.

Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey
CONSOL Energy Center 
11/12/2010 7pm

The Pittsburgh Penguins, winners of three Stanley Cup championships, hit the ice against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Founded in 1967, the Penguins were one of the first expansion teams during the National Hockey League's original expansion from six to twelve teams.

For tickets, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.

Salsa Friday
Cabaret At Theater Square 
11/12/2010

The city's best Salsa disc jockeys heat up the cabaret's dance floor.

Popular across Latin America, salsa music and dance incorporates multiple styles and variations. Dip, spin and dance your way all night long.

Admission to this age 21+ event is $5 at the door and includes a free dance lesson. For more information, call (412) 456-6666.

Run For The Wounded Warrior
North Park
11/13/2010 8:30am

Take part in this exciting 5K and 5 mile walk/run fundraiser to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization that works to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women.

Presented by the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, which provides research funding, sponsored innovative professional training and education programs for scientists, students and the public-at-large and championed the regenerative medicine field. For more information, call (412) 624-5518.

Yellowbook Polar Bear Birthday
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium 
11/13/2010 11am

Join the zoo to celebrate the birthdays of their polar bears, Koda and Nuka.

Kids will make special crafts, enjoy entertianment, receive a frozen treat and learn how to help polar bears.

This event is sponsored by Yellow Book, a telephone directory company. For more information, call Gabby Boldizar at (412) 365-2532.

Information from Pittsburgh Post Gazette event list.

Check This out

Silver Eye Center

Silver Eye Center for Photography is the only organization in Western Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the understanding, appreciation, education and promotion of photography as an art form and as an expressive form of visual communication. We feature four premier exhibitions each year in the Main Gallery, monthly exhibitions in our New Works Gallery and four exhibitions a year on the New Works Gallery Online. Exhibitions are enriched with lectures, panel discussions, workshops, portfolio reviews, interactive gallery tours, video screenings and more.

Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Telephone: 412.431.1810
Fax: 412.431.5777
info@silvereye.org

NEW GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday through Saturday, Noon until 6 p.m.
Admission is free. 

http://www.silvereye.org/programs.htm

Main Gallery: September 7 - November 13

Spectra: New Abstract Photography

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Spectra: New Abstract Photography presents recent work by five contemporary artists — Christopher Bucklow, Ellen Carey, Mariah Robertson, Jonathan Lewis and Jason Salavon — each of whom explore the richness of photographic color materials and abstraction from a variety of formal and conceptual perspectives.

The guest curator is Lisa Kurzner, an independent curator and photo historian based in Cleveland, Ohio.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Anonymous, and Silver Eye members.

New Works Gallery Online: November 1 - December 31, 2010 - Volume 27
Features: Leonard Correa, Tustin, CA; John Flatz, South Strabane, PA ; Laurie Lambrecht, New York, NY; Eric White, New York, NY

All information listed is from http://www.silvereye.org/programs.htm

Let me know what you think. I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions on this. 

Focus In

Dogs



This is Syd a friend's dog. She is a crazy character who loves the camera and having her photo taken. The crazy part about Syd is that she is blind. She hears the shutter of the camera she comes running. She is a model at heart.

Dogs are great to photograph because you never know what they will do next. It keeps the photographs interesting and fun. It also makes an easy and fun project.

With Syd I made sure I got close, she is a small dog but I wanted to make her look big in her small world.  I also wanted to use natural colors with her. Her fur is a light brown so I didn't  want to draw to much attention away from her.
           

I also didn't interfere with anything she was doing. I just followed her around on my hands in knees.

Here are a few other people who love photographing Dogs.
Erin Vey

 http://www.dogphotography.com/

http://www.scruffydogphotography.com/

http://ohmydogphoto.com/



Here are a few tips from Digital Photography School

                        1. Use Natural Light

                                        2. Keep the Eyes Sharp

   3. Go to Them

4. Give Value to their Character

5. Go Macro

6. Surprise Them

7. Schedule your Session

8. Be Patient

9. Experiment

So go ahead and get out there and photograph some animals. Feel Free to post your animal photographs on here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Events

Before I leave I want to make sure you guys have something to do if you can't get out of the city this weekend. Here's the weekend list of things that are going on in the city. Be sure to check one out and post your photographs on here.

Friday In The Forest
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens 

Three Rivers Thunder Drum Circle
Istanbul Grille  11/5/2010 7pm

DIY: A Revolution In Handicrafts
Society For Contemporary Craft 

9/10/2010 through 3/26/2011 

Spectra: New Abstract Photography
Silver Eye Center For Photography  

9/7/2010 through 11/13/2010

Wings

National Aviary  

10/9/2010 through 5/15/2011

A Retrospective: Photographs Of Pittsburgh

Irma Freeman Center For Imagination  

10/2/2010 through 11/20/2010

Attack Theatre's Game Night Plus


Pittsburgh Opera Building 

11/6/2010 8pm

Get out of Pittsburgh

Hello Philadelphia!

http://www.ams-net.org/philadelphia/

I'm leaving for Philadelphia in less then 24 hours. My camera batteries are charging as I type and I'm planning on using every memory card I have. 

Everyone needs a break from the same stuff everyday, so my suggestion is get out of Pittsburgh whenever you can.

Take a small trip out of the area and photograph everything you can. It will get your creative juices flowing and give you a great chance to discover some great places outside of Pittsburgh.

I'm orginally from around that area so I will be familiar with everything, but I haven't been back in over a year. This is also a great benifit to my photographs I will be taking because I will want to remember everything I do.

I will be posting some photographs some time next week. I will try and post while I am there to show you some of the images I come across. 

Make sure you embrace the city every time you leave and when you return. Just have fun with your camera!

Phipps Conservatory

Like I mentioned before I went to Phipps over the weekend, which was awesome!

Here is a slide show of what I came across at Phipps.  Feel free to go to Phipps and take your own photos and post them here.

Weekend Review

Phipps Conservatory


Everyone has to get over to Phipps Conservatory!!! I have never been there and honestly I could have spent the entire day there. It is one of the greatest places to photograph I think in Pittsburgh.

For starters every room has small details that could make a picture. It is also filled with such a variety of people that it all just really worked.

As a tip I would say get up close to everything and use the lighting in there to your advantage.

Also don't just visit Phipps once a year, each season holds something different.  They also have exhibits and special events that appeal to everyone.

They even sometimes have live music like Chatham Baroque. Check them out they were a great surprise to my first visit to Phipps.


I will be posting a couple of slide shows from Phipps and other events this weekend later this week. So be sure to check back!

Halloween Hotspots

Its Halloween week and there are some great spooky places to photograph.

Here are list of places that will have Halloween theme events. This would be a great time to get out and have fun with the holiday.

This week at Phipps Conservatory

Halloween Happenings

Oct. 29, 2010 4-8 p.m.

Bring the kids in costume and enjoy a variety of Halloween activities throughout the Conservatory. Free with paid admission.

Gargoyles and Early Music

Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 Between 5 and 9 p.m.

During this special presentation, Phipps welcomes the nationally esteemed Chatham Baroque ensemble to its Palm Court during Fall Fridays. Throughout the evening, the trio will play period instruments such as the viola da gamba, theorbo, baroque guitar and baroque violin. These concerts are free with general admission. This year marks Chatham Baroque's 20th season. 

Halloween Mayhem

Oct 30, 2010 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm for more information check out Pittsburgh Magazine Big Chemistry Halloween Party Oct 29, 2010 to Oct 30, 2010 9:00 pm until 12:00 am for more information check out Pittsburgh Magazine   I'm pretty sure anywhere in Pittsburgh is going to fun. So make sure you get out and photograph any crazy, spooky things you see!  I will post next week all the things I encountered this weekend.