Washington DC at Night

I'm a big fan of night time photography.  I love the rich colors and dramatic contrast that can be captured using long exposures.  While visiting Washington DC last month, I had a couple of opportunities to make some cool images as the sun went down.

The National Cathedral - From the Outside

While visiting Washington DC last month, I had two opportunities to visit the National Cathedral.  Both visits included tours of the Cathedral.  The first tour was by photo-friend Chris Budny, the second one had been arranged by Chris, it was with Andy Bitner.  Both of these guys have been giving tours at the Cathedral for years.  There knowledge of and passion for the cathedral is pretty fantastic.  If you ever get the chance to visit, it is worth your time.  If you get the chance to go back a couple of times, it is worth your time.

Between the two visits, I got a pretty good stack of images so I decided to split them into two blog posts.  This first post is images from the outside of the Cathedral.

The scaffolding is in place due to the damage from last year's earthquake.

If you look closely at this spire, you can see some of the earthquake damage.

Time Lapse Work

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to shoot a little bit of time lapse material.  Friday evening, I headed out to Antelope Island and shot a bit of the kite demos that were going on as part of the Island Stampede.  On Saturday, some friends and I headed up to Ogden Valley and shot some cool storms rolling through.  I haven't had time to render and build videos yet, so here's a few frames as a teaser.