Night Photography Last Saturday

I've been a bad blogger... I'll admit it, but this last Saturday I needed to take some pictures. So, I loaded up my gear and my son (who was highly excited to be out taking pictures with Dad) and we went driving down Mopac to hit some sights I had been checking out over the past week.

One is a building I call the Borland Building - which I have named this because Borland resides there. It is located in north Austin, Texas at the intersection of Mopac and Steck. Anyhow, I set up shop across the street in the parking lot on the hill. My son got to "hold the camera," so he was pretty jazzed at the time. I call my Bogen 3047 my "heavy pipe" as the thing weighs about 15 pounds, but it does the trick when I need a good sturdy base. I'll edit this post later and drop the links to these shots here.

Note: The new photoalbum is made in Flash so does not allow direct links. Follow this link: Album on Phantom Images click Architectural and then select Night Shots. It's the panoramic-like picture.



The second building I photographed was the Mariott Hotel in Round Rock, which has some fabulous red lighting on the sign. For this shot, I set up in a vacant parking lot off CR 172, next door to a building which is being constructed. At this point, my son was getting cold and was more than happy to stay in the warm car while I photographed the hotel. I'll edit this post later and drop this link here also.

Note: The new photoalbum is made in Flash so does not allow direct links. Follow this link: Album on Phantom Images click Architectural and then select Night Shots. It's the photograph just previous to the panaoramic-like shot.

I'm not as happy with the Mariott photograph as I am with the Borland building. I think the exposure was a little long. I may go back and retake this shot this weekend if the weather is clear.