Another beautiful Nashville sunset

This is another from a large group of photos (mostly still unprocessed) that I took during a stunning sunset in Nashville, TN a few weeks back.  I had been busy all day and was tired when I got back to my hotel, but figured it’s always worth it to get in a little photography when I can.  Since I was staying in a hotel right downtown, I just took off for a walk with all my gear, hoping to find some things to shoot (having shot downtown Nashville many times already) and hoping for great light.  It turns out that I got both.  I stumbled upon some new spots I had not photographed before, and as you can see, the light ended up being pretty awesome.  That’s my definition of a win-win!

Looking down the road at 2013

Welcome 2013!  What do you have in store for me?

Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by today.  Last year I set a few goals for myself with my photography, and I was able to achieve them (whew!).  I thought I would do the same for 2013. 

Here are some things I intend to do in the New Year: 

• Add new lists to my “Top Photo Spots” section
• Publish a handful of eBooks
• Write additional long-form blog posts
• Expand my iPhoneography posts on the site
• Continue to expand my knowledge of post-processing techniques
• See new places and photograph them!

That’s really it.  I feel like if I make a long list of goals, it’s a wish-list, not a to-do list...and I want to DO things, not wish for them!  So, Happy New Year, and here’s to doing things in 2013!

p.s. The photo above was taken recently in Nashville, TN.  I got up early one morning to photograph the city while it was quiet (and cold!) and thought the image looking down the street was fitting for today's post.  As always, thanks for looking!

Sunset on Music City

Did you check out the eBook I announced yesterday?  You can read about it here.  It's a travel book of some of my favorite shots, and it's free!

Here’s another view of the Nashville skyline from my shooting there last week.  The first shot I posted the other day was taken a little bit earlier, sort of during golden hour.  This shot was taken during a full-on sunset.  It was a color extravaganza!  I was very happy with how this evening unfolded. 

It just goes to show you that you can never accurately predict what sort of light you will get.  The entire morning and afternoon there was a boring sky...no real clouds, and not much sunshine.  I assumed it would be a boring sunset.  But late in the afternoon these clouds started appearing, and I was hoping that they would stick around during sunset.  They did...and then the light hit them just right!

Golden hour in Nashville

I was in Nashville last week, and had a few spare minutes to shoot around the sunset hour one evening.  The sky had been empty all day, but as luck would have it, everything came together and the golden hour and then the sunset were incredible.  I was happy to be standing here for an hour, gunning brackets to the left and the right. I am always a fan of reflections, and when I can get a city skyline in great light like this, it just makes it that much better.  

I also put together another HDR Before & After which is always fun for comparison purposes...

A Nashville landmark

We're Photowalking London!!

If you follow me on FB or G+, I just shared an upcoming event.  I am hosting a photowalk in London on Saturday, Sept 15 at 6pm London time.  Check out the events and hopefully you can make it!

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Daily Photo: A Nashville landmark

Whenever someone mentions Nashville, I assume your first thought is either country music or BBQ - or maybe both - but would you ever come up with architecture...?

You probably wouldn't, and that's easily understood.  But there are some great sites to shoot in Nashville.  Take this one, for example.

This is the Parthenon in Centennial Park, just a short drive from downtown Nashville and a place that I visit nearly every time I come to town.  This is a full-size replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece - pretty cool right?

And if you happen to arrive shortly after a rain storm and shortly before sunset...well, you get treated to an incredible sight!