Follow Me On My Photography Adventures
I am excited that one of my photographs has been chosen to be featured on the cover of a National publication the Municipal Magazine. The Municipal Magazine is a publication that focuses on issues involving municipalities and governments. They chose a photo I took of the MacArthur Causeway in Downtown Miami.
I had a meeting in Downtown Miami yesterday afternoon I had to attend. Luckily I had my camera equipment with me in the car because a good lightning storm started building over the city about the time my meeting ended.
After assessing the radar and the storms position, I drove to the bridge that leads to Key Biscayne and parked under it to stay dry. The storm was very active and producing lightning bolts every few seconds. I wanted to try to capture some shots of lighting with the city in the background or foreground. Unfortunately, most of the lightning occurred out over the bay or beach and not over Downtown Miami. I still managed to capture three OK shots, but not what I was looking for.
I did miss a good shot when lightning struck one of the skyscrapers. Of course it struck one of the buildings not within my viewfinder. Eventually the wind and rain overtook my vantage point and I had to seek shelter.
I did get some funny looks as people drove or passed by as I was standing there with my camera and tripod shooting the storm still dressed in my business suit and tie.
After a late afternoon court hearing downtown I decided to stick around and see if I could capture some nighttime skyline shots. For the most part all of my shots to date have been nature shots captured in the varying Florida Wilderness. I decided to try something new and capture the multifaceted and colorful lighting of Downtown Miami. I was pretty happy with the results for my first effort. I definitely learned some things and will hopefully plan additional trips now that I know what to expect and can envision the shot before I get there. I enjoyed it so much that I added a South Florida Gallery to my website that will predominantly be city scape shots of varying types rather than nature shots.
I also hope to expand my experiences by trying to capture South Beach at night if I can just bring myself to fight the traffic to get there.
