Downtown Seattle, WA

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Seattle, WA photos, use this link. To view all of my day 12 photos, use this link.

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Today I have photos from Downtown Seattle, WA. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

First shot from downtown Seattle, is this old vintage looking building that seems to house Bank of America. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 10 N 122 19 59 W   

More street photography from downtown. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 13 N 122 20 02 W   

Another tall building in Downtown. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 159 N 122 20 05 W

A photo from Spring Street of the Seattle Art Museum in the distance. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 20 N 122 20 09 W   

A photo of a statue in downtown. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 23 N 122 20 12 W

I got right up to the Seattle Art Museum and took a few shots. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 25 N 122 20 11 W   

Since the sky and the reflection the building looked so wonderful, I shot a few shots off from the same place messing with my polarizer to achieve different effects.

Here is a photo from the entrance to the Seattle Art Museum. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 24 N 122 20 18 W   

Tall building in downtown. I thought this building had character. I loved the distinctive pattern of the windows to the building. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 36 24 N 122 20 18 W   

A black and white process of the photo above. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will continue with photos from Pike Place Market and more downtown Seattle, WA photos. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 2013 (Part 5)

Every year for Chinese New Year, there is a parade in San Francisco to celebrate it. A lot to see. The parade for 2013 was on 2/23/2013. I attended the parade along with a few other Google+ photographers (we planned it out via a Google+ event). Here, on my blog, I will show you the photos I took of the parade. All of these photos were shot with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Since a lot of people is going to want to see the photos of the parade, I will be posting more photos per part for this chain of blog posts (might take longer to load). This also means I will be taking a short break from my Death Valley National Park posts. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts.

I do have a GPS route file that I can give you if you want it. If you want a copy, just email me via the email I have on my About the Photographer page. I recorded the route using a Canon GE-E2 GPS. I have the route in Canon NMEA, Google Earth KMZ, and GPX formats. There is just a note about the route. It was fairly accurate and all from my trip to the BART station and all the way on BART (for the parts of the trip above ground), but once I got into San Francisco, it started to get inaccurate. In San Francisco, most of the location was with in 300 feet of the actual location but I had 2 photos that were a bit less than 1600 feet off. It did not work so well in a big city, but last time in Shadow Cliff Regional Park in Pleasanton, CA, it was very accurate (with in 5-10 feet).

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Chinese New Year parade photos, use this link. To view all of my Chinese New Year parade photos for 2013, use this link.

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Today I have the last of the parade photos including some night street photography. Since there was not enough light out, I set up my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT to add some light into the photos with the exception of the night street photography at the end. Some hot spots may show up in a few photos.

Valley Christian High School. I thought Christians were against dressing slutty... 

Bank of America 

Academy of Art University 

Photography Tip: Above is an example of using a Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT with a different white balance to separate the main subject from the background. Depending on what you are shooting, mix and matching white balances may help spice up your shot and help draw the viewers eyes to the subject!

Macy's 

Harrah's 

Didn't know how strong the Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT is until this shot. The people inside the lion were not visible at all until I flashed.  

Firecrackers 

The end of the parade. 

 Night street photography in front of Levi's. If you look closely, you can see "ghosts" from the long exposure and people walking by. 

Night street photography at the intersection of Grand Avenue and O'Farrell Street. If you look closely, you can see a few "ghosts" of people and cars. This is due to the long exposure. 

These are all the photos I took on the day of the event! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. After this, I will continue with my Death Valley National Park photos. I hope you have enjoyed viewing this chain of blog posts. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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