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I made the trip up to Chicago, IL for the first time in order to attend Lollapalooza music festival! I am in love with Chicago! It’s simply amazing! I spent 5 days there just walking around town taking in all of the sights and shooting photos. I had an absolute blast and I got to attend a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field! How cool is that?!

I haven’t had time to edit all of my photos from the trip but here’s one I’ll share with you guys. I went to The Sky Deck which is located on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower which was previously named the Sears Tower. They have what they call The Ledge which are 3 all glass enclosures which extend OUT from the edge of the tower about 4 feet. Once you step out onto the glass floor you’re looking straight down 1,353ft to the street below! It is a VERY cool sight to see! I was told that the tower at that floor has a 2-3ft sway in it and that if you go to the bathrooms you can see the water sloshing around in the toilets from the movement! Absolutely crazy!

Here is a fisheye photo of The Ledge.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 f/2.8 Fisheye : 1/15h : f/5.6 : 400 ISO : 15mm : Manual Mode : 0 Bias : No Flash

I spent the past few days up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on a photo tour of the Grand Teton National Park and it was AMAZING up there! About 50 degrees cooler than the 100 degree weather we’re having here in Houston. Lol. I took about 2,000 photos over the course of the 4 day trip so it will be a little work sifting through them and picking my favorites.

I did manage to check out my Infrared photos real quick to see which ones I liked so I figured I post one up here for you guys. This was taken at Schwabacher’s Landing and the view was absolutely breathtaking. This was definitely one of my favorite spots along the tour to shoot at.

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/25th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

I’ll sift through my photos and get a complete set posted within the week. Stay tuned for a ton of spectacular views and some amazing wildlife. =)

Earlier this year I flew to Los Angeles, CA in order to attend the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Show. As a fan of music in general you can probably guess how stoked I was to land a pair of tickets for this event. This is an event that I have always seen on TV and to finally have a pair of tickets and for the first time seeing the event unfold live and in person was amazing!

I arrived the day before the event and had to pick up my tickets from Will Call at The Staples Center. The entire area was jam packed with security, TV trucks, barricades etc so I wandered around trying to find the right place I needed to go to in order to get my tickets. During my walk around the outside of The Staples Center I noticed some very interesting lines of the building itself so like any photographer would do, I stopped to snap off a few shots of it.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/1000th : f/7.1 : 100 ISO : 50mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

I had so much in Los Angeles that weekend and attending the Grammys was the icing on the cake! I got to walk down the red carpet, no not the same red carpet as the important people but right along side that so we got to see all of the people conducting their short TV interviews and such. It was very very cool to see the behind the scenes stuff in regards to the production of the entire event. That’s definitely something you don’t get to see while watching it on TV! Needless to say I will definitely be making plans to attend the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Show coming up in 2011! I can’t wait!

This will be my longest post evaaarrr so you have been warned. =)

From April 8th – April 12th I took a trip to the East Coast in order to sightsee and see one of my favorite bands in concert, Blue October. The band played in Philadelphia, New York City and Washington DC and since I had never been to the East Coast I figured I’d pack up some clothes and my camera and make the trip. I flew into Philly, then took a train to New York City then took a train to Washington DC then flew home to Houston from there. All in all I had an absolute blast and would do it again in a heartbeat! Here are a few photos from the trip…

Philadelphia, PA

Love Park

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 17-40 f/4L : 1/100th : f/8 : 50 ISO : 17mm : Aperture Priority : -1/3 Bias : No Flash

Independence Hall (Shot in Infrared)

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/50th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

Museum of Art aka “The Rocky Steps” (Shot in Infrared)

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/60th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

City shot from the Museum of Art (Shot in Infrared)

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/80th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

Museum of Art (Shot in Infrared)

Canon G9 IR Converted : 1/80th : f/8 : 100 ISO : 7.4mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

City Hall

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 25″ : f/22 : 50 ISO : 15mm : Shutter Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

Love Park @ Night

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 25″ : f/9 : 50 ISO : 15mm : Shutter Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

This will be my longest post evaaarrr so you have been warned. =)

From April 8th – April 12th I took a trip to the East Coast in order to sightsee and see one of my favorite bands in concert, Blue October. The band played in Philadelphia, New York City and Washington DC and since I had never been to the East Coast I figured I’d pack up some clothes and my camera and make the trip. I flew into Philly, then took a train to New York City then took a train to Washington DC then flew home to Houston from there. All in all I had an absolute blast and would do it again in a heartbeat! Here are a few photos from the trip…

New York, NY – Day 1

I booked this room at The Jane Hotel SPECIFICALLY for this photo! I thought it would be hilarious! The rooms are only 50sq ft total and the “bed” took up more that half of that. The door wasn’t even a standard 3ft wide. I did have my own fan, a/c unit, small window, small flat screen tv all for $89 a night in the West Village in New York City. No bathroom/shower so I had to use the community one at the end of the hall… CLASSY!! =)

My Presidential Suite

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/5th : f/5 : 800 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +2/3 Bias : Flash Fired

Brooklyn Bridge

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/200th : f/9 : 100 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +1 1/3 Bias : No Flash

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/125th : f/9 : 100 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +1 1/3 Bias : No Flash

Brooklyn Bridge

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/125th : f/5 : 100 ISO : 70mm : Aperture Priority : +2/3 Bias : No Flash

Brooklyn Bridge. There were a few steel eyes that stuck out of the structure and every single one of them had padlocks attached to them left by visitors. I thought it was a pretty cool thing. Many of the locks had dates, names, places they were from etc. Pretty cool in my book.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/400th : f/2.8 : 100 ISO : 70mm : Aperture Priority : +1 Bias : No Flash

Brooklyn Bridge

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/800th : f/2.8 : 100 ISO : 70mm : Aperture Priority : +1 Bias : No Flash

View of Downtown

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/60th : f/10 : 100 ISO : 24mm : Aperture Priority : +1 Bias : No Flash

Brooklyn Bridge

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L : 1/320th : f/5 : 100 ISO : 24mm : Aperture Priority : +2/3 Bias : No Flash

Hopped on the subway and ventured into Queens in order to see the New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals @ Citi Field

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/50th : f/8 : 400 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : 0 Bias : No Flash

Citi Field. I left the game around the third inning in order to get out and see more sights around town since my stay in NYC was very limited.

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/10th : f/4.5 : 1000 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +1 Bias : No Flash

Times Square. This place never sleeps!

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/80th : f/5.6 : 1000 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +2/3 Bias : No Flash

Empire State Building Lobby

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 1/60th : f/3.2 : 1000 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +1/3 Bias : No Flash

View from the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. You can see the Flatiron Building in the dead center of the image with the Brooklyn Bridge on the far upper left hand side just near the horizon. This is looking towards downtown. The observation deck closes at 2am so I got up there just in time to get some photos and look around before they closed for the day. It was a very long day indeed!

Canon EOS-5D Mark II : Canon EF 15 Fisheye : 0.8″ : f/5.6 : 1000 ISO : 15mm : Aperture Priority : +1/3 Bias : No Flash