Wind Storm - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Photographs are by their nature static forms of art. Trying to capture the motion of the scene in a static image can sometimes be just as hard - or sometimes harder - then photographing the scene in such a way to eliminate the dynamic. So when the wind storm was predicted a few days ago I started to think about how to capture the motion of the wind in a static image and came up with something very similar to this: At the bottom of the frame is the city and ground which is absolutely static. As the eye wonders up toward the top of the image, the strong motion of the branches becomes apparent and then at the very top and behind the blurred branches, the clouds moving at extreme speed.

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Penn Ave - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The city looks so different from this vantage point. The Duquesne Incline doesn't look nearly as steep as it does from the bottom terminus.

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Andy Warhol Bridge Reflected

The Andy Warhol bridge reflected in the window of the Alcoa building on Pittsburghs Northshore. The sky was overcast and there wasn't really any interesting cloud textures or colors so I made it black and white.

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The Rachel Carson Bridge is Closed - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

I'm going to miss photographing this bridge for the next while.

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The Rachel Carson Bridge is Closed

Last year the Rachel Carson bridge was outfitted with a light show with wind generators and it was really neat. This year (and next year) the bridge is now closed to all traffic to an overdue maintenance and rebuild.

I hope they put the lights back up.

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Smithfield Bridge and Downtown - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The view of downtown, the Grand Concourse and the Monongahela River crossed by the Smithfield Bridge on a cold Friday night was magical. The city seemed to be much brighter than it has been in the past, I don't know if it actually was or it was just seeing something from a new perspective.

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Downtown from Slightly Upstream of the Smithfield Bridge

There really isn't anything as exciting as finding a new location to photograph the city from. I think this view works quite nicely.

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The Castle of Pittsburgh

This might (MIGHT) be my new favorite view of Pittsburgh. I absolutely love the layered look to this image between the foreground of the road with the headlight trails and houses on the hillside with the skyscrapers in the background and then the hillside in the distance. I really think this one came out pretty good.

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10th Street Pedestrian Bridge over the Tracks - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

I had originally hoped to get a nice shot of the skyline from the bridge. The apartment building and trees blocked too much and I figured this was a good consolation image. The pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks and public stairway made for an interesting (I think) image with the city through the trees in the back ground.

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PPG Paints: Pittsburgh Hockeytown (v.2)

I grew up in Detroit during the days of Scotty Bowman and the Russian 5, Mike Vernon, etc. Hockey in Detroit and Hockey in Pittsburgh share many similarities which I find wonderful and interesting and very me-at-home.

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PPG Place under a starry sky

The weather was cold and windy. The sky was clearing. The towers were beautiful.

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Highmark Lit Red for American Heart Month

I like this view a lot. I took an image very similar last October when the Highmark Building was lit in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. I took another one similar the month before when it was lit its normal blue. This was the first time I lowered the camera all the way to the ground and I like the strong pavement details quite a lot.

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Sandusky St - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

I was actually going from one location to another when I happened to glance over and see this street. I came back a half hour later and captured this.

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Bridge Reflections in the Allegheny River - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The reflection of one bridge and the shadow of the other (with contrasting colors) make this an interesting shot, in my opinion. Long shutter with moving water make for really nice lines.

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North Side and Downtown Pittsburgh

From the staircases behind Allegheny General Hospital the view of downtown is really magical and full of detail and color. The Rachel Carson bridge (which is now shut down for the next year for repairs and renovation) stands above the buildings and really adds a unique and wonderful detail to the incredible richness of the image.

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American Heart Association - Highmark Building, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

February is American Heart Month and the Highmark Building in downtown Pittsburgh was lit up red. Normally I don't care for selective color images, but occasionally (like in this case) it makes a lot of sense.

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Pittsburgh North Side at Night

This really might be my favorite overlook of the city. I just love all the buildings extending to the city in the distance. This is one of the many reasons I really enjoy photographing the city at night.

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Pittsburgh Skyline - Winter Afternoon

The skyline of Pittsburgh on a rare, sunny and beautiful (and unseasonably warm) winter afternoon.

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Pittsburgh and the West End Bridge - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The Polar Vortex left the city and the temperature rose to the point where it seemed like middle spring. It was glorious. I went down to the West End bridge to try and get some images on the bridge during the beautiful weather and just had a really nice time. I like the layers of this image. Road-Barrier-River-City makes for an interesting composition I think.

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Southside Flats near Station Square - Pittsburgh Pennslyvnaia

The walk across the Liberty bridge was really brutal with the wind coming straight down the Mon from the Ohio River.

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Crossing the River - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

While not the coldest weather I've ever photographed, it was darn close. The temperature was -2 ºF and the wind chill was near -20 ºF.

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Roberto Clemente Bridge Spanning the Allegheny - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The ice on the river had jammed up next to the River Safety Center near the Ballpark on the downstream side of the Roberto Clemente Bridge. The wind was blowing enough to make the steam from the steam plant really magical.
There is so much color and light in this image. I don't remember so much color as just brutal cold.

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Ice and the Roberto Clemente Bridge

While not the coldest weather I've ever photographed, it was darn close. The temperature was -2 ºF and the wind chill was near -20 ºF. The Roberto Clemente bridge with the city behind it is perhaps my favorite place to photograph. The addition of the ice makes it that much better. But wow it was cold.

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Hamilton at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

We were fortunate to see it earlier this month.

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Winter Dawn on the Roberto Clemente Bridge

After freezing out in the cold photographing the city from the north shore, the sun (still below the horizon) was illuminating the sky with fire. It was absolutely magical and only lasted for a brief minute before the light changed and was gone. What was not yet frozen of me managed to get this shot before I called it a day and headed to work.

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River Ice on the Allegheny River - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The sunrise over the city was magnificent. I absolutely love the ice on the river.

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Downtown Pittsburgh during a Freezing Dawn

The sun was just about to emerge above the horizon. The colors and the reflections and the ice were perfect.

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Venus, Jupiter and the Roberto Clemente Bridge

There is something so incredibly special about photographing the city when the temperatures are THIS cold. The river ice is really beautiful and the CRYSTAL clear blue sky with the Venus and Jupiter conjunction was really gorgeous.

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And the Snow Moved On - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

An hour after the snow stopped, I was at the Duquesne Incline. The temperature was at 17 ºF with a windchill near 0 ºF. The sky and clouds were beautiful and I love how the Ohio River is split down the middle with the Allegheny green water and the Mon brown water not mixing at the confluence.

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Pittsburgh from the South Side Slopes

Pittsburgh during a cold rain from the south side slopes. There is nothing quite like it. Miserable weather usually results in good images.

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The Classic Pittsburgh Winter Scene

This scene has been photographed so many times over the past many years, I had to try and take one myself.

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Pittsburgh before the Storm

The front is moving in and the clear sky had just started to give way to the high, thin clouds that are the harbinger of the first snow storm of the year. It's likely that Pittsburgh won't get much snow, but, like, who knows.

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Reflections on the Allegheny - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The wind was calm and the steam was rising from the generation plant nearly vertically when I started this exposure series. The river was smooth, but not quite glass smooth, still, it makes for a good reflection. It was also cold. Not horribly cold, but cold none the less.

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Heinz Field and Pittsburghs North Shore - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The City and the Stadium lit up.

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December 30, 2018: The Day Pittsburgh (briefly) Became Cleveland Browns Fans

For a few beautiful, but very odd minutes at the end of their victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, the entire city of Pittsburgh became ardent fans of the Cleveland Browns. Additionally, in this brief, but all too real reality odd things happened: Primanti Sandwiches were made with Slymans Corned Beef and Heinz Ketchup and Bertmans Mustard were applied on Italian sausages across the two valleys.

Moments later it all ended and the reality that we knew before had returned.

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Heinz Field and Pittsburghs North Shore - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

I captured two images of the stadium. This is the second one. I would be very interested in seeing which one is generally preferred.

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Looking North West for 245 Seconds - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The shutter was held open for 245 seconds (which is just shade over 4 minutes). Note the solid light trails for both the headlights and taillights from the traffic traveling on PA65.

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Traffic - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

There were a lot of people getting off at Exit 2B (E. Ohio Street) to PA 28 North.

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Pittsburgh: Love is Stronger than Hate

I really love small details like this.

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The Pittsburgh Creche

I've been meaning to come down and take a photo of the Creche for a while now and tonight I got the opportunity. This was much more difficult to shoot than I was hoping, but I'm pretty happy with this result.

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Pittsburgh From the North #3

It's been while since I was last up at this particular location. It's still a wonderful view and it was CRYSTAL clear this night. I really like the look of the traffic and the business of the city.

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Skyline from Parkway North

Over the walkway and through the hole in the fence there is an absolutely beautiful view of the city.

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Crescent Moon over Steel

The moon was low on the horizon and it just happened to catch my eye as it sat just above the Roberto Clemente bridge.

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Highways through Pittsburgh

The sunset was gorgeous tonight and I totally missed it. I got this instead. I think it came out pretty good.

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City Highways at Sunset

The more I look at this image the more I like it. The leading lines of the highway headed ultimately north of the city give this a really strong visual flow. The sunset - while I missed the glorious colors by a few minutes, still glowed on the horizon during early blue hour.

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Heinz Chapel and Cathedral of Learning

The open sky between Heinz Chapel and the Cathedral of Learning on Pitts campus. Looking upwards sometimes yields interesting and unusual images, particularly if you have equipped with a VERY wide lens.

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Doors to Heinz Chapel

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