Give me enough time and I’ll eventually cover the whole school. I’d need a lot of time, though.
Several weeks ago I posted the exterior of what I always thought was graffiti on the windows. | Order a print of this image.
Architecture
Inside
I’ve shot plenty of stuff on the exterior and I’ve always wanted to just walk around inside and shoot, but I never can get it completely empty – until today. I took advantage of some time before the annual band holiday concert and did a little walk-around. I know a lot of Handley faculty follow these posts so I hope I wasn’t too far out of bounds with my little photo walk. I’m really digging the updated Protune features on the GoPro – now I’m just waiting for the GoPro cameras to start shooting in RAW.
I like what it can do, but there’s still such a difference between JPEG and RAW images in post (but I knew that going in). | Order a print of this image.
Worthy
I took the new GoPro out tonight to determine if it’s worthy enough to be considered a decent camera in my photography tool box. I’ve made my decision. What do you think?
The “Beacon of Light” all decked out for the holidays. | Order a print of this image.
Broad Side
So is this the broad side of the barn that everybody’s always talking about? Guess I CAN hit it…
Graffiti
So it’s not graffiti. I thought it was something like a senior hallway that changes every year or something like that. Nope, it’s a wall of constellations. Yeah, look really closely. I always wondered what it was. And I’ve always wanted to take a photo of the cupola through the glass hallway. Here’s both – well, sort of…
The “bridge” at John Handley High School. | Order a print of this image.
Because
Well, simply because I can. You know you’ve used that excuse at some point in your life, right?
Nature’s Palette
It’s nature’s color palette. What a great time of year to be a landscape photographer.
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Beacon of Light
Yep, that’s what they’re calling it.
It’s been a while since I actually shot something other than aerial. It felt creative.
Favorite
Another awesome sunset over what has turned into my favorite place to shoot these days. Go figure.
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Rise and Shine
This is how I started my day – actually about an hour and a half prior to this. Long day for me.
HLSB (Shenandoah University’s Health and Life Sciences Building). | Order a print of this image.
Cut Short
There was going to be a great sunset at the school this evening, but I had my first complaint about the aerial camera that cut me short. A lady was going to go walk somewhere else this evening (as opposed to her usual walk at the school) because she was “uncomfortable” with the drone. I was just hovering taking a shot every couple of minutes – just waiting for the money shot. This is the last shot I was able to get. I never did get a clear answer as to what made her uncomfortable. Oh well.
Another great sunset over Handley High School. | Order a print of this image.
Branding
Who would’ve thought that, amongst all the high-tech engineering and impressive architecture, the rockers on the “front porch” would be good old Cracker Barrel brand.
Get that down-home “front porch” feel at the newest SU Building in Winchester.
Maps
I’ve got a series of images that I’ll eventually combine to create a “mapping” image of the Psycho Cross course in Sykesville. There’s so much that’s cool about this venue, but what’s really awesome is that if I look up the address on my iPhone/Mac maps I can actually see the worn areas that mark the race course. Check it out.
Setting
I was near downtown today when the sun began setting. It pays sometimes to keep the gear in the car.
The new Discovery Museum in Old Town Winchester
12/24
If you asked me a year ago with which lens I preferred to use to shoot races I would have answered, without hesitation, “my 70-200.” These days, not so much. Almost 50% of my images from the last two weekends of shooting cyclocross were shot on my 12-24 lens. This also plays into my purposeful shooting method for sports. Today’s image has nothing to do with cycling other than it was shot at one of the coolest race venues around.
Every year I discover that the Warfield Complex is more boarded up in certain places and more dilapidated in others. It certainly makes for some fun images .
Psycho
I’ve shot here for several years now at the annual Psycho Cross cyclocross race and I look froward to it every year. I enjoy shooting cycling, no doubt, but I really enjoy shooting this property. And this year I have a new angle of view! Just a little preview of what I’ll be shooting tomorrow.
One of the open windows at the Warfield Complex in Sykesville, MD. | Order a print of this image.
Workshop
Teaching creative workflows is tough. I’m quickly learning that I really need to back up and start from the beginning.
I took this group of Handley students/faculty through the workflow of capturing an aerial image and editing it with a miniature effect.
The English Channel
So we took a tour of Handley High School today. We, who have a child who is a current senior. We, who have a child who is a recent graduate. We took a tour of Handley today. It was sort of cool. A little weird, but cool.
We’re trying to get our daughter to start referring to the English hallway as the English Channel. We want to see if we can start something. A tradition of sorts. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
One of the really cool “new” hallways on the tour of the school today.
Homecoming
So this is it. The last homecoming. This year marks the 25th (2 and half decades!) since my wife and graduated high school (separate high schools). And tomorrow marks the last high school homecoming for our family. What the heck – where has the time gone! Although…look out empty nest, here we come!
Happy 25th to all the 1989’ers!
Handley High School (a favorite photo spot for me) celebrates their homecoming tomorrow.
Restoration
Originally opened in 1948 and involved in a recent overhaul and restoration since very early 2009, the Triangle Diner is just sitting there. For the longest time it was an eyesore of a construction zone, which surprises me because it’s extremely visible to the hundreds of thousands of visitors at the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. It’d be cool if it were to open like their Facebook page has been saying since very early 2010. Can’t wait until it’s back – it’ll make for some great images. And I suppose it’d be a neat place to eat.
The Triangle Diner near Handley High School in Winchester, VA. | Order a print of this image.
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