Showing posts with label night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label night. Show all posts

{PHOTO} I'll Stand In The Middle Of The Road In NYC

Just a warning to everyone - I will be sharing a lot of photos of NYC and London over the next coming weeks/months. I was thinking rather than saving a huge batch of photos at a time, I would just post them as I edit them. This means more posts, more often, but then I am not just sitting on these pictures and can share them right when I am excited and stoked (yes, I use the word stoked - and I use it often).

As some background, at the beginning of December hubby and I went to New York City and, unbeknownst to me, this was a detour on our way to London. When we arrived in NYC, we started planning our next day, to which hubby kept adding more and more things to do - in one day! I was getting nervous at how our relaxing vacation was becoming seriously jam packed (little did I know the next day he would tell me we were flying to London.......more about that later). After planning, we went out to grab some food and hubby noted on our way back to the hotel I should try to grab our street view of the Empire State Building all lit up at night. I couldn't get a good angle from the safety of the sidewalk, so I ran into the middle of the road, looking both ways of course, and took several quick shots before running back to avoid getting run over.

To the pro's - I know this is grainy. I know the lights are a bit overblown. I know the framing isn't dead on and despite my best efforts the buildings still look slightly askew, BUT I really like this. I like the feeling. I like the not perfectness, the rush it conveys.

I also like knowing I had to stand in the middle of a street in NYC, with traffic, to try and capture a memory.


Diamond Island, Maine - Shadows On The Dock


 Recently, hubby and I were honored to be guests at a dream destination wedding in Maine. It was intimate and beautiful - full of everything you see in wedding magazines and the joy of seeing your closest friends getting married and meeting everyone close in their lives. The location provided for a beautiful backdrop. Even the dock while waiting for the ferry made for lovely eye candy! Here's one of my favorite shots from the wedding.

This is the view from Great Diamond Island looking out to Portland, Maine at approximately 11PM.

{Photo} Hollywood Beach - AM/PM

Yup, I disappeared for awhile.

I had to do some thinking, analyze some priorities, relax a bit, started a new job, and now I am back. I promise, I won't do it again.

As my peace offering, I wanted to share my day and night images of Hollywood Beach, Florida. I tried for a sunrise shot as well but the hotel room was so cold it not only fogged my lens for almost 10 minutes but my internal sensor went haywire. I took some shots but later, upon inspection on my computer (and it not being 6AM with me delirious), they were just too hazy to be any good.

On the left is the inter coastal waterway and on the right is the Atlantic Ocean.









{PHOTO} Orlando: The Boats On The Water

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This past Christmas, my family stayed at the beautiful Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando. It had a great Italian theme, which included this water view with gondolas and boats (permanently anchored).This was looking away from the main hotel, so this was the view from most rooms there.

In the distance, you can even see a little bit of the park.

{PHOTOS} A Local Icon: Ron Jon Surf Shop

I don't think I've had a family/friend yet visit Brevard and not also want to go to Ron Jon's for a souvenir, including a shirt (the usual), a surfboard (for the bold), or a sticker (for the person who doesn't want to pay the Ron Jon prices). It started as this little shack where you could rent surfboards, body boards, etc. as well as buy some shirts, shoes, and bathing suits but later became the neon behemoth you see today. The colors are beautiful and it is definitely best seen at night when the lights are bright and appealing.

I visited it on a whim, after getting lost trying to find the Cocoa Beach Pier, and it was definitely well worth it. I even meandered next door to the Cocoa Beach Surf Company, which I had never visited before, to see their indoor aquarium, hotel, restaurant, and Starbucks.


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Ron Jon Surf Shop

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Volleyball "Sand" Sculpture

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Skateboarding "Sand" Sculpture and Entrance

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Surfer "Sand" Sculpture

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Ron Jon Surf Shop Entrance

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Ron Jon Surf Shop Entrance with Permanent Wood-Side Station Wagon

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Looking a little like South Beach

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The view of Ron Jon's from A1A



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Cocoa Beach Surf Company - Aquarium

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Eating dinner in front of the fishies

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View of the restaurant

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