Playing with perspective sure is fun!Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 23, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
PPG is Wedged In
Playing with perspective sure is fun!Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 23, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Reflected Fishyness
From the Pittsburgh Roars campaign in 2006:
Camera: Concord Duo 2000 Date Picture Taken: May 2006(?)
Camera: Concord Duo 2000 Date Picture Taken: May 2006(?)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Piitsburgh's Art Stars
Another of the last-remaining All Star Stars from 2006:
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 8, 2008
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sign of the Old Times: Victor Hubert
Date Picture Taken: August 12, 2008 Camera: Kodak Easyshare M753
Sunday, August 17, 2008
PAPA World Championship
Spent 2 Days at the PAPA World Championship, an annual Pinball Tournament held in Carnegie. I didn't compete, of course, because even the worst division of folks were 10 times better than me (roughly literally). But they also have a huge variety of tables from 1946 to 2008, some even set to free play. If you're a fan of pinball, it's a great time. And yes, it's totally doable to spend 2 days there--some folks even went for 3! A sampling of things from the two days I was there:
The sign says it all. Note the 4th day is only for the finals.
A row of old tables. The closest one, sadly cropped, is from 1946.
Magic, the next table over, is from 1948.
Nothing like avoiding pesky licensing issues by waiting till they're dead. This was actually a cool table, with some nice dual-bonus action from the 1970s. Also interesting because it's a Spanish table, possibly the first foreign table I've played.
My absolute favorite of the old tables. So old you have to actually push the balls into the playing service with a separate plunger before starting each round. The longer I stayed, the more I liked playing tables that showed the bonuses as you racked them up and made bells and whistles instead of electronic noises. But I still prefer my digital cameras!
Generally speaking, I'm not that good at pinball. But in a place where good players abounded, I was totally geeked at getting my initials up on one of the tables--and my old time favorite, Whodunnit, too. So here's a little bit of bragging rights! (heh heh)
The sign says it all. Note the 4th day is only for the finals.A row of old tables. The closest one, sadly cropped, is from 1946. Magic, the next table over, is from 1948.
Nothing like avoiding pesky licensing issues by waiting till they're dead. This was actually a cool table, with some nice dual-bonus action from the 1970s. Also interesting because it's a Spanish table, possibly the first foreign table I've played.
My absolute favorite of the old tables. So old you have to actually push the balls into the playing service with a separate plunger before starting each round. The longer I stayed, the more I liked playing tables that showed the bonuses as you racked them up and made bells and whistles instead of electronic noises. But I still prefer my digital cameras!
Generally speaking, I'm not that good at pinball. But in a place where good players abounded, I was totally geeked at getting my initials up on one of the tables--and my old time favorite, Whodunnit, too. So here's a little bit of bragging rights! (heh heh)Camera: Kodak EasyShare M753 Date Pictures Taken: August 15-16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Jesus is Love
I'll miss these kinds of things when they finish bulldozing all the old buildings.Camera: Canon S5Is Date Picture Taken: July 11, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Pretty Point
What a beautiful day Saturday was. Check out this view from across the river near Heinz Field:
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: August 09, 2008
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: August 09, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
False Advertising
I went to the Carnegie Science Center's (not as large as advertised) garage sale today and didn't see a single flea!Today was National Garage Sale Day, and the Center is spending all weekend on environmental concepts, including a few special exhibits. Had it not been an amazingly beautiful day, I'd have given it a look-see.
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: August 9, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Two Views of the Heinz Plant
Taken riding shotgun in a car, probably the only way to get these.
Front view. From Route 28, with just a smidge of window glare.
From the Veteran's Bridge. I'm sure they appreciate that I didn't stop traffic to get this cleanly. (I admit it was tempting....)
Front view. From Route 28, with just a smidge of window glare.From the Veteran's Bridge. I'm sure they appreciate that I didn't stop traffic to get this cleanly. (I admit it was tempting....)Camera: Canon S5IS Date Pictures Taken: July 18, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Century Building
Anyone happen to know why it's called the Century Building?Camera; Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: July 11, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Floral Point
A very different Shenley Plaza from 2003:
Note the cars in the background and the cast-off bus schedule, from when they lavishly printed them in color. Days we'll not see again!
Camera: Concord Duo 2000 Date Picture Taken: Summer 2003
Note the cars in the background and the cast-off bus schedule, from when they lavishly printed them in color. Days we'll not see again!Camera: Concord Duo 2000 Date Picture Taken: Summer 2003
Friday, August 1, 2008
Enjoy Schneider's Milk
We'll do a little retro sign action today, courtesy of a storefront in Brookline...
I think it is imperative that all photographers take shots like these when they are available, so that later generations can see what we saw, and not just the tall buildings and lovely flowers and happy people. This is just--and possibly more--important to learning about the true history of America or any other places. This is the real culture.
But yeah, take pictures of buildings, too. ;)
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 10, 2008
I think it is imperative that all photographers take shots like these when they are available, so that later generations can see what we saw, and not just the tall buildings and lovely flowers and happy people. This is just--and possibly more--important to learning about the true history of America or any other places. This is the real culture.But yeah, take pictures of buildings, too. ;)
Camera: Canon S5IS Date Picture Taken: May 10, 2008
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