Chicago in the AM

Early morning in Chicago on a beautiful September day. Spending time in this great city and the weather is picture prefect is enough to make one want to move here.

My early morning walk along the river provided more then my share of photo opts. Here a a few of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy these shots. All photos taken with Canon G10. Love this little camera. Picasa processed.

Jazz Fest Workers

The Detroit Jazz Festival is the place to hear the best in both old and new jazz music. Most of the attendees enjoy the music, but also feast on the food, the people and the fair like atmosphere. The workers in the food and other booths are pleasant and friendly. Here are a few shots taken on Saturday night.

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All photos taken with a Canon 20D, Sigma 50-150 2.8 lens, and processed with Lightroom 2.4.

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Detroit Jazz Festival 2009

For 30 years the Detroit Jazz Fest has featured both the best of national and local talent. If you have attended many times, you will seen some of the same smiling (or not smiling, jazz is serious) faces year after year. In addition to the music, people watching will please everyone.

Here are some of the captured shots from September 4, 2009.

The stage in front of the Compuware building.


The Compuware buildings glass front provides a mirror of the foot of Woodward Ave.


These two strange characters entertained the crowd between musical sets.


Some of the smiling faces.


A ride in style in way better then walking.


Some of the old is being renovated and rented.
Some of the old remains as a landmark.

Looking forward to more music and faces the rest of the weekend.

Hope you enjoyed these shots.

Here is a link to the Official web site. http://detroitjazzfest.com/

Washington DC

On my July trip to visit family on the east cost, my niece took me on a quick walking tip to the Mall and White House. We caught the train in to downtown and arrived at 7:00 am. We turned toward the Capitol building and then turned around and headed to the Washington Memorial.

Here are a few shots taken that morning.

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I caught the highlights in about 2.5 hours.

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