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Snow and Ice!

©TimeLine Media - December ice storm

The news this passed week was full of stories about snow and ice blanketing most of the US as winter weather moved across the entire continent. In just watching the football games on TV yesterday, there were so many teams playing in wet and snowy conditions. Here in the DC area, we finally received our part of the storm, but we did brave the conditions to cover our previously scheduled events. This morning, though, we are having intermittent power issues, so I did not want to risk losing photos and work, and have shut down the computers for now. I went out and took some photos of the icy trees and other structures in the area as I looked for a warm place to work.

©TimeLine Media - December ice storm
©TimeLine Media – December ice storm
©TimeLine Media - December ice storm
December ice storm ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - December icicles on street sign
©TimeLine Media – December icicles on street sign

There are some beautiful scenes out there with the ice still coating all the trees! The branches have highlights making them stick out from the shadows as the sun hits them. Unfortunately, this is why the power companies are working hard today – there are many branches coming down with the added weight. All the images were from what is becoming my favorite camera these days, the Fuji X100s – it just works! I’ll have my frustrations on a future blog post. Enjoy these images in the meantime!

©TimeLine Media - December icicles on mailbox
©TimeLine Media – December icicles on mailbox
©TimeLine Media - December ice storm
December ice storm ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - December ice storm
©TimeLine Media – December ice storm

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Tysons Corner – personal photo shoot

Tysons Corner photo - TimeLine Media - www.timelinedc.com
Tysons Corner photo - TimeLine Media - www.timelinedc.com

Tysons Corner – Garage C

Finally the clouds have gone away! I was able to go out and get some photos of the some of the development projects being done in the Tysons Corner area. At first is a photo of a cluster of buildings looking south from Garage C of the Tysons Corner Center. I think this would make a great background for portraits and would love to try sometime! Similarly to shooting nature landscapes, early morning or early evening has the best light for these types of photos. There is still blue in the sky, However, the light is coming at an angle. This adds dimension to the photos, as well as creates reflected lights in the windows. Once the sun moves high into the sky, you lose this as all the windows turn black. Also the harsh shadows turns your creative landscape photo into an ordinary snapshot.

Tysons Corner – Garage E

The recently completed HOT lanes from 495 have opened, and the Metro train lines are moving along quickly. From the Tysons Corner mall garages, you can get a good view of the Metro construction along with the new Tysons Tower. According to their website the new tower will rise high above the area providing panoramic views to DC. Many DC landmarks can already be seen from the parking garage where I took this photo. The ISO was set at 50, and the aperture was set at f/11. I used this for the best quality raw file to work with, and to keep allow for a higher shutter speed. The exposure time for this photo was 4 seconds which gives a nice blur to the moving cranes in the scene, and the workers moving around on the ground.

Here the sun was still not over the horizon, so there is some nice color in the sky. To balance the light in the scene, I processed the photo in Adobe Lightroom, and adjusted the mid tones to bring out some of the darker parts of the construction area to bring out more of the details in the photo. It will be nice to come back to this spot to see how the building progresses.  Thanks to the Tysons Corner for suggesting some ideas for shooting spots!

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