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 08/28/2005 04:24:58 PM · #1
Last Friday Digital Quixote and I drove down to Tacoma Washington to see the exhibit of Pulitzer Prize winning photos (a great show!) and ended up also visiting the Museum of Glass right across the Chihuly Bridge of Glass. Here are some photos of the glass, architecture and some shots at ISO 1600 ISO in the Hot Shop. As always comments are welcome.




08/28/2005 04:27:45 PM · #2
Really good pics, that building?? is awesome!

You know it is dangerous taking DQ out for the day...he gets carried away. Now we will get loads of shots from him :)

Good work,

Steve
 08/28/2005 04:33:52 PM · #3
Originally posted by Formerlee:
Really good pics, that building?? is awesome!

You know it is dangerous taking DQ out for the day...he gets carried away. Now we will get loads of shots from him :)

Good work,

Steve


He took loads of shots but I think he is busy at the moment. Retired but not, you know. I'm still trying to teach him the meaning of real retirement.
 08/28/2005 04:46:45 PM · #4
We visited there this summer. We actually stopped by it on a Sunday morning and didn't have time to wait until opening, but my gosh, just the outside was so worth the visit!! I'd love to go back sometime.



I love that you have a photo of that reflection too. I was so captivated by that, but just could not find a composition that was pleasing to me within the limited angle that allowed the building to be reflected in the biggest window.
 08/28/2005 04:54:07 PM · #5
great series. thanks for sharing.
08/28/2005 05:15:09 PM · #6
Nice shots Jennifer. I bet there are 1,000's of us out there who have taken the same shots. The place is so photogenic!

As for inside you did not miss much in my opinion. I mean the art on display is interesting (no photos allowed) and the Hot Shop is pretty neat but the outside is where it is at for me. And I did not even take any of the Foss Wterway, the old trainstation or the Washington Satea Museum. I will be going back with my wife sometime and will pick those up then.
 08/28/2005 05:28:42 PM · #7
Yes, the museum and trainstation were closed when we were there, so I also didn't see those. I walked along that marina a little bit, but the sun was really harsh by that point and I didn't bother taking many shots. I'd like to be there in the evening sometime with some nice rose-colored light and when those interesting water fountains are running.

I'm glad to hear we didn't miss that much by not going inside. I would've liked to peek in the gift shop though. ;)
 08/28/2005 10:20:22 PM · #8
Originally posted by turquoise919:
I'm glad to hear we didn't miss that much by not going inside. I would've liked to peek in the gift shop though. ;)


Gift shop? They had a gift shop? I'm so not the shopper ... Well, maybe for camera gear. LOL
 08/30/2005 12:04:01 AM · #9
I am resisting the urge to post pics from our outing but I did want to talk about the Pulitzer Prize Photo Exhibit we went to see.

This is a traveling exhibit of over 100 Pulitzer Prize winning photos taken since 1941, the first year a photo could win. It was spectacular for several reasons: 1) I recognized about 2/3 of the photos on display and in that regard it was a brief history of world events since 1941 in a very approachable venue; 2) Each photo had the "story" of the photo in a display next to it ... who took it, the context, what the photographer was thinking when he/she took it in their own words.

There is an online virtual tour which will show you the photos and play the photographers' comments. Worth watching!!!!! And worth visiting in person should it come to a venue near you!!!!!

And finally, I wanted to quote from a display at the beginning of the exhibit ...

"The tools of photojournalism evolve from the clunky 4x5 Speed Graphic to the sleek infinity of digital color. But the goals remain the same: Capture the moment. Tell the story. Move people.

An exceptional image has magnetic power. It reaches past the outer layers of our humanity to grab us. It finds an express lane to the heart, saying quickly and clearly that war is brutal, or victory sweet, or children innocent, or life fragile, and saying it equally to men and women, young and old, rich and poor.

A great photograph has a life of its own. It can change lives. Its subjects can be ruined or immortalized. So can those who take the picture. An entire society can change its views about racism or famine. Images can even change how we feel about ourselves, because it is our curiosity that helps send a photojournalist to the blizzard or the war.

They are our eyes, and we theirs."

Now imagine if DPC photographers can live this vision, become this impactful!!!!! ? !!!!! A score of 10 would be insufficient to reward such photographs!
 08/30/2005 04:45:04 PM · #10
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