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12/28/2007 11:39:30 AM · #1

Anyone interested? I'm running out of ideas of where to go, so any ideas are very welcome!

BrianM

12/28/2007 11:43:29 AM · #2

I'm interested.
As for where to go...umm, yeah. I'll keep working on that one.

ClubJuggle

12/28/2007 01:24:31 PM · #3

I'm interedted, but finding a place to take photos comfortably in January is a challenge. Perhaps we could try a different approach - are there any good photography exhibits going on at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?

~Terry

12/28/2007 02:06:10 PM · #4

Please! Yes! I am bored to tears! Any day of the week is fine(Except Saturday, 01/05/08)! The current Art Museum exhibits are:

A Conversation in Three Dimensions: Sculpture from the Collections

Cornucopia: Recent Acquisitions in Japanese Art (my frient Rob worked on this exhibit, maybe I'll see about getting a guiding tour if he is available)

Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand by Thomas Eakins

Renoir Landscapes (this runs through 01/06/08, must decide quickly)

Alfred Stieglitz and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Now Through February 17, 2008)

Several others as well.

Or any one up for the Mummers?

Message edited by author 2007-12-28 14:19:21.

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

12/28/2007 03:38:43 PM · #5

A few months ago, the museum opened their new wing (actually it's really across the street)

There are photographs, textiles, and I want to say furniture in those new galleries.

Hey! we could always do the aquarium again hahah

Maverick

Nikon D200

12/28/2007 03:41:06 PM · #6

I'm interested, but am in Pittsburgh until January 2nd

12/28/2007 10:21:58 PM · #7

bimp

ClubJuggle

12/28/2007 11:38:56 PM · #8

Originally posted by banmorn:

bimp

Peter Sellers, is that you?

~Terry

12/28/2007 11:46:15 PM · #9

That is not my dog.

12/29/2007 12:45:19 AM · #10

Who's got a dog?

12/29/2007 11:13:48 AM · #11

BIZUMP

NikonJeb

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens

01/01/2008 01:12:39 PM · #12

I'm interested....I'm a little south of Harrisburg, so not that far. Hpow about an Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Rittenhouse Square type of thing? Or the Eastern State prison? Isn't there an awesome old graveyard somewhere? What about the port????

benee

Canon EOS-5D

01/01/2008 02:00:51 PM · #13

I'm interested too - if its too cold, I would be up to visit the Stieglitz exhibit with folks too...

01/01/2008 02:08:36 PM · #14

How 'bout we play this by temperature.....I like the Old City idea 'cause I never go there enough and would like to take a look at the new buildins there such as Consitution Hall (sic). Also have yet to do Elfreth's Alley. So if it is to cold...we go to the Art Museum instead and see the Stieglitz.

JerseyGenie

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/01/2008 02:12:37 PM · #15

I'd like to join in, dependent on weather. The Eastern State Prison sounds really interesting. I hear that they have great photo ops there.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/01/2008 06:22:14 PM · #16

Right now, the only access to the Eastern State Penitentiaryis through one-hour guided tours offered 3 times daily - no tripods are allowed and no holding up the tour for photography. It would be better to wait until April when there is free-range access without a time limit and you can use tripods.

There is a street photography grid project starting in Philadelphia. Here is a Robert Cocozza's blog about it. I will be with a group going out once a month to photograph a part of the grid.

Chanticleer Gardens opens in April. This place is spectacular in the spring.

There are also other photography exhibits:
Lewis and Clark Trail at Penn Museum

Gallery 339

Project Basho Onward opening January 10th

ClubJuggle

01/01/2008 07:21:58 PM · #17

ESP does allow group tours -- if we can get 15 people perhaps we can work something out with them?

Still, it sounds like it can be quite cold in the winter so that may be a better late-spring GTG.

~Terry

01/13/2008 09:38:00 AM · #18

bumppppp

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/18/2008 10:17:14 AM · #19

Oh my.....maybe later in the year? How about a day on South street. Very eclectic.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

01/18/2008 10:28:18 AM · #20

later in the year in April I am going to Philly so if you guys do it then I would love to meet up. I posted a thread up a few weeks ago asking for places to shoot in Philly but no one responded, well just one person _eug post sent me some good info

I am looking for places to shoot in philly

Message edited by author 2008-01-18 13:59:00.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/18/2008 11:10:57 AM · #21

Jeex. Sorry, Ryan. I missed it. Can you link to it in this thread? thx! Don't know what life will be like in April, but it is as good as time as any. Let's see what happens.

_eug

Nikon D50

01/18/2008 11:22:44 AM · #22

Originally posted by digitalpins:

I must be no one. ;)

I'm just pullin your leg. I know you didn't mean it like that. Hey look! Two of the resources I mentioned have already responded. TADA!

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/18/2008 08:34:30 PM · #23

This might give you an idea of what would be available in Philadelphia:Michael Penn.

Eugene, I thought about you on Christmas Eve - we went to some friends near Morris and 13th. They go all out down there don't they and, of course, I had no camera.

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/18/2008 08:47:26 PM · #24

It's even better New Years Eve. At the end of our block (I still call it our block since we still own the house in Philly), is the Fancy Brigades' South Philly Vikings who have won several years running, although I'm not sure about this year. It WAS fun watching Mummers going up Broad St. on WGN (Chicago) on Comcast in Florida.