After considerable time going through thousands of frames from my Shanghai trip in August I have reached this point. 12 favourite photos (not from World Expo) that have been cleaned up in Lightroom. Vignetting around the edge of photos seems to be all the rage at the moment so I’ve used that here. I’m sure … Continue reading
It’s Christmas evening in Australia and the big day is over for another year. Here are a few photos taken around the Sydney CBD in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The Queen Victoria Building (QVB) which is a converted shopping mall had an enormous Christmas tree decorated in Swarovski crystal ornaments. Very beautiful and … Continue reading
I’ve just returned from a 2 week holiday to Shanghai, China, 3 days of which I spent at World Expo. The World Expo 2010 is the biggest in history with over 190 countries represented. 42 countries having their own pavilions. The remaining nations had shared space under ‘joint pavilions’ in large combined exhibition halls. Architecturally speaking, … Continue reading
Sydney, my hometown, really knows how to put on a good show. The New Year’s Eve fireworks celebrations are known worldwide. Starting in 2009, the City of Sydney decided to have an artistic light installation in the winter month of June. It’s called Vivid Light and it illuminates some of the city’s finest architectural structures … Continue reading
Following on from a recent post: Buildings as Art: The J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles California, I promised this post on the gardens of the J. Paul Getty Center. The gardens add so much visual splendor to the Getty Center. It blends with the artwork inside the buildings as well as the artistic architecture of … Continue reading
The J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles without doubt blurs the lines of art and architecture. In a city oft referred to for its lack of culture, the Getty is home to one of the world’s greatest free collections of art. The Getty Center is the vision of oil millionaire Jean Paul Getty. It … Continue reading
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