Johnny's Photography Blog

Day 149 – Stone house

johnnyriv — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:10:42 +0000

Here’s a house I drive by on my commute. Love the massiveness of the stone facade & the slate shingles. The house just looks like it’s strong.

Day 148 – Clearing the brush

johnnyriv — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:56:25 +0000

My wife was really pushing me to clear this bank of all the tall weeds. Finally I got to it. Now if I could only keep it clear…

Day 147 – Prison for cars?

johnnyriv — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:49:43 +0000

I drive by this place quite often and don’t really pay attention to it, funny how most people tend to overlook our surroundings. Anyway the bars do make it look like the cars in this garage/lot are imprisoned. This is the lot under Borgia Hall at Saint Joseph’s University on City Avenue.

Day 146 – At the pump

johnnyriv — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:37:13 +0000

Happened to be pumping some gas & decided to snap this close-up. If you look real close you can see the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. logo is stamped on the side of the metal ring. Never really thought about who makes these things.

Day 145 – Gimme some pollen

johnnyriv — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:50:52 +0000

Tough to get a good macro shot but I did my best with this one, hand-held with
my 50mm 1.8.

Day 144 – Pepper in the shadows

johnnyriv — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:43:01 +0000

Here’s a shot of my neighbors pepper patch in West Philly.

Day 143 – Blue skies over the Iroquois

johnnyriv — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:18:04 +0000

This is a shot I took at lunch time, like the way the sky looks here over the Iroquois apartment building.

Day 142 – It was a blurr

johnnyriv — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:12:23 +0000

Well I’m back & trying to get caught up. Here’s a shot I took on the road on my way home from work last September. Glad the days are getting longer again.

Day 141 – Dead daisies

johnnyriv — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:15:08 +0000

I decided to get a little creative here. The original shot didn’t really do it for me so I went into Photoshop & added a Black & White adjustment layer & set it to maximum white.

Day 140 – Communication tower

johnnyriv — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:22:51 +0000

Another often overlooked piece of hardware that seems to be dotting the landscape. As demand for better coverage continues to grow, we’ll see more and more of these massive structures.