Sunday, February 27, 2011

Project 365 - Week 26 "Estrella Mountain Community College"

Hello again everyone. I'm back again with another week of photos. This week I had decided to go over to Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) to cruise and take photos. Part of my wanting to do this was due to the newly finished Public Safety Building on the north side of the campus. It's got some amazing architectural features to it and some wild colors. This along with the new Sports Complex in Avondale are making me happy with their addition of a vast array of colors to the typical browns and tans present in much of the Phoenix Valley.

Anyways, I definitely had a good time with this shoot. It was relaxing to take the afternoon to just wander around the campus. EMCC has a pretty eclectic selection of architecture, giving me something new to shoot as I moved from building to building. Well, I hope that you enjoy this weeks selection. Until next time.


Day 176 - Public Safety Building 1


Day 177 - Fitness Center Wall


Day 178 - Montezuma Hall


Day 179 - Komatke Hall Entryway


Day 180 - Estrella Hall


Day 181 - Public Safety Building 2


Day 182 - Teaching and Learning Corner

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Project 365 - Week 25 "A Little Taste of Everything"

Hey there everyone. I'm sorry for the couple week gap between posts. For those of you who don't know, the silence has been due to a lot of my time being diverted by my wife and I buying our first home. I'm hoping things are starting to settle down so I'll be able to get back into my photography.

Anyways, the following photos have been taken throughout the past two weeks and cover a wide variety of subjects. Last weekend the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park held a Fine Arts and Wine Festival. Present were some local Indian dancers and musicians which added a nice touch of entertainment. The first shot below is of one of the dancers. Also that evening, the Night Groove band performed and I was able to get a few shots of "the sound guy", Pablo, while singing and Tim Cornelius, the lead guitarist. While at the resort I couldn't pass up the chance to take a few shots of the refurbished interiors. The entryway was awesome as well as some of the sitting rooms that peppered the main building.

The food and wine shots were from two separate shoots. The wine shot is one that I took for my sister-in-laws blog "Wine a Bit.... You'll Feel Better", a food and wine blog that you can find here (http://renee-winerd.blogspot.com/). The other shot was of the mussels that my wife, Samantha, and I made for our appetizer for Valentine's day. We were both excited about our first foray into cooking and eating mussels and due to the nice set up at the table I couldn't resist taking a shot.

Well, I hope that you all enjoy. I'll be back soon with the next selection of photos.


Day 169 - Native Dancer


Day 170 - Bonaccorsi


Day 171 - Wigwam Entry


Day 172 - Valentine Mussels


Day 173 - Tim Cornelius


Day 174 - Wigwam Sitting Room


Day 175 - Pablo a.k.a. The Sound Guy