Monthly Archives: September 2021
Stairs + Chimneys
Walk around back.
Look at what’s behind you.
Look up, too.
(Some of my rules when I’m out making photos.)
Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
Obligatory Location
It was a delightful coincidence that my work trip to Boston could be arranged to allow me to participate in a group photo walk through the lovely Beacon Hill neighborhood. If I am being honest, places like Beacon Hill aren’t my favorite locations; it is much tidier and well-kept than the places I like to shoot. Plus the class required the use of a 50mm lens, and it is not a lens I automatically use.
Challenges are good, though. They make your brain work in different ways, make your eyes seek different subjects. Those are always excellent exercises for photographers and I am very happy that I was able to take the class.
And that’s the long way of explaining that this street seems to be the most famous street in all of Boston, and so I sort of had to photograph it.
Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
Sun/flower
It was a lovely afternoon to wander the North End, and I was lucky enough to have my friend Don there to show me the coolest things. Like this tiny corner market were the proprietors were selling flowers and a few vegetables. I like to think I am proficient at exploring new places by myself, but one thing I learned that day is that having an expert along is a big help, if he or she knows where the wicked cool stuff is located!
North End
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
One Fan
Well, of course I looked in the window of this little bar. And, also of course, I photographed what I saw – the one guy in the bar looking at the one guy on the television.
Boston
photographed 9.5.2021
The Mother Church Gets a Facelift
I could see this place from my hotel window and after days and days of gazing down on it, I walked over for a closer look. The whole area – several buildings, a park, and a large reflecting pool – used to make up the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Apparently, the church has lately sold some of the property to Northeastern University and I guess that gave them the cash they needed to renovate the 1894 Mother Church building.
The building on the right was part of a 1970s grand expansion of the church’s facilities. It was designed by famed architect I. M. Pei, and (believe it or not) won a bunch of awards, include the Prestressed Concrete Institute Award (1973), the Design Award of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (1975), and (this one’s my favorite) the 1975 Harleston Parker Award from the Boston Society of Architects for the “most beautiful piece of architecture” built in Greater Boston in the past ten years.
Christian Science Plaza
Boston
photographed 9.5.2021
One Day | One Image 