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Posted in photography by Benjamin Toalston on July 31, 2008

I’ve been taking a few pictures throughout the summer.  I’m liking it.  Here’s some that I really enjoy.  Let me know what you think…

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Kristine said, on August 2, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    what kind of camera do you take your pictures with?

  2. jopacnda said, on August 5, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Great Photography Ben! Looking forward to seeing more!

  3. Benjamin Toalston said, on August 13, 2008 at 2:07 am

    All photos taken w/ a Canon Powershot A550. Just a lil’ point and shoot that you can trick into taking good pictures.

  4. bretmavrich said, on September 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    REally like the lantern shots. Great stuff.

  5. Kacie said, on September 24, 2008 at 9:35 am

    the chiaroscuro in those lantern shots and the liberty memorial pic is really striking… i like pictures that play with light (and lights!). and the picture of you and kirkle is just amazing. yeah. you guys are great…

  6. Benjamin Toalston said, on September 26, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Thanks Kacie! I’ll admit I had to look up “chiaroscuro”. Sounds like you’ve been in some art classes or something. The World War I memorial across from Union Station is a great place to walk around and take photos. Especially at night. There’s lots of opportunity to get cool shots, cause there’s lots of cool lights, lamps, lanterns, bulbs, etc.

    You take pictures?

  7. Kacie said, on October 2, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    i used to far more frequently. i just don’t have a good camera anymore worth taking pictures with (though i used the crappiest of all kodaks in the past and did just fine; there’s nothing a little familiarity and some photoshopping can’t fix).

    i love liberty in the evenings… they get mad now when you go up there after dark, which stinks since that’s when it looks the most stunning. i just realized that the one with you headless next to the vent is at liberty, too. i haven’t been out there in so long… i like that shot, though. it’s got a weird element of darkness that makes me think of prisons or something.

  8. Benjamin Toalston said, on October 3, 2008 at 8:22 am

    When I was up there no one gave us any grief for being there.
    I cropped that headless shot to give it a different feel. I think I was going for an ‘album insert’ look.


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