I paid a visit to Birmingham, AL for a trade show. Although I didn't have enough time to really explore the city, I did stumble upon an amazing art installation by Bill Fitzgibbons called LightRails. It is thousands of programmed LEDs that light up an underpass right in downtown. The lights change throughout the night giving the tunnel a different feel throughout the night.
Cityscape Nights
Growing up in suburbs of Houston, I didn't come to downtown Houston much, so I never got the impression that Houston had the big city, New York or Chicago skyscraper feeling. I have lately been getting more into cityscapes and now that I'm more familiar with the city, there are definitely some impressive views to be had.
Umbrella
Every once in a while, I take blog photos for my friend, Liz. It's much less frequent now that she moved to Chicago, but we always try to create great images whenever we are in the same city.
I've been wanting to do this shoot for a while. I've tried it once before with another model, but my technique was wrong and it failed horribly, resulting in images that I don't care to share. This second time around, I absolutely nailed the look I was going for.
Lovin the negative space
So lonely...
Snowboarding at Big Sky Montana
I've been hearing great things about Big Sky Montana for a while and the rumors are true... it's GORGEOUS!!
Even the airport has a great view
I finally got the chance to go snowboarding at this resort. Aside from having some of the most beautiful views I've seen on a resort, the resort itself wasn't very crowded at all. Bombing runs with no lines at the lift was a snowboarding heaven.
On the last day, we took a break from snowboarding to make a quick drive down the the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Even though we didn't really go into the main area of the park, it was still great scenery.
The view from the back patio of our cabin was amazing. The sky was lit up with stars at night, which is something you definitely don't see living in a big city.
New Delhi to Agra
I left Mumbai and I got to spend a day exploring the tourist spots in New Delhi. One thing I have to say is that everything had a very grandiose and magnificent feeling to it. There was lots of inlaid stone and marble with intricate carvings all wrapped up in large scale structures. It was definitely very impressive to see the scale and magnitude, while also seeing the fine detail.
Qutub Minar
Lotus Temple
Humayun's Tomb
Khan Market
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
The next morning, I woke up early to make the 2-3 hour drive to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It was so incredibly foggy I was really worried about how my pictures would come out.
It wasn't the blue sky I was hoping for but there's no turning back now. When I arrived, I was informed I only had 2 hours before they shut the whole thing down to kick everyone out due to a VIP coming. I suspect it was Obama's team to come scope out the logistics of his planned visit to the Taj Mahal.
After leaving the Taj Mahal, I had some extra time so I stopped by the Agra Fort before heading to the airport.
