Archive for September 19th, 2007
Up on a rooftop … click, click, click.
September 19th, 2007 | 
Author: Ok, too early for Santa I know. But I was on a rooftop and I was taking pictures. I actually had quite the experience last night as I took pictures of downtown Charlotte from the roof of the Westin hotel.
I am currently working on a project with the Carolinas Porsche Club to get some pictures for their web site and print materials for the upcoming 2008 Porsche Parade which will be held in Charlotte. This is a huge event and enthusiast from all over the country come to take part in events, car shows, swap meets and all sorts of Porsche related matters.
As I said, I am getting some pictures together for the website to promote the event. We thought it would be pretty cool to take pictures of the host city at night. Participants will be staying at the Westin and they graciously agreed to allow us roof access to take pictures of the city.
Simply put, it was amazing! The Westin is 25 floors so it has a great view of the city. It was a clear and cool night so the conditions really worked well for us. I took dozens of shots trying all sorts of different combinations to see what I liked best. I even took my laptop with me and checked out the pictures to make sure I got something useful. Who knows if they will let me back up there again and I wanted to make sure I walked away with something great!
The other part of the project is come up with a magazine cover for the Porsche Club magazine which will feature the parade.
I changed the intro pictures for the site to two images I took from last night. I think several of them turned out extremely well and we should have plenty to work with to show off Charlotte and the event. I will probably put a small little gallery together since I’m pretty happy with the results.
I’m also thinking of having one or two of them blow up and printed to hang in my house. I think they will make some pretty good art to hang on the wall.
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