This building is the Railroad Museum located in Galveston, Texas. Facing downtown Galveston, it sits right off the main road, of which us locals call “The Strand”. I live about an hour North of Galveston but I always refer to the Island as, “My second home” so we are there as often as we can be. This very building sits right smack in the middle of what was an open air morgue for the thousands of residences after the “Great Storm” of 1900 hit Galveston with no warning and no discrimination.
As a little stay-cation, my husband and I took a few days out of the rat-race last March and went to treat ourselves to “us time”. My husband decided to book us a late night Ghost tour, which was horribly disappointing. As we were leaving and heading back to the hotel, I quickly turned around, pointed my camera took the shot and got in the car. So you can imagine the shock I got when I uploaded this to my computer and it was perfect. Well, in my eyes it’s perfect anyway. The only thing I did to the pic was add a B&W filter, and voila’ there it is! This is the shot that made me fall in love with Architectural photography.
This picture really could go with my previous post of “Simplicity”. In my opinion, what makes this a great shot is the fact that, other than the B&W filter, it looks unchanged from what my naked eyes saw as I captured the shot.
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Hi there, I’m Beth!
This blog is my world, my travels, and my thoughts, in pictures. I am an amateur photographer, and by no means a professional. Honestly, the field of Photography is so vast, and there is always something new to learn, so that title of “Professional” will be a fun, yet challenging goal to obtain. I have always loved photography and I’ve always loved to write so this blog is my perfect combo. The old adage is, “A picture is worth a thousand words”, this is true, but if you are anything like me, you want that little bit more behind what the photographer’s thoughts were at the time. That little extra is what I want this site to accomplish. This site will also chronicle my time learning everything as I go along. I am hoping that maybe I can ease someone else’s fears no matter what they decide to jump into. Because, when diving head first into anything new, it can be a lonely road to walk alone.
I have lived all over the United States from North Carolina, to California, and from Illinois, and finally resting here in Houston, Texas. What started as a vacation to the Houston area turned out to be the best move we have ever made. My feet hit the pavement and I knew I was “home”. When your soul is at peace everything in life becomes clearer and less confusing, so that alone, I know will help when conveying what I need to say here.
I am not “PC” by any means, this is real life, real thoughts, real experiences, and real photos. All photos were taken by myself, and I will always set out to use as minimal editing as possible. I feel that, too much editing takes away from the photo and also from the photographer. If I ever use a picture from another photographer, I will ALWAYS attempt to contact the photographer to ask permission, and/or give credit and links to that photographer’s website or work. As I would hope someone would do the same for me.
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