Lucky shot

On Saturday evening 1-28-2022 I was at The Scout statue overlooking downtown KC capturing a Timelapse of the sunset.

A few minutes into taking my Timelapse a Kansas City Chiefs camera man showed up and started setting up a tripod, I asked if he was getting pictures and he informed me that they were going to do a test run of a drone show for the following night if the Chiefs win, which sadly never happened.

I was so excited! I forgot all about the Timelapse and started getting setup for pictures of downtown KC skyline with drones, just so happy I was in the right place at the right time.

Kansas City drone show in front of Union Station, displaying the KC Chiefs arrowhead in the sky.

Favorite editing technique.

Dodging and Burning

An old film technique that can easily be done digitally now.

definition:

dodging decreases the exposure for areas of the image that the photographer wishes to be lighter, while burning increases the exposure to areas of the image that should be darker.

In Lightroom CC this is a good way to add more contrast and focus the eye to the highlighted areas.

Sample image of masking brush tool Lightroom CC software

I normally start by lowering the exposure to get all the contrast and color in the sky which may make other areas of the image look dark.

Then open Masking brush, pick a brush size that works, I normally start at 20% Flow, and highlight the areas I want the eye to focus on within the image. then slowly raise the exposure within the highlighted area, this technique can also be used to add or take away color in certain areas of image.

I almost always edit my Kansas City cityscape images this way.

love to focus more attention to iconic buildings or subjects.

My favorite photography tool

A Bike by far is my best photography tool.

Its like exploring the city in slow motion.

without it I could never get to some of the places I have captured through out the city.

I get to see everything around me and enjoy the views at a slower pace, plus get a little exercise out of it.

Not only can I get from one end of the city to the other faster than I can driving my car or riding the KC street car, I get to experience routes people don’t normally travel, like gravel trails, and back alleys, seeing so many unique views and hidden art work throughout Kansas City.

I think everyone should try it!

KC bike share and scooters around the city are great alternatives if you don’t have a bike and would like to to give it a try.