Cosmoscope

My 16 year old son is a talented musician, sharing out his guitar playing duties between various different bands and playing gigs in the Atlanta area. We took the opportunity a couple of days ago to get some moody, rock-star, photographs at a construction site close to where we live. This is my favorite picture for the shoot...

On Saturday night, one of his bands - Cosmoscope - were playing a local Battle of the Bands contest. They were easily the best band of the night: a fact they proved by finishing first! Here's a couple of photographs of them in action...

Quito

We've recently returned from a few days in and around the beautiful city of Quito in Ecuador. This city has a bad reputation as a crime ridden and dangerous place to visit. It's nothing of the sort: certainly you're at no greater risk than any other large city and we didn't feel in the least threatened or in any danger during our stay.


Quito is about historic buildings and fantastic views. Here's one such, taken from the Basilica Del Voto..

It's also about the friendly and wonderful people. Yes, there are beggars and plenty of evidence of poverty but there are no aggressive street vendors, the markets are inviting and you're free to browse without being pestered. These two ladies let me take their photograph for a dollar each!

There are more of my photographs from Quito here.

Fall colors

About a 40 minutes drive away is the Sweetwater Creek country park. The woodland trail makes for a perfect walk on a cool and sunny autumn morning. Earlier in the day would have been better from a photography point of view but the trees act as a good filter and the colors at this time of year are excellent. Here's a shot of part of the old water mill ruins that are about a half mile down the trail from the car park..

The the trail meanders alongside a river and eventually leads out to a small waterfall. Here's a picture looking upstream, showing off the beautiful autumn colors..