Collins Park: Chestnut Street Philadelphia

John F. Collins Park: 
Chestnut Street
Center City Philadelphia 費城! 
(Not far from Rittenhouse)

 Collins Park is 1 of those special hidden gems in Center City. It's located on Chestnut Street. You would never know it's there unless you stumble upon it, which is literally how I found it in in 1998. Altho' I remember it differently. Somehow in my mind I remembered it with spheres on the fountains/pedistools. I went looking for it, but I couldn't quite remember it clearly in my mind, nor where exactly it was. So, either my memory was off (which very well could be) or it changed.
But, I KNEW it was the right place when I saw the gate! There's a special gate, and at certain times the gates are closed. You never really know why, because I've been around during various parts of the day or night when it was open or closed.

 Collins Park is like a secret garden, with a modern art zen fusion. I could easily see it in video of my friends belly dancing or doing a yoga class video, or even an MTV video... maybe 1980s-1990s synth Pop... who knows?

I wish I had sought out this place earlier because they have a live music series of musicians playing music inside the small park. I had JUST missed it when I got there.
Maybe I will try again to catch it tomorrow.

 For more info about the live music series see information here.

Om

Logan Square Fountain: Center City Philadelphia

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I tried some experimental photos, at Logan Square. It's a really well known landmark in Philadelphia. You're not supposed to swim in it, but everyone does, and no one ever stops it.

It's very relaxing & refreshing to just sit around anywhere there.

I shot several angles there, but I preferred my frames which had The Moore College of Art in the background.

Just a little side note:
When I was in 8th grade I was awarded a scholarship to take an art class at The Moore College of Art.

Sunset Lovers

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In addition to the several photos I shot behind the Philadelphia Art Museum, there was a couple that hung out for a Romantic sunset gazing. So, I just kept shooting my photos WITH them in the frames.

Compare these to my other Photos behind the Art Museum at Sunset: 


Same day


The previous week

Sunset Behind The Philadelphia Museum of Art: Schuylkill River (With Humidity)

Sunset Behind The Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Schuylkill River 費城! 

The gazebo I shot from is actually called The Mercury Pavilion.

It's dated as 2007, however, I used to frequent the gazebo since 1998, and I can tell you both gazebos are OLD! Older than 2007! 


So, even tho' it's a week AFTER the ideal week to shoot from, and the humidity was about 44% (higher than my last photo shoot) I still got some reds. I would've preferred higher humidity, and also last week, but there's always next year!

If the humidity was as high as it was a few days ago, I could've shot much more reds  in the sunset. But, oh well, that's the nature if it all.

The clouds worked out really well for these.

This first one here, I used a filter. The rest are natural.

 Compare these photos to my previous photo shoot behind the Art Museum.

Misc. Philadelphia Photos

Just a number of Photos of interest throughout Philadelphia in the past week.

July 4th, Philadelphia Art Museum Fairmount Park Block Party. Various Musicians/artists playing live. Literally ON the Ben Franklin Parkway street.

 Block party in the day time on Ben Franklin Parkway.

July 4th, 2012 

 

 Carnival on Ben Franklin Parkway July 4th 2012

 Logan Square, Center City Philadelphia,
July 2nd 2012

July 2nd Behind the Art Museum at the LARGE Gazebo by the River.

I had an interview in Manayunk in the morning, and I was stuck in these clothes all day, sweating my life away.

Regardless, after I went to Starbucks, I got majorly bloated due to hormones. :-/

Found the drinking fountain on the other side of the Parkway AFTER I desperately needed it, and spent my money on salty soda.

I also didn;t go to any of the Occupy protests. I thought about it... but, no...