When I first moved to St. Pete in the early 2000’s there was a shopping area in downtown St Pete called Baywalk. It had shops, restaurants, movie theater, etc. It was touristy.
At some point is was renovated and rebranded Sundial, a little more upscale. One of the new places was the Locale Market, I grabbed this image one night on a photowalk, I think it processed well in black and white.
I did not frequent the shops or eatery’s as much as i did when than before, i kinda got priced out .
Here is a long exposure photograph of a carnival ride at a fall festival in St Petersburg Florida. The light trails it produced are pretty cool, this was not my best capture of the night, but I love the way it looks, and I love the way it reminds me of one of my favorite things to do, visit traveling carnivals, they have such a cool atmosphere about them!
Here is a black and white photograph of the old pier in downtown St Petersburg Florida. It was taken shortly before its demolition began.
When I moved to St Pete in the early 2000’s one of my favorite things to do was walk to the pier and hang out. There were still shops and restaurants, people fishing, boating, the old wooden sailing ship from the movie “The Bounty”.
It was to me a representation of the Florida people came to visit while on vacation.
Even though I lived in downtown St Pete, it gave me the feeling I was on vacation every time I visited.
I have never visited the new pier, having moved to Colorado in 2018. Someday maybe, or not.
The memories of the old pier will always stay with me as one of the bright spots of my time there, and this image condenses my feelings of missing that in one image.
Here is a photograph of the Dali Museum at night. It is located on the waterfront in downtown St Pete. This was not my first attempt at a night photograph of this located, but it is my best.
The benefit of living in downtown St Pete afforded me the opportunity to revisit places like this over and over again to practice and improve.
Also having great places like this cool architecture to practice on is great too!
I missed living in such a target rich area like St Pete/ Tampa.
St Pete sits on Tampa Bay, which affords a lot of waterfront photography. And with the illuminated city skyline in the background at night you can get some really good shots. I love long exposure shots, especially with water. I also love converging lines like the docks and marina boat launch at Demens Landing, which is in the heart of downtown St Petersburg Florida.
This was right where I live so I was able to make multiple attempts at this shot, year over year. This is my best result of all those attempts.
Revenge of the JPEG 
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