Eric Bowers Photoblog

Protest of Russian Election Results on Saturday

Eric — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:58:24 +0000

Saturday afternoon a small protest was held at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza in Kansas City against the fraudulent Russian elections that took place at the end of last year. The group was also joined by some members of the Occupy Kansas City movement for the protest at the corner of 47th and JC Nichols Parkway.

Photo Shoot For Window Advertising

Eric — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:05 +0000

Last week I worked on a photo gig involving getting some wide shots, mostly with the fisheye lens, of some of the windows at the K-State Olathe Campus Innovation Center out past K-10 and I-435. These two shots were what the client picked for further use – both taken at sunrise.

Downtown KC – Library District Fisheyes

Eric — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:54 +0000

Fourteen fisheye lens photos from Sunday evening 1/29/12 in what’s come to be known as the Library District, on 10th Street generally between Wyandotte and Main.

Downtown Kansas City – Crossroads Dist. and P&L

Eric — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:50 +0000

On Friday evening, 01/27/12 I put together a few shots after parking in the Crossroads along Walnut and walking north past Truman up to 14th St. and over to Main – downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Red Light Traffic Camera Protest in Kansas City

Eric — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:49:09 +0000

This Saturday 1-28-2012 a small protest took place at 39th and Southwest Trafficway in Kansas City MO. A recent study came out by the Kansas City Police Department indicating that the cameras do nothing for traffic safety except perhaps making it even worse at the intersections where they are installed. Tracy Ward, a local activist was on hand and organized the event. I noticed a couple of news station reporters on the scene as well.

West Edge Demolition Update From Near the Cancer Survivors Park

Eric — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:56 +0000

The last time I had shot photos of the West Edge project demolition progress was on Christmas Eve – Previous set here. Noticing the building has been getting less tall and that a month had gone by it seemed like I ought to get some more.

A Big Collection of New Downtown KC Photos

Eric — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:04 +0000

Twenty very recent shots from downtown Kansas City. I’m getting a better feel for what kind of stock photo material sells and I’ve been feeling motivated these last few days.

First, there is a local client who wants a north side fisheye view close up of the Kauffman Center post-construction. The first day I went out it clouded up on me on short notice:

Then on Sunday after the snow melted I went and re-shot since they are more interested in an uncloudy view:

…although I wonder if the discoloration on the sidewalk because of the salt will be a problem. Following are some more fisheye Kauffman Center shots –

Then that evening I went to the top of the garage at 13th & Grand downtown for some fancy sunset shots, where I realized the state of disrepair my tripod is in. The wobbliness made most of the pictures blurry rubbish, but these are what I did (barely) get with an insecure tripod head:

Some Kauffman Center and AMC Mainstreet Theater shots…

The next night (MLK Day) after having something tightened on the tripod head I went out to 12th and Main:

On Tuesday afternoon/evening I went to Penn Valley Park to get yellowish late afternoon skyline photos. The tripod came undone once again so most of these are handheld, and the fact that I was freezing my hands off with no gloves meant I wasn’t going to wait for it to get dark blue in the sky…

The tents housing the good folks of Occupy Kansas City during the cold January weather…

Statues at JC Nichols Fountain Up Close

Eric — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:15 +0000

The day after it snowed a little last week I went traipsing into Nichols Fountain with its absence of water in the winter to get up-close fisheye lens shots of the statues with the Plaza lit up at sunset in the background.

Inside Kauffman Center’s Muriel Kauffman Theater

Eric — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:01 +0000

Shots from Muriel Kauffman Theater, one of the two performance halls at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. On Tuesday I posted pics from the adjacent Helzberg Hall. We spent Saturday afternoon photographing the two halls to obtain some shots for the gift shop to utilize on prints and products of the new building.

Inside Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall

Eric — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:11 +0000

On Saturday Jan. 7 2012 I shot for several hours in the two performance halls at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. They’ll be using a selection of what we shot for prints and products available through the gift shop, along with several other pictures I took in 2011 both on the interior and exterior. I’ll be trying to post a few shots this week. These are some of the first from Helzberg Hall. Muriel Kauffman Theatre to come later.

Final Shots – Casavant Frères organ.