Site seeing!

One of the perks of the job is to visit different cities and do a little site seeing. The thing is when you are with other photographers some of the cool sites are created on the spot, not necessarily going to a historic place. I am in Philadelphia for NCAA basketball and today me and some other photographers, David Coyle from UK Athletics, and Bill Luster from the Courier-Journal thought we would do a little site seeing for two reasons. One, to see if there were any UK fans around who we could photograph on the day off should the Cats win, and two, we thought we better check out some of the historic sites just in case Kentucky lost on Friday night because then we would be leaving on Saturday. We started out by going to see the Liberty Bell. It did feel a little funny going to see the “Liberty” Bell and being scanned and x-rayed before being able to go in. Once inside we took a few photos and kept our eyes open for any UK fans. We were there about 1/2 hour and did not see one UK fan anywhere. It did not bode well for the fan search on Saturday but we moved on just the same. We saw Independence Hall, then headed for lunch at a place called “Jones” where we had a little wait. As we waited we noticed this awesome piece of frosted glass and the cool silhouettes as people came in. I decided to model a bit and struck a few poses behind the glass as Bill shot some photos. Once I came back in, Coyle and I leaned into the frame and were illuminated by some red heat lamps making a pretty cool and fun photo. A nice souvenir from Philadelphia showing it doesn’t have to be a landmark to be cool!

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