UnSpace

I haven't posted anything since the photo post from Flourish. I've got 1400 photographs from the Flourish workshop shoots to sort, correct, play with and basically teach myself Photoshop.

The workshop went incredibly well, although they were both intense and intensive. I have more to say, but the short answer is the workshop was worth it!

I am a bit down. The My Book I got and loved so much — easy one-button backup to the tune of 500 gigs — crapped out when I tried to do an incremental backup. The file table appears damaged, and I'm using  Testdisk to repair it.  Working with FAT tables is well outside my expertise. Ok, like that has ever been a concern… It's still a pain to have to fix.

More later!

I often use the Hot Metal Bridge to get downtown. When I heard that they were building a pedestrian / biking / running / trail bridge, I knew it would be great for photography. I was right! The people who designed the bridge knew it too, and accounted for it. Along the bridge, there are overlooks where you can stop, out of the flow of traffic, to take photographs.

The bridge has been open since November, but this is the first time I made it down there. Of course, there were runners and bikers using the bridge:

At the Eliza Trail end of the bridge, there are ramps leading up to the bridge. At the other end on Pittsburgh's South Side, there's a switchback to take you to ground level. From the switchback, I was able to get a shot of the pedestrian bridge:

I've got some more photos from that walk — I'll post them tomorrow.