Columbus OH

Lounge vs Cafe

Posted by Ed Zirkle on October 28, 2017
Posted in: Bars, Columbus OH, HighBall17, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Last week was fun running from Roscoe Village Apple Butter festival to Circleville Pumpkin Show and in the evenings attending my first HighBall. At the end of each evening after running up and down High street finished and home bound I passed 2 completely different worlds from what was running the streets.  A reverse zoo sort of thing with people in restaurants watching the crazies passing by and then inside the bars a whole other party cranked up from a Frat/sorority mixer at  Granero Lounge to the HighBall moving inside at the Union Cafe.

So depending on who you think is upscale or not and where to go for the ‘most’ fun, well that’s something fun for you to find out. But for me… well let the pictures speak… first Friday then Saturday.

Bar scene

Martini Modern Italian inside looking out…

Bar scene at Highball 17 Granero Lounge on Vine St Union Cafe
Bar scene at Highball 17 Granero Lounge on Vine St Union Cafe
Bar scene at Highball 17 Granero Lounge on Vine St Union Cafe
Bar scene at Highball 17 Granero Lounge on Vine St Union Cafe
Bar scene at Highball 17 Granero Lounge on Vine St Union Cafe
Bar scene

stolen moment

HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
HighBall 17 at Union Cafe
Bar scene

Stolen moment at the Union Cafe

Bar scene

watching HighBall 17 from The Eagle

Bar scene

And a tip of the hat to the ‘guys’ for their help at Union Cafe

The Cycle

Posted by Ed Zirkle on July 17, 2014
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Family life cycle photography can be a wonderful thing assuming A. you stay friends with the family and B. you live long enough to do the cycle.  I’ve know this family before now Grandma and Grandpa got married, did their wedding and all 3 of the girls. Now doing the grand kids.  Fun to see everything come full circle and in someways be a part of the family.

Stacey Mong Family Stacey Mong Family Stacey Mong Family

Just the right moment…

Posted by Ed Zirkle on May 23, 2014
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After using SLR’s and DSLR’s over the years you get use to the instantaneous-ness of pushing a button and getting – most of the time – the image you thought/wanted.  Point and shoots have such a delay and now that smart/cell phones are taking over the process of taking a picture is not quite the compact moment we might want.

I got lucky today. Field of Hero’s in Westerville put on by the Westerville Sunrise Rotary group is up and running. This is their 6 year of this display. I don’t know the count on how many flags placed.  Will get that info later when they have finished everything.

I’ve been shooting fun stuff on my Nokia 1020 and I have a class I’m teaching in a couple of weeks at the Orange Library on smart/cell phone photography so all of the flags make for a very powerful, colorful and graphic moment.  Knelt down and tried to frame for a decent shot.  Bright sun on any phone screen is a killer and today is a gorgeous sunny day with just the right clouds.  Press the button and waited for the image to process – Nokia 1020 makes 2 files from the one image – and the result was enough to not want to shoot for the rest of the day.

Just the right moment…

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