New Florida Wrestling
New Florida Wrestling in Lakeland Florida. After an invitation to take some photographs by FLEX Tolley, was honored to do some head shots and action shots for NFW and some other participants. Have a look at the shots in the Wrestling tab and visit NFW at http://newfloridawrestling.webs.com . Great night and looking forward to another visit.
The Tampa Club
The Tampa Club opened it’s doors to me last night to do some photography high atop the Bank of America Building in downtown Tampa. The Tampa Club occupies the 41st and 42nd floors and has outstanding views. You will find in the Places section some of the shots and later I will be returning after finding some new techniques to taking photo’s inside looking out. Happy Holidays and Thank You to Barry Shields and his staff that were very considerate and gave me open access to take these photographs I hope you will enjoy.
Edwardo
Santiago Echeverry performing as Edwardo at the Annual Meeting for the National Performance Network at the Straz Center in Tampa Florida. Edwardo is an illegal immigrant trying to survive in an intolerant world, burning quite a few ghosts from his past. http://santi.tv/edwardo
My beautiful new Grandson, born September 20th, born in the Tampa Bay area of beautiful Florida. You are sure to see more pictures in the Portrait section coming soon.
On a beautiful October afternoon we took a ride out to Picnic Island Park in Tampa Florida to watch the sunset. This picture jumped out at me with the color and silhouette of the people fishing. There is another picture in the Places Gallery of the sunset with the silhouette of my partner Santiago. If you have not been to a sunset in Florida or if you have not ventured out to Picnic Island Park do not miss this beautiful experience.
9/11/2011, on the 10 year anniversary we remember those we have lost. I took a walk around downtown Tampa yesterday and found some great shots after the rain cleared. You can see the new photos in the Places page. I am hoping that the next shots will be of Baby Jace, my first Grandson getting ready to make his appearance in this world, I can only hope we can make it a better world for him.
Gasparilla Art Festival 2011
This weekend I will be uploading my photo “Gasparilla Art Festival 2011″ as my entry for the International Photography Competition II at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa. Many family and co-workers love this piece and I even use it on one of my credit cards. It was a beautiful day and turned out to be beautiful. Many people who see it ask me where I was I tell them downtown Tampa, they gasp and say, “I didn’t know it looked that good downtown”. So if you are a member or want to vote go to Http://www.fmopa.org and watch for the competition to begin.
A beautiful day at The Dali Museum in St Petersburg Florida. If you have not yet had a chance to visit this beautiful museum and the wonderful collection of Salvador Dali you are truly missing out on an exciting experience. The new home of his outstanding works is just as beautiful. In the places section you will see additional pictures of this beautiful structure, so have a peak at the outside. You have to go to see the wonderful works inside.
I wanted to drop a note to introduce myself. I am Michael Snyder and this is my website/photoblog. I am President of the ToxicFree Foundation whose main goal is to help educate people on toxic chemicals found in everyday personal care, cosmetics and household products. I am also a Licensed Insurance Agent with Humana and am currently attending The University of Tampa. I have served in the Air Force and also the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. I have recently rediscovered my passion for photography using a Pentax K-x and my new Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS. I am also a new Geocacher and looking forward to exploring the world with my camera.
Please feel free to check out my links:
http://www.toxicfreefoundation.org
http://www.zazzle.com/bymichael
http://chaeorganics.com (email me for pricing)
