Matt Drown

Pictures are online for people, enjoy! Click on the picture to enter the gallery or Click Here to see them

Getting pictures together from this years SF Lovevolution party, may take a few days to get them all online, while you are waiting feel free to check out years past:

SF Love Parade 2005, SF Love Fest 2006, SF Love Fest 2008, SF Lovevolution 2009

I just got back from a trip to Germany. Spending some time in Munich, and Berlin. I’ve included a quick shot from Brandenburg Gate for you as I sort through my images.

I was back in Abu Dhabi awhile back, shot this picture of one of the large chandeliers from the Sheikh Zayed Mosque.

There are times when I want to carry a camera, but I don’t want to carry my full DSLR kit around.  For the past couple of years I have used a Panasonic LX3 for this role.  I purchased it when travelling in Asia and used it for some street photography first, where the small form factor was a nice benefit.  It’s tiny, by DSLR standards, has a wide angle zoom (24-60) for a point and shoot.  It also deals with low light reasonable well, both with a fast lens, and with acceptable high iso performance.

I like it, but I wanted to try something different recently.  I’ve been toying around with trying out a micro-4/3 system camera, so I picked up  Panasonic GH1 micro-4/3 camera to try out.  It’s larger than the LX3, but can swap lenses, has a larger sensor which should provide some ability to handle high iso better.  On a downside it’s got an EVF, but it does have an articulated liveview screen, and it’s still small compared to my DSLR.

I’ve had it for a week, and took it on a recent business trip.  I snapped the above picture out of a commuter plane while taking off from Salt Lake City.  It’s probably my first keeper from the camera.  I’m going to continue with it for awhile and see how it works.

Neeley and I have prints in a Cuba Photography exhibit. If you are located in the California bay area, please feel free to stop by and take a look. The exhibit is located at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA, USA.

You can get more information about the show at this blog site.

And one of the photographer who went on the trip with us put up a blog also, you can check it out here.

Back in September I spent 2 weeks in Cuba taking photos. It was a rather unique experience, and definitely different. I’ve post my pictures online for you to see. View Them. You can check out Neeley’s also.

Ok, I finally got my pictures online, you can view them. Some more shots from the Burj Khalifa, plus some from around the building itself.

Here’s a couple quick shot of the Dubai skyline from the Burj Khalifa tower. I’ll put some more up online soon.

Dubai Skyline

Shadow of the Burj Khalifa

I spent a week in Morocco last month and had a chance to wander around Rabat one day, and travel out to Meknes and see the Roman ruins of Volubilis. Rabat was very much like a coastal european city, feel free to browse the handful of pictures.