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Places to shoot in Houston? recommendations please
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iiiNelson
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Downtown is always a great place to walk around for street shots. The Galleria area would be a good place too but it tends to be super busy and not the most pedestrian friendly area. Houston Camera Exchange is in the Galleria area and an official Leica dealer. They tend to have really good stuff (new/ used) and I try to stop by to see what they have when I'm in town. As for landscape... Well Houston is pretty flat but there are skyscrapers in downtown, uptown, and midtown. Some may be photographer friendly still. Transco Tower (I forgot what they renamed it) used to be a great place to capture the downtown skyline and its in the Galleria area (Uptown.)
I would gather that there will be a ridiculous amount of people there in addition to the nearly 5 million people in the greater Houston area. As for food there all kinds of places... Just depends on what you have a taste for. Pretty much every culture is represented there in some form of another as you'd expect from such a large city.
I would gather that there will be a ridiculous amount of people there in addition to the nearly 5 million people in the greater Houston area. As for food there all kinds of places... Just depends on what you have a taste for. Pretty much every culture is represented there in some form of another as you'd expect from such a large city.
iiiNelson
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Oh and I'm a Houston native but no longer live there. I grew up there though so as far as food if you figure out what you have a taste for or like I can probably point you in the right direction. The food is great though. Probably one of the reasons it's always in the top 10 for "fattest" cities.
Houston is an oil town and midtown high rise buildings on Louisiana Street are an impressive show of wealth. I also found interesting scenes on the Rice campus.
Downtown restaurants have world class cuisine. I liked Ibiza, which is up Louisiana street from the midtown office buildings.
I'd second that ^. Downtown and the Rice campus.
As for food there are very good restaurants serving all kinds of cuisine downtown. The Rice Village area also has good restaurants.
I particularly like Nit Noi which is Thai.
Good luck on your trip and photography!
P.S : it's been pretty rainy here
As for food there are very good restaurants serving all kinds of cuisine downtown. The Rice Village area also has good restaurants.
I particularly like Nit Noi which is Thai.
Good luck on your trip and photography!
P.S : it's been pretty rainy here
I have done a fair amount of street shooting in Houston in recent years. It's OK (but I actually much prefer Austin for such). Downtown Houston has some decent structures and light, but no matter when I'm there, a high percent of the pedestrians are homeless. For me, that type of street photography gets old quickly. Rice Village and the Galleria don't have what I look for in terms of structure, light, and pedestrian traffic. The best IMO would be downtown ...
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You could take the Metro from downtown to Rice University (several stops, 10-15 minutes max). And then you could wander across campus to Rice Village. The campus is beautiful, with some fine architecture. (The Metro's reach is quite limited, but IMO it's very good within the covered areas).
eleanorbrown
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Check out my Downtown Houston and Beyond the Forest portfolios on my site to get some ideas....also Foresr Walks. Camera Exchange is the best camera store located on Richmond avenue near the Galleria. Eleanor