This is the second year we've held a meeting at the Cincinnati Hilton Netherland Plaza. There is an overwhelming amount of stuff to see (and shoot) in this historic hotel.
The literature says it's decorated in the 1930's French Art Deco style.
What I see is a lot of brass, a lot of marble, a lot of mirrors...
...and these intricate wood carvings. You'll find them near the ceiling (being used as moulding) as well as on decorative pillars.
This was the perfect opportunity for me to eschew flash and put my new-found manual-shooting-skills to the test. I shot these with my newest lens: a 50mm that will shoot as low as a delicious f/1.2.
This could easily become my favorite lens for shooting everything except children. I spent a lot of time thinking about how to frame each of these photos ... all of which are SOOC (straight out of camera).
What a beautiful little slice of history.
