Sep 21
Pennybacker Bridge

Image by CraigAllen
Austin’s Pennybacker Bridge, commonly called Austin 360 Bridge, is truly an extraordinary site. Designed by David McDonald it was the only bridge of its kind in the United States when it opened on December 3rd, 1982. It was the last link to completing Austin’s first highway loop circling the city, which utilizes US 183, Hwy 71, Capital of Texas Highway, and Loop 360.
All images copyright Craig Allen Photography.
Tagged with: Bridge • Pennybacker
Jun 10
’360′ Pennybacker Bridge

Image by Visualist Images
Austin Photographer John R. Rogers shot this photograph. Check out the website www.JohnRRogers.com for more information & please make a comment .
Last Saturday I finally got around to photographing another Austin Icon, the Pennybacker Bridge . Although I only live just a few minutes away I had never made it a point to actually climb the hill overlooking the bridge until early last Saturday morning when I joined a group of other Austin photographers that met there as part of a group shoot. Although it was a bit cold & blowy, it was nice shooting with a group of 20 or so other photographers & then comparing images. It’s pretty remarkable how you can take a group of people & put them in basically the same place & get such a variety of different images. It brought me back to a photo assignment I had many years ago in college. The class went on a field trip to a local park & as we were walking the professor had us all freeze in place & shoot a roll of film (typically 24 or 36 shots for those that don’t go back that far…) all, without moving our right foot. Obviously the point being, there are beautiful & interesting images all around us if we just take the time to actually see.
From my blog at: www.JohnRRogers.com
Tagged with: '360' • Bridge • Pennybacker
Apr 19
London Eye from the Westminster Bridge

Image by Visualist Images
Austin Photographer John R. Rogers shot this photograph. Check out the website JohnRRogers.com for more information & please make a comment .
I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit London several times and I always enjoy my visits. This is the view from the Westminster bridge looking across to the London Eye. If you have never been there, even with the scale of the multi-story building standing to it’s right, it’s hard to get a perspective how large the Eye actually is. It’s about 40 stories tall and each of the capsules holds about two dozen people. The post in the foreground is actually part of the Westminster Bridge. If you check out one of my previous post with a view of the House of Commons (here) you can see this bridge on the right side of the frame and the posts on top of each bridge column.
From my blog at: www.JohnRRogers.com
Tagged with: Bridge • From • London • Westminster