Author: Emilio Pasquale Photography

Kingman Crossing

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Kingman Crossing April 17, 2016

Kingman Crossing
April 17, 2016

My wife flew to Beijing (the one in China) last weekend. Her flight left at 5 am on Sunday morning so I dropped her at the airport at 3 am and then, since I was already awake and in the car, I drove to Kingman (the one in Arizona) and then to points even further east on Route 66.

“…You’ll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona; don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

Won’t you, get hip to this timely tip
When you make, that Cal-i-fornia trip
Get your kicks, on Route 66.”

(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 ~~ Bobby Troup

NY in B & W

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Image by Raffaello and Emilio Pasquale

Image by Raffaello and Emilio Pasquale

I always feel like I’m cheating a bit by posting images taken by my father. But he really liked this image when he saw what I did and asked if I was going to post it. So what could I say? No? I don’t want to disappoint him. I think he should start his own blog. But, then, he is my dad! I have to be supportive.

Anyway, he went back east in December of last year with my grandparent’s ashes. He buried them in the sand of Coney Island where they first met around 1938. Funny story- well, not ha-ha-funny- but when they wanted to get married, my grandmother’s father said “over my dead body”. And two days before they got married, he died. Major heart attack!

Let that be a lesson to anyone ever tempted to use that phrase again.

For color photo’s taken by me- and a few by my dad- please check out Photos By Emilio!

 

Dodge Brothers

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Goldfield NV March 20, 2016

Last week it was a Ford. This week, a Dodge. I don’t know why I have this fascination with old cars and trucks but I always happen upon them and happen to take a shot. This is with the Fuji X-T1 shot in b & w jpg without Lightroom interference.

For a color version, shot RAW, please visit Photos By Emilio!

Joe and His JPEG’s

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Fuji X-T1 JPEG with in camera B7W Film Simulation

Somewhere in Goldfield NV Fuji X-T1 JPEG with in camera B&W Film Simulation

I tend to shoot everything RAW and then use Lightroom and a few other editing programs because I enjoy processing my photos. Meanwhile, my friend Joe would go on and on about how he shoots mostly JPEG and does very little editing because the Fuji’s are just that good. I mean, it was really getting annoying. Like a broken record! So, Sunday I put it to the test. Went out and shot jpeg (but backed up every shot in RAW) and set the in camera film simulation mode to black and white. And you know what?

Of course you do.

The guy was right.

Now, how annoying is that?

And now I’m perplexed. I don’t want to start a new blog, but I do want to feature Fuji jpeg’s on my site. Maybe once a week. The perplexion is that I have no idea what to call this continuing feature. Fuji Friday does not take into account that all posts will be jpeg only. So if anyone has a suggestion, please feel free. I will give you credit on every post, if you like.

Searchlight

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Off the I-95, just outside of Searchlight NV

Harry Reid (born December 2, 1939) is an American politician, and senior United States Senator from Nevada, having served since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015, and has previously served as Majority Leader, Minority Whip, and Majority Whip.

He was born December 2, 1939 in Searchlight NV.

What a Gem!

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What a Gem!

Shot with the Fuji X-T1 in Pioche NV on February 6, 2016.

Thompson’s Opera House, also known as the Gem Theater, is a small theater building in Pioche, Nevada. The Opera House is a wood frame building built in 1873, attached roughly to the adjoining brick Gem Theater, a 1937 masonry cinema. The theater was built in September 1873 and featured a performance of Pygmalion and Galatea for its opening night, with a cast of professional actors from San Francisco. The Opera House screened its first silent movie in 1915. In 1935 the Opera House was renamed the Gem Theater, but in 1937 a new Gem Theater was built next door expressly for movies.

The Opera House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is one of three 19th century theaters remaining in Nevada.

Carl’s Burgers

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Carl’s

“If only meat weren’t so delicious! Sure, meat may pave the way to a heart attack. Yes, factory farms torture animals. Indeed, producing a single hamburger patty requires more water than two weeks of showers. But for those of us who are weak-willed, there’s nothing like a juicy burger.” 
~~ Nicholas Kristof