Written by Danny Hammontree

Miami cityscape photography from Watson Island is an outing South Florida Camera Club members had been interested in doing for quite a while. Steve “Vortex of Knowledge” Wilkinson again played a pivotal roll in setting up this trip and then directed us in the best camera techniques for this type photography.

We started off the evening at Jerry’s Famous Deli, our favorite South Beach eatery for pre-shooting substances and great conversation. We then jumped in our hotrods and raced down MacArthur Causeway to Watson Island to shoot sunset and late night cityscape photographs of Downtown Miami across Biscayne Bay. After the night of photographing Miami we went back to Jerry’s Famous Deli and chit-chatted late into the night/morning.

Everyone sent me their favorite photographs from the night and all were wonderful, however Steve Wilkinson’s panoramic photo completely blew me away. I immediately wrote him back asking for a larger version to view in all its glory as my desktop wallpaper. Steve kindly obliged and said I could post it here as well. Please click on the photo below to see the full sized version.

City of Miami Panoramic by Steve Wilkinson

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I would like to start off by congratulating Jessica Savidge for winning the July 2007 photographic competition. Jessica’s beautiful photo titled “USS Forrest Sherman” is being framed by Frame Gallery and will soon be hanging on the wall at UNCOMMON Gallery. You can view her photo in our Competion Winners section.

I’d like to give you a sneak peek of the new flyer Shannon Hammontree designed for the South Florida Camera Club. Shannon and I are also working on a newly designed website with all the latest information about the club posted on the front page. I have already posted upcoming events for the month and more will be added soon. Please check the site often to see added events as the days go by. I would love any input you have for what you are looking for in a website and how it will best serve you. Expect the club to grow fast as we get the word out with these new flyers. You can view the new SFCC flyer by clicking the thumbnail below.