Photographing Boston: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

Photographing Boston: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

by Steven Howell
Photographing Boston: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

Photographing Boston: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

by Steven Howell

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Overview

From historic and iconic Beantown bravado to modern skyscrapers and urban scenery and greenery, this guide offers more than 100 Boston photo opportunities.

Beginners, avid amateurs, and seasoned pros alike will appreciate the wide array of photography subjects and themes covered in The Photographer’s Guide to Boston. Conveniently and logically organized by neighborhood, you’ll visit the Freedom Trail, the Emerald Necklace, Beacon Hill, the North End, Back Bay, the Fens, and South Boston, along with many other photogenic historic and modern sites. Author Steven Howell has created the perfect photographer’s travel companion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781581579406
Publisher: Countryman Press, The
Publication date: 03/07/2011
Series: The Photographer's Guide
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Ever since owning his first camera, a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 110, Steven Howell has been an avid photographer. He has covered Montreal arts and entertainment for the Plattsburgh Press-Republican since 1995 and for the Montreal Gazette from 2003 to 2007 and is the author of Explorer's Guide Montreal and Quebec City: A Great Destination, Great Escapes: Long Island, The Photographer's Guide to New York City and The Photographer's Guide to Boston. He divides his time between Plattsburgh, NY, and Montreal, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

How to Use This Book 12

How I Photograph Boston: Photographic Techniques 14

I Charlestown

1 Zakim Bridge 20

2 Charles River Views/Hoosac Pier 21

3 Local Parks and Public Art: City Square Park 22

4 Freedom Trail: Bunker Hill Monument 22

5 Charlestown Architecture: Buildings of Note 23

6 Freedom Trail: Charlestown Navy Yard 24

7 Charlestown Navy Yard: Industrial and Historical Architecture 25

8 Boats of Note: USS Constitution/ USS Cassin Young 25

II North End/Aquarium District

9 North End Architecture: Streets and Storefronts 28

10 Freedom Trail: Copp's Hill Burying Ground 29

11 Freedom Trail: Old North Church 29

12 Paul Revere Mall 31

13 Freedom Trail: Paul Revere House 32

14 Rose Kennedy Greenway 32

15 Christopher Columbus Park 33

16 New England Aquarium 34

17 Wharves and Waterfront Scenery/Boston HarborWalk 35

III Beacon Hill/Government Center/Downtown Crossing/Freedom Trail

18 Beacon Hill Architecture 36

19 The Esplanade 37

20 Area Buildings of Note 39

21 Boston City Hall 39

22 New England Holocaust Memorial 40

23 Freedom Trail: Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market 40

24 Freedom Trail: Old State House/Boston Massacre Site 41

25 Freedom Trail: Old Corner Bookstore/Old South Meeting House 43

26 Freedom Trail: Franklin Statue/Old City Hall/King's Chapel and Burying Ground 43

27 Freedom Trail: Granary Burying Ground/Park Street Church 44

28 Freedom Trail: Massachusetts State House 45

29 Freedom Trail: Boston Common/Boston Public Garden 46

IV Financial District/Theater District/Chinatown/South End

30 Custom House Tower 48

31 Other Area Hotels of Note 49

32 Art Deco Architecture 49

33 Other Area Buildings of Note 50

34 Theaters of Note 50

35 Chinatown 52

36 South End: Victorian Row Houses 52

V Back Bay

37 Commonwealth Avenue Mall/Back Bay Architecture 55

38 Copley Square 56

39 Area Houses of Worship 59

40 Boston Public Library 59

41 John Hancock Tower 60

42 Skywalk Observatory 60

43 Christian Science Plaza 61

VI Kenmore/Fenway/Brookline/Emerald Necklace Extras

44 Kenmore Square/Citgo Sign 63

45 Fenway Park 63

46 Back Bay Fens 64

47 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 64

48 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 65

49 The Riverway/Olmsted Park 66

50 Jamaica Pond 67

51 Larz Anderson Auto Museum 67

52 Arnold Arboretum 68

53 Franklin Park & Zoo 69

VII South Boston/Convention District/South Boston Waterfront

54 South Boston Waterfront 71

55 Institute of Contemporary Art 72

56 Boston Design Center 73

57 Fort Point Channel 74

58 South Boston Architecture 74

59 Pleasure Bay/Fort Independence 75

60 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 76

VIII Cambridge

61 Harvard University/Square/Yard 79

62 Cambridge Museums of Note 80

63 Memorial Hall 80

64 Longfellow National Historic Site 81

65 MIT 81

66 Charles River Skyline Views/Longfellow Bridge 83

IX Points North

Salem area

67 Salem: Streets and Strolls 85

68 Salem: Halloween 86

69 Salem Willows Park 86

70 Salem: Peabody Essex Museum 87

71 Marblehead 88

Lexington/Lincoln/Concord

72 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park 89

73 Walden Pond State Reservation 90

74 Lexington 91

75 Minute Man National Historic Park 91

76 Batde Road Trail 92

77 Concord/North Bridge/Minute Man Statue 93

Suggested Guided Tours & Special Events 95

Practical Boston Travel Info 96

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