The Amazing Union Station Hotel

The hotel is very interesting to photograph because it used to be an actual train station. Many opportunities to play with reflections and the structure that was left intact.

Model Theresa Rousselot-Vandiver wearing a lovely vintage gown at Union Station, Saint Louis, Missouri

Checking his reflection at Union Station, Missouri-Model Zakk Noethen

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If I'm posting a picture of the Gateway Arch...

Saint Louis Gateway Arch

If I post a picture of the Saint Louis Gateway Arch, I must be somebody else, according to a certain person. But the Gateway Arch is a famous historical structure photographed by many people other than me and Mike Malone. Search google images by typing in "Gateway Arch." I must say, though, I have really enjoyed photographing it over the years when I've passed through Saint Louis.

This year I was staying in Saint Louis for the epic Shutterfest 2015 Photography Conference when I was able to get this shot (above) with the 5D Mark III and the 16x35 wide angle lens from across the Mississippi River.

I was able to get another shot of it (the one below) from the Missouri side during a rainstorm, which gave it a very ethereal look.

Gateway Arch, Saint Louis, Missouri

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The Magnolias are blooming

And there are so many different kinds! These are the lovely large spring blooms from the Magnolia I'm the most familiar with, which happens to be a hybrid.

Magnolia × soulangeana (saucer magnolia) 

These are the white blooms from at white variety of magnolia

Magnolia  × loebneri ‘Merrill’ (Loebner magnolia)

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