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Echo Lake Sunset in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Posted on by Scott Thomas
As I was scouting locations for the Star Wars Weekend Fireworks, I checked out the view from across Echo Lake. It was late in the day and the Sun was just going down behind the palm trees to the right of Min & Bill’s Dockside Diner. This created a large light discrepancy between the bright … Continue reading "Echo Lake Sunset in Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Photographing Star Wars Weekends Fireworks

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Star Wars Weekends for 2014 ended each day with the Symphony in the Stars fireworks show. The show is done totally with music from the Star Wars movie saga. The fireworks used are the most advanced I have ever seen at a Disney themepark. Bursts would change colors in different directions and from the inside-out, … Continue reading "Photographing Star Wars Weekends Fireworks"
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Jedi Master in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Jedi Master of the Jedi Training Academy.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/60s, f/5.6, ISO 220, EV 0, 135mm focal length. A Jedi Master leads a group of young ones in the ways of the Force next to the Star Tours attraction in Disney’s Hollywood Studies. Each day, children of guests can take part in the Jedi Training Academy. … Continue reading "Jedi Master in Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Fisheyed Disney

Posted on by Scott Thomas
A fisheye lens is an ultra-ultra wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image. Fisheye lenses achieve extremely wide angles of view by forgoing producing images with straight lines of perspective (rectilinear images), opting instead for a special mapping (for example: equisolid angle), which gives images a … Continue reading "Fisheyed Disney"
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Star Tours Queue Tower in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Mon Calamari officers overlook the Star Tours queue from a control tower..Nikon D700/Tokna 11-16m, 2s, f/8, ISO 800, EV 0, 16mm focal length, tripod. Mon Calamari officers overlook the Star Tours queue in Disney’s Hollywood Studios from a control tower. If you want to photograph in an empty Star Tours queue, stay late during an … Continue reading "Star Tours Queue Tower in Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Echo Park Drive

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Echo Park Drive intersects with Sunset Plaza in this sign near Echo Lake.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 200, EV -0.3, 170mm focal length. There are lots of things to see and do as you walk around Echo Lake in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Next time you are near Echo Lake, look for the details in the … Continue reading "Echo Park Drive"
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Disney Pic of the Week – Echo Lake

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Disney’s Hollywood Studios offers up a look into movie making and Hollywood in general with shows like Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular and attractions like American Idol Experience. Both of these take place in a portion of the park known as Echo Lake, marked by a man-made body of water that sits near the entrance … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – Echo Lake"
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Where in the World #269

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! Susan and Mike Hill are still digging out from underneath the snow as two of our own head for Disney vacations … Continue reading "Where in the World #269"
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Star Tours Queue in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Posted on by Scott Thomas
My favorite park is Disney’s Hollywood Studios which brings the movies I have enjoyed to life. Star Wars, one of my favorites, was brought to life as an intergalactic travel agency called Star Tours. The queue to your StarSpeeder 1000 has you wander through a space port where soft announcements are made, a video screen … Continue reading "Star Tours Queue in Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Tips on Photographing the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Here are some tips for photographing the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. There are three major scenes of the production: Golden Idol, Cairo Fight and Exploding Plane which were all taken from the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Golden Idol scene is the darkest scene with … Continue reading "Tips on Photographing the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular"
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