photos of building lit up during illuminations epcot

And as much as us locals have a tendency to knock Disney, it truly can be a ‘Magical’ place place.even for photographers. Would I have rather have been at Yosemite today….heck yes! But photography is all about trying to see what is around you with new eyes. The Dolphin hotel as seen from the footbridge next to the Swan Hotel. Disney does a great job with lighting and there are a lot of photo possibilities. But, once you simply accept that it is all a man-made fantasy…and you shoot it with that mindset, then it can actually be fun! For example, here is a shot of the torii of Itsukaushima Shrine at the Japanese pavilion during the nightly fireworks show…no one could possibly mistake it for the real thing, but just the same, I like the image…how about you? IllumiNations firework show in the lagoon behind the torii.įor photographers, EPCOT may be at its best after sundown. Taking a photo of a 100′ replica Eiffel Tower is just kinda embarrassing compared to the real McCoy. Looking at the photo below, you might think I’d finally been able to get to China to see them in person… Replicas of the Terracotta Army in the Chinese Pavilion at EPCOT…you will need a tripod for this shot. For example, I’m fascinated by the Terracotta Army that was unearthed in the tomb of China’s first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty to photograph, but, well…it’s not REAL. I guess when your life is focused on landscape and wildlife photography, the man-made wonders of the area don’t come first to mind:) Well, just the same, I’m not so much of a ‘nature-photography snob’ that I would refuse to use my wife’s present (I am also a happily married man…and want to stay that way), so we took a trip over to Disney and visited EPCOT.įrankly, EPCOT didn’t really get my creative juices flowing, at least not at first. It’s kinda funny, I live in Central Florida but haven’t been to WDW more than a couple times in the past decade (since the kids got out of grade school). My wonderful wife gave me a full year pass to Walt Disney World as a Christmas present…she knows that I love to find new locales to photograph and she figured that this would give me a new subject for the next 12 months!

Photos of building lit up during illuminations epcot