The Exchange Place

Shooting downtown was a great way to shake things up. I had a chance to scope out a new-to-me area in the historic district referred to as The Exchange Place. I haven't done much with an urban portrait setting until now but I had fun and learned quite a bit along the way. I was concerned the area would be overcrowded since it was a Saturday evening but when we arrived the area was largely vacant except for passers-by and one extended-family shoot. We politely worked around each other and enjoyed a sunny September evening. We spotted a peregrine falcon perched on a hand railing at one of the locations! He let the girls get within 3 feet of him before gently lighting to a higher perch. There is a nest at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (see it here), he was obviously out seeing the sights.