PhotoRaconteur | Photography by Benjamin Padgett

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Featured : A collection featuring about 100 of my favorite photos selected from my various galleries.

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Ireland : This is my collection of photos taken in Ireland in the Autumn of 2011. Check back often, as more photos will be added on an ongoing basis for several weeks.

Read more about my Ireland trip on my blog, IRElogue.

Canyons, Mountains & Waterfalls : This gallery features majestic scenery such as Yosemite National Park in California, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, Zion National Park in Utah, Death Valley National Park in California, as well as waterfalls and grist mills in and around the mountains in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For close-up photos taken within Red Rock Canyon, also see my Nature gallery.

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Canyons, Mountains & Waterfalls

Beaches & Islands : Subject matter in this gallery includes beaches and other scenes found along coastal areas from South Beach, the Carolinas, Hawaii and the Caribbean.

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Beaches & Islands

Charleston in B&W : These are B&W photos I took over about seven years while living in historic Charleston, South Carolina. Most of the subjects in this gallery are architectural elements, but other subjects include fountains, trees, and unique shadow patterns. There are also a couple of photos in this gallery from nearby Savannah, Georgia.

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Charleston in B&W

San Francisco : This gallery features majestic scenery such as Yosemite National Park in California, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, Zion National Park in Utah, Death Valley National Park in California, as well as waterfalls and grist mills in and around the mountains in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For close-up photos taken within Red Rock Canyon, also see my Nature gallery.

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Charleston in Sepia : This gallery contains sepia toned images featuring architectural elements found in historic Charleston, South Carolina.

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Charleston in Sepia

Charleston in Color : These are colorful photos I took over about seven years while living in historic Charleston, South Carolina. Subjects in this gallery include the famous Rainbow Row and various other sites in the Charleston area, including historic plantations.

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Charleston in Color

Nature : This gallery features images of animals, insects, rocks, textures, flowers and plants found in nature across the southeastern and southwestern United States.

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Vegas : This gallery features dynamic photography and graphic art based on photographs by Benjamin Padgett. Subject matter is focused on the beautiful neon signs located along the world famous Las Vegas Strip and historic Fremont Street. A series of photos and graphic art has been created featuring one of the most recognizable landmarks of Las Vegas - the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" neon sign located at the south end of the Strip. The sign designed by Betty Willis has been welcoming visitors to Las Vegas since 1959. Classic compositions are available, as are colorful and contemporary variations. Truly unique Vegas artwork by Benjamin that is only available from Majestic Exposures. Also see the Paris.Vegas and Venice.Vegas galleries.

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Paris.Vegas : This collection features architecture in Las Vegas which emulates that of Paris, France.

The most famous landmark is the Eiffel Tower, or La Tour Eiffel as the French say. The tower in Vegas is the most accurate replica ever constructed in the world, though it is at one-half scale. The Vegas version was precisely designed and constructed based on original engineering drawings by Gustav Eiffel from 1889. It is even painted the exact same shades of brown as the original, involving three shades, varying from light brown at the top to a darker brown at the base to give the illusion that the tower is of a uniform color while viewed from the base. With such faithfulness, photographs depicting the design of the replica in Las Vegas are, for all intensive purposes, also depicting the design of the original Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Another intricate replica is the Arc de Triomphe. The Vegas version is an exact replica of the original at two-thirds scale. The original triumphant arch was completed in 1836 to commemorate major victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, the names of which are engraved around the top of the arch. The names of less important victories, as well as those of 558 generals, are engraved on the inside walls. Generals whose names are underlined died in action.

The fountain featured in my ParisVegas series is a replica of La Fontaine de Mers. The original bronze fountain was designed and built by Jacob Ignaz Hittorf in 1836 in the Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris.

The classic building featured in my photographs is based on the Paris Opera House designed by Charles Garnier and built in Paris between 1862 and 1875 on the orders of Napoleon III as part of the great Parisian reconstruction project carried out by Baron Haussmann.

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Venice.Vegas : This collection features architecture in Las Vegas which emulates that of Venice, Italy.

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Creative : A collection of photos that have been artistically captured and/or processed in the digital darkroom.

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Collages : This gallery features collages of my photographs that have been assembled to depict a series of photos that tell a story through common aesthetics, subjects, and moods.

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Panorama : A collection of panoramic photos from my other galleries.

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Native Americans : "Aztec Fire Dancers" ~ Aztec Fire Dancers gather around the tlalpanhuehuetl (Aztec war drum) to prepare for their next ceremonial dance.

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Native Americans

Musical Instruments : Series featuring musical instruments.

Musical Instruments

Concert Portfolio : Portfolio of my favorite concert or other live event photographs. These are photos that I've taken just for fun and for the love of music. All photos in this collection were taken as an audience member -- never from the pit. These photos are not for sale.

Concert Portfolio

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PhotoRaconteur: one who shares stories through the visual composition of photographs, each worth a unique set of one thousand words.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Las Vegas-based photographer Benjamin Padgett captures classic & modern architecture, majestic landscapes and beautiful cityscapes, along with other inspiring visuals found between Hawaii and Ireland.

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(Formerly known as Majestic Exposures)

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