Dave DiCello

Last week I launched my 2026 #Pittsburgh calendars and completely forgot to share them here! This is my 14th year doing a calendar, and I have a special anniversary edition, where I took 13 images from each of the prior year.

Thank you so much for the support over the years!

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Took a little break from social media as we were in Virginia Beach for a week, but I made sure to catch the Schwirian Farm sunflower festival last night. I was shooting some portraits in the fields but spent some time capturing the actual fields before and after the sessions as well.

Finally checked out the drone show at Kennywood earlier this week and it was so cool to see the history of the park presented over the Racer. These are some favorites, but I have a ton more that I captured, including a timelapse of the entire show.

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Really enjoyed #Picklesburgh in #Pittsburgh yesterday. Spent over 10 hours downtown capturing scenes from the Clemente Bridge to downtown, and the layout made a huge difference. The food and drink were delicious, the music and activities were fun, and it seemed like everyone had a great time.

I’d say #picklesburgh is a success on day one. Downtown #pittsburgh is packed with people enjoying every pickle, and it’s awesome to see.

It's time for another year of #Picklesburgh in downtown #Pittsburgh this weekend, and this morning the bridges were lit up green to kick off the festival. It's such a fun time, and as someone who enjoys pickle beer, I'm looking forward to enjoying a few to cool off today.

This morning's moonset (the wide angle) and the moonrise this evening in #Pittsburgh. Heckuva day to be out to capture the moon. Clouds on the horizon nearly spoiled both views, but all in all they worked out just fine.

It was nice to see some color in the sky over #Pittsburgh this morning. Nothing too crazy, but the different layers of clouds caught the light nicely, and the foliage along the West End made for a beautiful framed for the city. All in all, a solid morning.

Whether people were tied off in a string of 24 boats on the Ohio River, parked on the Ft. Pitt Bridge, or packed in like sardines on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, it seemed like everyone was out in #Pittsburgh to enjoy the July 4th fireworks last week.

What an awesome fireworks show in #Pittsburgh tonight. I had the opportunity to capture it from a unique perspective on Grandview Avenue, the being at eye level with the fireworks was just so cool. These are some favorites but I'll have a bunch more tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July everyone. This morning #Pittsburgh was lit up red, white and blue in honor of the holiday, and I just love capturing the city when it's so colorful like this. There was even a soft pink backdrop in the sky at sunrise, which was just the icing on the cake.

The fog never really materialized as I hoped it would in #Pittsburgh, but the way the early morning sun lit up the bit of fog that was there made for some beautiful scenes. The river was also surprisingly still given the barge traffic.

Another view of that amazing rainbow in #pittsburgh last week on this dreary day. The scene on the West End was just incredible, as the rainbow was so bright and framed the city perfectly.

Awesome night in #Pittsburgh watching the Riveters win the division with a goal in the final seconds of stoppage time. The game was exciting, the sunset was beautiful and the fireworks colorful. Doesn’t get much better than that.

A rainbow frames the Mister Rogers statue and downtown #Pittsburgh this evening from the North Shore, and while it had begun to fade by the time I got there (I capture it from the West End first), it was still plenty visible. Talk about an amazing view.

A few weeks ago I spent a morning running around #pittsburgh capturing the moon and had a bunch of luck on the 16th Street Bridge. The set perfectly on the top of the Highmark Building and in the spires of PPG Place, making for some really incredible scenes.

Three years ago tonight mammatus clouds lit up in the sky over #Pittsburgh and created one of the most amazing and uniques scenes I've ever captured. To this day I cannot believe how incredible they looked.

A foggy view from last Friday in #Pittsburgh, with the trees on the West End framing the city perfectly. I guess the overgrown hillside below the overlook has its perks at times.

I’m not sure what happened in the last month but somehow it’s June already. Now that soccer is over and school is out I should be sharing more #pittsburgh images, so here’s one from last weekend. Love the look of the rainbow lights against that predawn sky.

We've had some decent sunrises over the last few days in #Pittsburgh, but this morning's might be one of the best of the year. The way that the clouds caught the early morning light was amazing, and there was color in seemingly every corner of the sky. An amazing start to the day.

What a sunrise in #pittsburgh this morning. A perfect mix of colorful clouds and reflections in the Ohio River really made for an amazing view. I haven’t shot sunrise from this spot in a long time, at least not a colorful one, and today was certainly the morning to be there.

I’ve shot #pittsburgh from this spot during full moons and fireworks, but never at sunrise. I’m thinking that this view would make a great four seasons set, and luckily the springtime one is out of the way. Love how the steps lead right through the scene.

Ya know I can see it. The texture and light combo was unreal.

Some ridiculous light in #Pittsburgh this morning after the fog burned off, and the incline was the perfect place to watch sunrise. Love how the sunlight and fog around the incline gave the scene this amazing glow.

One more set for now, but lots more to come today. I just have so much fun creating these, it's difficult to know when to stop. I know that some of them may not be to scale as well, but I'm still really happy with how they turned out.

May the Force Be With You!

I try to incorporate the two elements the best that I can, placing characters in scenes that they seem to belong in. The one of Luke at Phantom Fright Nights is definitely one of my favorites, as is the Razor Crest (RIP) in the sinkhole.

Happy May the Fourth everyone. I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, and every year I do a mashup of #Pittsburgh and Star Wars images. I'll be sharing some throughout the day, but these are a mix of some of my old and new favorites.

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Also fitting that this is the anniversary of this image, as we are going on 74 hours without power. Most of the surrounding streets by us do, along with the houses just down street. Hoping that means that we are next!

I know I've been off of here for a bit, but I really plan to be more consistent in my posting. Today is a good day to start, as on this date in 2016 I shot one of my favorite images of #Pittsburgh, of a lightning bolt that actually hit the river. I've never seen anything like it.

It goes by many names. The Steel City. The ‘Burgh. The Golden Triangle. City of Champions. But my favorite word to describe #Pittsburgh?

Home.

Happy 412 Day everyone. Not that we need a special reason to celebrate the black and gold, but I’ll take it.