Chicago Trip Pic of the Day
A little walk on the Millennium Trail, which dead-ends in the neighborhood of my current hosts, Jeff and Dawn.
Cheap Swank in Sin City, Part the First: Swank and Swank Envy
Las Vegas is a drug – a wild one, a staggeringly fun one. But you must use, as the finest fine print always reminds us, responsibly. Because this drug’s ultimate purpose is to melt down your brain and devour the dumb animal that is left behind. And no one knows how a drug is going [...]
Pretty – The Next Generation
I’ve started doing research into cameras – finally going to upgrade the ol’ Kodak. It’s well-past time, really, but I like to get my money’s worth. How did I do? Well, the camera was a $150 Black Friday special at Wal-Mart. Add in anything I’ve spent on a tripod, battery charger, memory cards, and that [...]
For your ocular pleasure
Here’s a few keepers from the Chicago trip that go beyond the A-Z series. Everything behind the jump is from my day at the Art Institute with some of my dearest friends. And I’m not just talking about the Monets – which, we’ve discussed, Jimmy, make me powerfully emotional. This pic is courtesy of my [...]
Chicago – A-to-Z
Chicago is a city of icons. You realize this quickly when trying this A-Z picture-taking walk downtown. The city has a character and it comes through strongly in its public lettering. Chicago letters are robust and classic – those Roman and Gothic influences chiseled everywhere you look. It can be a little chilly – you [...]
San Francisco A-to-Z
I remember reading a tip in a book on photography that an overcast day is an invitation to take pictures of things that are nearer the ground. The light and shadows are less harsh that way. And it was an overcast day in San Francisco on Saturday, when it wasn’t outright drizzling; and as I [...]
Mini-Tripod: My faithful friend
I had a spur-of-the-moment idea that informed most of my picture-taking in San Francisco, so there are very few straight-up scenery photos for me to share. While I put the series I’ve got in mind together, though, here’s one standalone that I’m pretty proud of. 1 Mini-Tripod + 8 seconds’ exposure time produces this abstract [...]
Chicago 09/10 – Trading Sights for Shoe Leather
(Many months old, but the pictures are new to you!) Maybe I give the impression that there isn’t a nook left in downtown Chicago I haven’t explored, but this is thoroughly untrue. City be big, you may have heard. Usually only one or two of my days on these winter trips are spent exploring on [...]
Still Learning on the Jorb
Behind the cut you will find, taken on Saturday, my first-ever Multi-shot Panorama; which proves that: 1) Silver Lake is chock full of The Pretty 2) I am nowhere near good enough in Photoshop to blend out places where the sky failed to merge seamlessly. Torture your browser window behind the jump: