How to Buy A Lens (or How Best to Shoot Up Marilyn Monroe’s Skirt)
This year I’ve added two new lenses to my repertoire. One I had been pining after for a long time – a super fast, super crisp 50mm lens from Canon. The other was more difficult to decide on. Did I...
View ArticleBig City Shooting Challenge – Perspective and Contrast in Chicago
On a recent trip to Chicago, I challenged myself to work with contrast and perspective as much as possible. This challenge led me off the scheduled path a few times (which in my opinion is always a...
View ArticleTips for Art Lovers: Photographing In Situ Art
[Jean Miro’s “Chicago” – Chicago, Illinois – November 2011] In situ art is a work of art made specifically for a particular site – think of Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine...
View ArticleSimplify – Simplify – Simplify: The Power of Black and White Photography
[“Cloud Gate” or “The Bean” in Chicago’s Millennium Park – November 2011] I love to experiment with black and white images. Stripping away color and focusing attention on light, texture, and...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: The People’s Palace – Chicago’s 115-year-old Masterpiece
A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured upon purpose to a life beyond life. -Milton [from a mosaic in the Old Chicago Public Library] The Old Chicago Public...
View ArticleA Poem for Runners and People Everywhere
Run. Run away. Run towards. Run. Run because you can’t sit still. Run because it is free. Run free. Run to get there. Run to return. Run to measure. The distance. The increase. Run for the rewards....
View ArticleGetting Away to Chicago at the Getaway Hostel
I had one more night in Chicago before making my getaway to the United Kingdom. The Getaway Hostel in Lincoln Park provided me with a lovely location to prepare for my transition. The building is a...
View ArticleThe Mausoleum Doors of Oakwoods Cemetery
It was a brisk fall day in Hyde Park, Chicago. I took a walk through a Cemetery. The sun had been out earlier but now it was grey. I shivered in the chill until I noticed the colors. The leaves were...
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