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Week 49, December 8-14, 2019

December 14th, 2019

Tagged 16-28mm f2.8, 19.03.29, 19.06.08, 19.07.22, 19.07.25, 19.07.26, 2019, 28-105mm f3.5-4.5, 35-80mm f4-5.6, 4-8-8-4, 70-300mm f3.5-5.6, 875 North Michigan Ave., Big Boy, black, boat, bridge, cars, ceiling, Chicago at night, Chicago IL, Chicago River, Chicago River Walk, Chicago skyline, Chicago skyline at night, circle, D600, D750, elevators, glass, harbor, James R. Thompson Center, John Hancock Building, Jul19, July, Jun19, June, lake, Lake Michigan, Lake Shore Drive, Lakefront Trail, light, light trails, lighthouse, lights, Lincoln Park, locomotive, long exposure, Mar19, March, metal, Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee Pierhead Lighthouse, Milwaukee WI, night photo, Nikon, North St. Clair Street, overlook, reflection, river, riverwalk, ship, skylight, stairs, steam, steam train, street, tracks, traffic, train, trains, trees, Union Pacific, water, Week 49 2019, WEEKS, WEEKS 2019, West Chicago IL, white, Wisconsin lighthouse, wood

“Brown Tones”

April 5th, 2019

Tagged 19.04.05, 2019, 311 South Wacker, Amtrak, Apr19, April, Chicago IL, Chicago River, fog, I-90, I-94, intersection, interstate, iPhone, iPhone video, iPhone XS, overcast, river, Sears Tower, timelapse video, traffic, train, train tracks, video, video short, Willis Tower

“The Busy City”

April 5th, 2019

Tagged 19.04.05, 2019, Apr19, April, Chicago IL, fog, I-290, I-90, I-94, intersection, interstate, iPhone, iPhone video, iPhone XS, overcast, Sears Tower, timelapse video, traffic, video, video short, Willis Tower

Week 6, February 10-16, 2019 – Black & White Downtown Elgin

February 16th, 2019

Black & White Week 2

For the second full week of Black & White February, I decided to follow up on an idea that I’d had for a few months – to shoot light trails in Elgin. I enjoy capturing long exposures, but the added challenge of capturing light trails in downtown Elgin instead of Chicago (where there’s more traffic) seemed challenging.

While we were out in the bitter cold for the January Lunar Eclipse, I realized that Elgin’s parking garages would make a great vantage point for some light trail images. I’d taken images from the top of the Spring Street garage, in fact, I’ve led photo walks in downtown Elgin and used the Spring Street garage as a vantage point.

However, I decided to add one more aspect to the week’s photos: I would attempt to shoot 7 images and capture 7 photos that I was proud of…I didn’t quite make it. Capturing light trails of traffic when there’s very little traffic turned out to be a bit more challenging than I expected. But I took 14 images, from 6 vantage points, and captured 7 images that I’m proud of.