Jason, Lena, and I took a class with two Chicago Tribune photographers. It was a good walking tour of downtown near our office, but more valuable was the quick photo review the photographers did after the walk. Having professionals look and comment was very cool and having a large group of people taking shots in …
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I took the kids to the Shedd Aquarium on Friday. The Jellies exhibit is still set up and this is set up for photography. All the jellyfish are set up in colored tanks to offset their color and lit well enough that you can easily get some spectacular shots. You also get a bonus seahorse …
I wanted to experiment with capturing fireworks because you don’t often get a chance to do it and its a difficult subject. I took about 200 shots and got these 19, of which I think 15 are worthwhile and 4 I kept for whimsey or color. I’m not sure when I’ll do this again, but …
I’m a bit behind on my photo editing, so I finally got these done today. We went to Brookfield Zoo back in May, I really like some of shots I took, most specifically the giraffe ones. For those on devices without flash, here’s a direct link to the set on flickr.
In the early morning hours of 2011, I decided that I needed to do some sort of project and try something I haven’t really tried before. I came up with an idea that, while not original, was something I believe I can reasonably pull off. My plan is to take an original photo (and post …
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I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures during the snow storm yesterday morning and while fighting to get to work.