I went out last night to take pictures of the fireworks going off in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, it was raining earlier in the evening, and I think that discouraged some people from bringing out their fireworks. Several of the locations I usually hit were totally dead. To make matters worse, fog rolled in last night. That's a problem, because rather than hitting the … [Read more...] about Chicago Fireworks 2009
Photoblogging
Jennifer At Six Corners
Well, I'm finished postprocessing the photos I took of Jennifer on Wednesday, and I think the photoshoot was a success. They're not all beautiful, and they're not as good as I'd like them to be, but I took them my way. This is the first step toward taking the kinds of photos I'd like to take. Some of them are just pretty-girl shots in an urban environment, like the … [Read more...] about Jennifer At Six Corners
Reviewing the Six Corners Model Shoot
I just took a quick look at the photos from Tuesday's model shoot. As with the other three model shoots I've done, my initial impression doesn't make me happy. It turns out that I took exactly 200 photos, and most of them aren't very good. The first time that happened, it was horrifying: All that time and effort and I got nothing. All those shots I had high hopes for turned out … [Read more...] about Reviewing the Six Corners Model Shoot
Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee
It's been a while since I did any photoblogging---just posting a photo for no reason other than to look at a photo. I was up in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago, so here's a photo I took of the Midwest Airlines Center. … [Read more...] about Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee
More From the Model Shoot
As my way of apologizing to poor Ken Lammers, who visited here to see the pretty girls and found my plunger story instead, here are a couple more shots from last month's model shoot. (I am way behind in processing these photos.) … [Read more...] about More From the Model Shoot