Matthew Wolin, who I first met on the windy pixel photowalk is our guest blogger today. As you’ll see Matt has a knack for HDR photograph and a unique approach to finding and collecting images: on the run. For those of you in the market for a DSLR – Matt uses a D5000, and I...
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// As we got a bit of snow last night, I thought I’d make a point of getting out there and doing some photography this morning. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I’ve got a memory card full of a snow-covered Chicago. In the meantime, here’s a picture of the near-north skyline reflected on...
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Monday, August 31, 2009 Posted in Cityscapes, Downtown, Gotham, Hyde Park, Lakefront, Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier, Planetarium/Museum campus, South side
// Here’s a view southbound from the 94th floor of the John Hancock building – just before I took the panorama you saw earlier looking north along Lake Shore Drive at blue hour. Once upon a time I used to think great photographs were made only when the light was just right. Although this has...
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Tags: Chicago, chicago river, Downtown, dusk, grant park, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, lake shore drive, loop, merchandise mart, Michigan Avenue, Museum Campus, navy pier, Nikkor AIS 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, photomatix, reflection, sears tower, skyline, South side, summer, Sunset, Trump Tower, willis tower
// If you’ll allow me to generalize for a moment, in my limited experience, where photography is concerned, women have a better eye for these wonderful little details that I find us men more frequently miss. Perhaps there is some evolutionary reason having to do with differences in the division of labor and the processing...
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Tags: carnival, carousel, Chicago, dusk, lake michigan, lensbaby, navy pier, nikon d300, selective focus, summer, swing, Valerie Anderson
// Pale in the flare light The scared light cracks and disappears And leads the scorched ones here And everywhere no one cares The fire is spreading … (“4th of July” by Soundgarden) Happy Independence Day to all our American readers! And Happy Fourth of July to everyone! I must admit I’ve been fascinated with...
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, fire works, fireworks, fourth of july, hdr, independence day, Iran, justin kern, navy pier, night, Nikkor AIS 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, photomatix
