Early morning, February – one of the last times that Mike and I photographed the city together. We met in Millenium Park and did a few images of the bean and then grabbed a coffee at Intelligentsia on Randolph. The sky was gray, the light was interesting, but we were a bit too wrapped up...
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The Chicago Cubs are 18 games back. I had to look that up. But then again, even out here in Cali, I probably didn’t have to look that up. The team was acquired this year by the Ricketts family and I imagine Cubs fans are hoping that the new owners are capable of putting together...
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Grace Cathedral in San Francisco in mid-afternoon. The place was packed, but I held off the throngs for a moment or two to capture a shot of the long center aisle. It is a shame the over-treatment this place so often suffers at the hands of so many an HDR photograph. All things in balance,...
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Chrysopylae. The Golden Gate. Named by John C. Frémont for “the same reason that the harbor of Byzantium was called the Golden Horn.” This reason, I presume to be for the way that the strait allows the long light of sunset to pass through onto the bay and into the eyes of us wee humans...
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I had the privilege of attending a night game at Wrigley on one of my last nights in Chicago. I was tired and ready to get on the road, but I couldn’t resist for two reasons. One, I couldn’t turn down an offer to see a last game from a box seat and, two, I...

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