// There are some strange things on the Ohio street beach. Take the photograph below for example. Does anyone need to a mooring bollard this far up on the beach? I assume this is something left over from long ago – or is there another use for these things? In any case, it is an...
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// I’ve been trying to pepper some of the more recent posts with some general philosophizing about photography. I don’t pretend to be anything special, but I am someone who struggles a lot to try and make interesting photographs. In doing so, I feel that I’ve learned a few lessons about how to push yourself...
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// When things get really difficult, it is easy to get down and to stay that way. Ignoring any call to self-pity seems impossible. If something is hard to do it is probably worth doing – most others will quit before the fight is through. Do you ever get the feeling that, many years from...
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// This blog has often served as an excuse for exploring Chicago and its many pubs, restaurants etc. Once we all headed up to Lincoln Square to check out the Chicago Brauhaus (by now you’ve seen a few images from this night). Full of a few German lagers and some nibbles – we headed out...
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Tags: beer, bike, Chicago, chicago brauhaus, cyclist, German beer, hdr, justin kern, lincoln square, Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E, Nikon D700, photomatix, tilt shift
// A city is a great compromise between glass, concrete, steel and water, rock and terrain. We want to build in straight lines on flat surfaces, because that is easiest, but we are forced to take turns, to yield where we cannot break the earth. The view from above Chicago reveals what success this flat...
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Tags: Blue Hour, Chicago, Downtown, dusk, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, lake shore drive, Michigan Avenue, night, Nikkor AIS 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, North side, photomatix, Twilight
