// 20 Questions As I mentioned in a previous post – I did an interview with Barry over at Free Photo Resources – 20 questions designed to give his readers a bit more information about tWp. If you don’t get enough of me on my soap box on these pages – head over to FPR...
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Tags: Chicago, dark, Downtown, dusk, Gotham, hdr, justin kern, Michigan Avenue, night, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, photomatix, sears tower, skyline, tribune tower, Twilight, willis tower, winter
Thursday, December 31, 2009 Posted in Beaches, Cityscapes, Downtown, Goose Island, Gotham, Lakefront, Millennium park, The American West, The Canadian West, Uncategorized
// We launched tWp on Monday, March 9, 2009 and haven’t missed a post since that first day – bringing a new photograph to this webpage each day since. This site has been a lot of work and a lot of fun and has rewarded me richly with a new appreciation for how much work...
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Tags: banff national park, canada, Chicago, glacier national park, Gotham, hdr, justin kern, montana, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, photomatix, University of Chicago
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
// The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a National Historic Landmark, and for good reason. The building has lots of great decorative bits. LaSalle dead-ends into Jackson at the foot of the building, and because there is relatively little traffic of any kind after 6 PM in the financial district, it is easy to...
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Tags: CBOT, Chicago, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board of Trade Building, clock, Downtown, dusk, hdr, justin kern, Nikon 85mm f/1.4, Nikon D700, photomatix, sculpture, summer, Twilight
// The building formerly known as the Sears Tower became the Willis Tower on July 16th, 2009. That the naming rights to the tallest building in the United States were sold was old news at that time, but there was much hullabaloo and griping nevertheless. I see both sides to the argument, namely that 1)...
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, hdr, justin kern, Nikon, Nikon 50mm f/1.8D, Nikon D700, photomatix, sears tower, summer, Sunrise
