Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Lake Michigan Ice, Christmas Day

12/25/16 Sunday, Christmas morning

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Where have I been? Making money. No joke. 10/14/16

Taking the Metra on the way to work, found this joker sitting next to me.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Chicago Chinatown 4/11/15

Saturday Night. 4/11/15

Sunday, April 5, 2015

1835 S. Canal. Chicago

Saturday afternoon. 4/4/15

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Monday, March 30, 2015

Lake Michigan Ice / Gillson Park Wilmette 3/28/15

Saturday morning. 3/28/15

This shot goes back to Saturday, the day before yesterday's post.

The dripping icicles were lining the beach but these seemed to catch the sunrise's glow in a good way and I knew that it would not last long.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Lake Michigan / Gillson Park Wilmette 3/29/15

Sunday morning. 3/29/15
Around 32 degrees.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Lake Michigan / Gillson Park Wilmette 3/28/15

Saturday morning around 6:45 am. 3/28/15
In the 20's.

Some days I just hope for a little ice. With evening temperatures in the 20's plus wind speeds in the teens, I felt that we might get a little ice back on the beach. The sun beat me to the horizon as I could already see its glow above the trees as I drove into Gillson Park, but it's not seeing the sunrise that I desire. It is that illuminating glow that transforms otherwise mundane objects into magic.

This was the very first shot of the day, a relatively simple foreground subject with the water blurred with a longer exposure using ND filters. I'm stacking a 2 stop along with a variable ND for about 6 stops of ND.

This was a good start to shooting with an hour of photographing that only ended because I could not feel the shutter anymore with frozen fingers.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Lake Michigan / 94


Tuesday morning. 3/24/15
25 degrees at sunrise

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Lake Michigan Ice / Gillson Park Wilmette 3/21/15

Saturday morning. 3/21/15
Around 39 degrees