Going somewhere

This week’s photography assignment was to create a narrative in 20 images. Lisa showed us some artists’ series that made heavy use of symbolism as examples. Oh the pressure! I mean, sure, I create narratives with photos all the time on the blog, but I use a lot of text to get the job done.  And [...]

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Ghosts in the machines

So—I will not bore you with the full story of how I shot in RAW for the first time this week, and could not open the NEF files using CS3, nor how I was able to download an update that displayed NEF thumbnails in Windows, but despaired of updating Photoshop for free.  Nor will I dwell [...]

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Portraiture

This week’s photography class was on portraiture, and Lisa sent us home with 5 assignments: Take a studio photo (posed, flat background) Take a snapshot (un-posed, slice of life) Take an environmental portrait (posed, with items in the environment that tell you something about the person) Appropriate a portrait from art history (with a twist) [...]

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Here and there

A few great finds on Flickr today. First, this photo by orange plastic catches the Snowpocalypse swirling past the lights that usually shine on the Wrigley Building. Photo geeks should check out the modified ziplock bag that orange plastic used as poor man’s blizzard protection for his camera. Then, check out these amazing photos of Alaskan wildlife.

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Promontory Point: Post-Snowpocalypse

Thursday, I decided to stay in to avoid the bitter cold but went to the 38th floor of my building to get a view from above. Saturday, it was warmer.  I went out around 4:30 pm  and watched the light change on the Point as the sun went down.

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Chicago Snowpocalypse: Lake Shore Drive, 9:15-9:45 am

All of these photos are of Lake Shore Drive at the 51st Street bridge during what would normally be the tail end of rush hour. There wasn’t a car in sight, moving or stranded: I ended up following these folks back across the Park, and it was a good thing, too.  The shallow footprint trails [...]

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Snowpocalypse here–A break in the storm

I think the Great Chicago Snowpocalypse of 2011 merits 3 full posts, don’t you? Especially since I managed to take some pictures, this morning, of Lake Shore Drive? I thought you’d agree. I fell asleep in front of the tv so early last night that I missed the thundersnow.  (Darn!) As a consequence, I woke [...]

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Fierce

When I left the Library at 5:55 pm to catch the 6 pm shuttle home, the wind wasn’t strong enough to blow me around bodily, but the swirling snow was so thick that I had to hold my scarf in front of my eyes, until I figured out which way the wind was blowing and [...]

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