Author Archives: Chris

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Trip Report: Spring Around the I&M Canal

While Illinois’ shelter in place order was extended through the end of May, it did provide some forms of relief for its cabin fever weary denizens. One new provision was the opening of some state […]

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The Waiting Game

Forgot to get a post up this morning before I left home, so here’s a photo taken into the road while I wait for the good light that was present when I set the camera […]

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Film Friday: A Light in the Darkness

To try and keep myself accountable and actively scanning some of my film stuff (and encourage me to get out with my film cameras for new work), I’m going to start a new series: Film […]

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Sunrise – Bethune, CO

I came across this image while digging out images for the Old Trucks and Grain Elevators post from yesterday. For reasons that I cannot remember nor extrapolate from my Lightroom notes, I never even marked […]

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Old Trucks and Grain Elevators

One thing I’ve discovered while organizing my Lightroom library is that I really love shooting old trucks while working on my grain elevator project. Old trucks and grain elevators just seem to go together perfectly. […]

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Kinda Blue

This week hasn’t been a great one, so far. I’m blue over the pandemic. I’m blue thinking about what the economy will look like on the other side of it. I’m blue after reading a […]

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Equipment Journal: Epson P800

It took me quite awhile to start printing my own work. My first attempts were pretty inauspicious, too. I started with an old Epson 2200 around 2017 or so. While that was a capable printer […]

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New Work: Graceland Cemetery

I finally reached my breaking point yesterday and decided that a careful trip to a location where I would be able avoid human proximity while getting out with my cameras was in order. One of […]

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New Work: Hot Pepper No. 2

This quarantine thing is going faster than it seems and it’s already been almost two weeks since I posted Hot Pepper No. 1. Time for another in this series which is an homage to Edward […]

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Obscured

Yesterday, Illinois’ shelter-in-place order was extended to the end of May. I can’t say that I’m terribly surprised by this and I can’t say that I’m not saddened that we still have more than a […]