The last remaining bits of the ADM grain elevator in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood are still standing on June 20th, 2021 but the end is near for this venerable business. Demolition equipment from Heneghan Wrecking […]
Tag Archives: Illinois
New (Kinda Old) Work: Grain Elevator Complex – Minooka, IL
The grain elevator in Minooka, IL stands quietly on January 12th, 2020.Nikon D800, Tamron SP 20-40mm f2.7-3.5 Just doing a little more testing with NX Studio and getting a feel for how it works this […]
Snowy Express at Downers Grove
A westbound Metra express train on the BNSF line blasts through the Downers Grove Station on a snowy February 11th, 2021.Nikon Coolpix A
Geese and Snow – Mt. Emblem Cemetery
Both snow and temperatures are once again dropping in Chicagoland on February 10th, 2021. I stopped by Mt. Emblem Cemetery on my lunch break and decided to get a shot of geese congregating around some […]
Equipment Journal: Pocket Sketchbook (Canon Elph 110 HS)
Amanda and I have been doing some household cleaning recently. During that process, she came across her stash of old point and shoot cameras. She put me in charge of going through them and seeing […]
Dreaming in 760nm
Two of my favorite YouTube channels both recently featured photographic outings to produce infrared photos. Steve O’Nions posted this wonderful video on infrared photography and Mat Marrash kicked it up a notch with some 8×10 […]
The Balancing Act
This is a photograph I took on the same outing to White Pines that I took the Columbine photo I featured in this post. While the Columbine photo is probably one of my favorites for […]
Junction A
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” ~Yogi Berra Nikon Coolpix A Sorry for the short, lifeless post this evening. Some nights, one is just too tired to put much thought […]
New Work – Lake Defiance Boats
Really quick post this evening with one shot from the day of some boats taken at Moraine Hills State Park today. I’ll have more to say about the outing tomorrow but for the time being, […]
New Work – Quiet Resting Place
Another shot from last night’s trip to the cemetery near where I live. Cemeteries are full of symbolism. If you take a trip to someplace like Graceland Cemetery, you’ll be completely surrounded by all manner […]