Washington Elementary School – Evanston, Illinois

For a few years, I have always wanted to photograph this building. One Sunday morning last winter, I finally got around to it. Built in 1901, Washington School is the largest elementary school in District 65   As with most of my HDRs, these ones were composed of three shots and tonemapped in Photomatix 4.0. […]

The Moon In The Waning Gibbous Phase

Canon EOS REBEL T3i Exposure – 0.003 sec (1/400) Aperture – F/4.0 Focal Length – 200 mm ISO – 100 Lens – EF70-200mm f/4L USM I always wanted to get a shot of the moon, but it never quite worked. It was either the sky, or the camera wouldn’t focus, or just me sometimes. I’m pretty […]

Chicago 2011 Blizzard – Lake Shore Drive Shut Down

    This is the situation of my car as of this morning, and this is as close I’m going to get to the outside world today. Go Chicago! Lake Shore Drive was a disaster area overnight, as motorists found themselves stranded for up to 12 hours and ended up in the hospital. Before the […]