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 […]

The Walking Dead

If you’ve watched any episode of the tv series The Walking Dead, you know what I’m talking about. That deserted street with an apocalyptic look that dead ends somewhere with a couple of dumpsters, and maybe a metal fence. That’s what I was able to capture, Labor Day weekend, Downtown Chicago, from Wacker Drive looking […]

John Hancock in Black and Blue – HDR

John Hancock in Black and Blue seen from Montrose Avenue. I went to the Chicago Air and Water Show and all I got is this lousy picture. Yesterday I realized that the time has come to own a DSLR. I missed so many shots yesterday at the Chicago Air and Water Show due to my […]