Black & White
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Miss J
I always love it when one of our long-time clients comes to visit. I have been photographing Ms J. for a while now and it is an absolute hoot when the kids know me well enough to give me a hard time….. or at least they try. Now, mind you, I’m not complaining because I… Continue reading
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My Next Victim
The next in the series. He really didn’t want to be helping me…. he just wants to RUN and RUN and RUN!!! The next in the series. He really didn’t want to be helping me…. he just wants to RUN and RUN and RUN!!! Continue reading
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Brooke's project
She wanted to do a project in the tool section of the Oak Lawn Children’s Museum. Unfortunately, the piece of wood she chose was red oak. Needless to say it took us a while, very solid wood. Continue reading
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I dig this stuff
Groundbreaking at the triangle. Continue reading
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They stand still long enough…. but thats it.
They are only so willing when they see me dragging out the Deardorff Continue reading
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He's all Clucked Out!
He needs a rest and so do we… off to Iowa!!! Continue reading
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We're lost already!
Enjoying Brookfield Zoo’s winter lights….. maybe Continue reading
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Watch out!!! I Got Some Film and I"m Dangerous
I’m using up the 4×5 on the Dorff and abusin’ kids. I love the holidays… I can make them do almost anything. I’m starved for models the rest of the year. Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955