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And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione

Summer in Style

  • By Robert
  • January 29, 2025

From the archives, a trip with family to Michigan City in the mid 90s. I love the color that comes from ektachrome. Leica R8, 35mm Summicron, Ektachrome

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Categories Film Instagram Leica
Tags: Film Leica R8

Remember summer?

  • By Robert
  • December 12, 2024
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On The Toe

  • By Robert
  • December 9, 2024

A few images from the @orlandparkchamber ‘s monthly membership meeting at @ballet58. We were treated to a performance of a few bits from the Nutcracker. They are getting ready for upcoming performances; check out their profile.

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Categories Black & White Instagram Leica
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The Nerve!!! How dare you put up barriers in my domain.

  • By Robert
  • November 29, 2024

We sometimes have visitors. Courtney’s cat, Rumor, comes over during holidays or other breaks. Shall I say that Pebbles is less than happy to have a visitor, and the screen is needed to keep them separated? Amazon to the rescue!

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Categories Black & White Instagram iPhone
Tags: Black & White Hipstamatic iPhone

I’m on my way to the city to see Art!

  • By Robert
  • November 23, 2024

I’m on my way to the city to see some art! I think this is my train. Almost there. I’m here right now. I finally made it to the AIC. I did choose to avoid the food trucks this time around.

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Categories Black & White Instagram iPhone
Tags: Art Institute Black & White Hipstamatic

Playing peek-a-boo.

  • By Robert
  • November 22, 2024
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From the archives.

  • By Robert
  • November 19, 2024

It’s amazing what you find digging through the archives while looking for something else. And did I find that something else? No.

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Categories Black & White Film Instagram
Tags: Film Portait

SCORE!!!

  • By Robert
  • November 11, 2024
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Categories Black & White Instagram
Tags: Black & White Hipstamatic iPhone

Perrrrrrfect Nap

  • By Robert
  • November 10, 2024

Pebbs… Sorry to bother you, but I need my camera, please.

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Categories Black & White Instagram
Tags: Black & White Cat Hipstamatic

Dog Climbing

  • By Robert
  • October 23, 2024

A harness for every size. From a recent ribbon cutting at Dogtopia in Orland Park.

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Categories Instagram iPhone
Tags: Hipstamatic iPhone

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My name is Rob. My journey into photography began in the early 1970s, inspired by my older brother as he developed and printed black-and-white photographs in our basement darkroom. After a challenging eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., with a malfunctioning Kodak Instamatic 100, I was motivated to work a long, hot summer to earn enough money for my first camera, an Olympus OM-1. In 1986, while studying at Valparaiso University, I embarked on my photography career. For over 38 years, I have worked with both commercial and retail clients, driven by my passion for this art form.

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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

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