My friend Bob invited me to come out to see his vintage baseball team, the Lemont Quarrymen. They played this Labor Day weekend at the Pullman Historic Site. This group of vintage players follows 1858 rules: no mitts, no strikes, and you be caught out on a catch after the first bounce. A very different…
Well, sort of. This image was taken in downtown Elmhurst. I love wandering the streets of different cities. I am particularly fond of cities that have active rail lines.
Visiting the Carl Sandburg Marching Band kickoff performance at the Taste of Orland Park. They were at the new venue. No more Civic Center. The Sousas always make for great photos.
I’m diving into my film archives. Watch out, Brooke. There’s a Lama with a tasty treat behind you!!! By the way, do lamas have lips? film #filmphotography #leicam6 #filmisnotdead #archives #wehmeierphotography #picoftheday
We had an opportunity to travel to LaPorte, Indiana, to see the Long Island Lutheran high school basketball team from New York play in a tournament. This was the school that Elise went to for her early grades, and her father was the Headmaster and, more importantly, Basketball Coach. The tournament was held at The…
And I thought I had it all figured out. I think I’m going to go back to shooting film. I have always kept my toe in it; I still have my darkroom, processing tanks, and enlarger. I think I might make more of an effort to shoot two or three rolls a month and see…
The best part of fall is the colors, smells and sounds… accept the sound that comes from parking your car under an oak tree dropping acorns. That repeated tinny thwack sound is very distressing. I photographed this image using my Canon R5 with a manual focus Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS lens shot at 1.2. I…
Our heavy metal Swede has left, but not before taking a fantastic trip from Orland to Gary then on to the Chicago. First was a visit to Michael Jackson’s family home in Gary then on to more music and trying his hand at some expensive guitars at Chicago Music Exchange and then on to find…
