Phase One
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Keeping an eye
My new little studio helper keeping an eye out for the client. She wants to meet everyone who comes to the house but…. that’s just not possible. Continue reading
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A Senior Moment
Ever since I was a kid, I always loved seeing behind the scenes. It’s one of the reasons I was drawn to commercial work in my early career. I couldn’t get enough of steel mills and factories. Besides my love of seeing behind the scenes, I always felt that you could appreciate the things around… Continue reading
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A few for from the farm.
Saturday was a beautiful early spring day with great sun. After chasing trains for most of the morning, including some UP freight in Glennwood and an Iowa Interstate freight in Blue Island. I ended up at the Stellwagen Farm in the south part of Orland Park. The farm is part of the Orland Open Lands… Continue reading
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Revolution at Cantigny
Ry and I had some fun last weekend reliving the revolution at Cantigny. I think Ryan’s sole reason for going with me was for education…… NOT! His desires fell on a beautiful wooden sword. They had a canon demonstration which was very loud, and battle where…. I won’t ruin who won. And finally a parade… Continue reading
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I like the quiet portraits too
There is no substitute for slowing down and being quiet for a few moments. We are all trained from a young age about the process of having our picture taken.. sit smile look at the camera. In time the look becomes practiced and plastic. When we slow down its possible to break those well worn… 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