While walking in the neighborhood at dusk … with camera in hand … we stopped so I could create an image that I’ve been considering for a while … shooting a Chase Bank branch at night. The new building design features an incredible…
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It’s amazing how much beauty can be found in your own neighborhood. Tonight, while taking a walk, we were entertained by a dramatic neighborhood sunset. One of the most disturbing aspects of these incredible sunsets, is they only last for minutes…
Always on the lookout for an interesting photo opportunity … or constantly evaluating what I see in terms of creating an interesting image … Dorothy and I were watching a crew from the Buffalo Grove Public Works Department handling a sewer…
I was in Chicago on Saturday night leaving a job at the Merchandise Mart when I heard some commotion coming from Kinzie Street. As I walked down Orleans over Kinzie, I noticed bicyclists as far as the eye could see…
When I was in Ottumwa, IA this week, I went down to the Des Moines River to look around. Know as the city of bridges, they have four bridges downtown and a damn. The water flowing through the damn was…
Here are a few more images showing faces of firemen after battling a fire in Deerfield (IL) on 5/22/15.
A fire today in Deerfield, IL gave me another opportunity to capture faces of firemen after battling a fire … since I arrived after the fire was basically out. In all cases, I utilized a long lents (Canon EOS 75-200 F2.8…
A few nights ago, my wife and I were driving east through Northbrook (IL) as a storm was heading our way from the south. Since we were moving and had no clear opening to the south, it was difficult to…
Here’s a brief fire scene video from a garage fire that I took in last night in Prospect Heights (IL). It was a large garage that was fully-involved before the fire department arrived.
Today I took in a fire in Glencoe (IL). The fire was on the roof of a theatre under construction, and looked more intense than it really was. Evidently, pallets of styrofoam were burning on the roof which produced an…