I post photos, collages, and other work to my
Flickr account pretty regularly. I'm also trying to post to this blog regularly, but I'm trying to write a bit about what I post and get away from just throwing images up like I do on Flickr. The result is that a lot more gets uploaded to Flickr than appears here. I'm fine with that, if you are reading this and want to see lots of my work with little or no discussion, go to my
Flickr page. Occasionally, I play catchup, so here's a few things I recently posted to Flicker, with just a bit of discussion.
The Upstairs Window
digital photo, 2018
This was shot while wandering around Quebec City last year. Quebec is beautiful and very photogenic, I was having a blast shooting there. I was originally interested in the building and people dining on the sidewalk, but when I noticed the light in the top floor window, I had to shoot this.
CDMX Street Life
digital photo, 2018
Shot while in Mexico City over the holidays last year. This was made with my iPhone, I was wandering around at dusk, maybe returning to my room after dinner (can't remember), and hurriedly snapped this while crossing a busy street.
Fence and Puddle
digital photo, 2017
Shot in Boston a couple of years ago. We had already returned to our room for the night, but it was raining, and shooting urban lights and reflections on a rainy night in an unfamiliar city was irresistible. I went out to shoot, underdressed on a cool, wet night, and got some good shots. It was well worth getting chilled.
untitled
digital photo, 2019
I shot this last week, while testing a new LED light table at work. I do an abstract assignment in my intro digital photo classes, and was seeing if this light table would work well for shooting that assignment. A couple of plastic straws from a dollar store thrown on a lit surface and hastily shot, and voila-abstraction!
Five Faces
digital photo, 2019
This past summer, I challenged myself to get out of the house at least once a week to go shooting someplace. While I didn't always hit that goal, I did get out several times, sometimes to neighborhoods in Chicago that I don't get to that often. This was shot on the last of these excursions for the summer, about a week before I had to gear up for fall teaching duties. This is an ice cream shop in the Gold Coast, an upscale Chicago neighborhood that I rarely find myself in.
Drinking in the View
digital photo 2009/2019
This is an old photo, shot ten years ago while in San Francisco, with post-production done a couple weeks ago. I sometimes revisit old photos to see if anything captures my interest that didn't before. It's a view out of the kitchen window of my sister's old apartment. The title (I'm horrible at titling work) is supposed to be a bit of a pun, referring to the sippy cup and the wine glass as well as enjoying a nice view.
