Similar to yesterday's post, today's shot was not taken recently. This shot was actually taken in October of 2010 on a road trip through Banff National Park in Alberta Canada. I initially passed on posting this shot due to the composition, but after a crop that made it slightly more interesting, I am actually pretty happy with how it came out.
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Today's shot is one from my trip to France and Italy from this past spring. It is rare that I post a shot that was taken this long ago. Many photographers that manage similar blogs do this practice all the time, rarely posting recently taken shots. That being said, I just appreciate the new so much more.
I know nothing about the picture below, only that it is near Notre Dame since the sequential photographs were of Notre Dame.
Another angle from an early morning sunrise shoot at Lake Bluff Beach.
0 CommentsAnd here is the uncensored version of today's shot. It was very cool to see the internet come together to take a stand against SOPA and PIPA yesterday. It really sounds like this type of legislation is losing support but that doesn't mean the war is over. This was another shot taken with Ken on a very cold winter morning along the lake.
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It's time to get political. While I would never use this website to try and promote my own personal political beliefs, I think that everyone needs to be made aware of two bills in congress that could end the free internet as we know it, SOPA and PIPA.
Here is a great article on reddit about how they could affect sites like google, wikipedia, reddit, and most importantly shutterrunner.com.
In protest of SOPA and PIPA, I have censored today's picture and will post the real one tomorrow.
Well maybe not the first snow, but this was take after the first real snow Chicago has seen this entire winter. Trying to keep up with the frequent posts, I called my buddy Ken to see if he would be interested in an early morning sunrise shot. The light turned out slightly better than the last time we shot together, but we seem to have a knack for picking overcast sunrises. This is that huge building right on the lake in Lincoln Park. If you look closely you can see the moon on top of the center of the building.
2 CommentsLocated in Montague, Michigan, this weather vane stands 48' tall with a 26' long arrow and claims to be the world's largest weather vane. The Wikipedia article claims otherwise. How do they not know?? Can someone get to the bottom of this? I took this picture during my stay in this town back in September and have just got to processing it this week.
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This Monday, I set out on a mission to photograph a subway station, something which I haven't done before. Not knowing exactly what I was looking for, I jumped on the Red Line and made a couple of stops before finally giving up due to the overwhelming number of people present, and my inability to find anything interesting. I started to head home, content with the fact that I would do so empty-handed, until a light bulb went off in my head, that it was the perfect time to get a shot from the bar on the top floor of the John Hancock Center, The Signature Room. You see, not only was it a Monday night in January, meaning the bar would be less occupied than normal nights, but being in the middle of winter, the sun sets closer to the south making it more possible to get the colors of the sunset in the shot when pointed towards the most interesting portion of the city from the Hancock Center, the south.
I opted for the fisheye lens hoping to get as much of the view as possible, I was pleasantly surprised with the earth-like effect which I had not initially intended.
This shot was taken from Oak Street Beach, and if you have been following my blog for even a short amount of time you know that this is a favorite spot of mine. I recently did a piece on photography and travel for a series called "Out Their Front Door". In this post I discussed the benefit of seeing a place for the first time, and how it completely liberates the mind from having a preconceived notion of how a shot should be captured.
Furthermore, I emphasized the fact that travel is such an integral part of photography. While it can be exciting to return to an old place, such as Oak Street Beach pictured here, it is even more exciting to find new spots. I just booked a trip to Seattle for the second weekend in February and I can't wait to share new locations soon. Stay Tuned!
Strange things have been happening lately. Perhaps this crazy rock formation was left behind by aliens. It is also possible that it was just some kid...
Another shot from my early morning at Sunrise Park in Lake Bluff.
