Photographing on the rooftop of the Tribune building was a unique experience for me in that I don't think I've ever shot for that long a period of time within such a small space. The experience really forced me to think carefully about compositions, an exercise that can prove beneficial in developing photography skills. For this shot, I captured the Gettysburg Address carved into the side of the concrete of the Veranda.
The Gettysburg Address carved into the walls of the Rooftop Veranda at the Tribune Tower.
This is a favorite spot of mine. The small body of water here is often still enough to get a nice reflection of the Chicago Skyline. This shot was taken during the filming of my Guide to Composition video.
Woohoo! This is a photo of fall in it's peak at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
As I described in an earlier post, I didn't have a ton to work with in terms of compositions when it came to my shoot from the Tribune Tower Veranda, but one way of creating unique photographs was re-using this composition with various light. I've already posted a blue hour shot of this same location, this shot was actually taken about 45 minutes earlier, with overcast daytime lighting.
Another shot of the skyline from Tribune Tower, this one was taken a bit earlier in the day. By the way, let's go Cubbies!!!
This is 'Curvaceous Wood Pavilion" by Studio Gang in the Lincoln Park Zoo. As I point out in my Video Guide to Composition, this is one of the most popular spots in Chicago for wedding portraits and engagements.
Curvaceous Wood Pavilion in Lincoln Park
Welcome to the newly designed ShutterRunner.com! I would like to thank Jaclyn Christie for her amazing work on the brand new website re-design.
In addition to the new look and feel, I have also added a ton of content to the website, including an Introduction to Learning Photography Video a Guide to Composition, along with a video demonstrating my use of said guide, and a Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Exposure Triangle. I hope that you find the new content useful, and I plan on steering this website a bit more in the direction of teaching.
Here is a black and white edit of a photo that I took at Graceland Cemetery. For most of these photos from Graceland, I tried looking up the deceased of the burial site that I photographed, unfortunately, I couldn't find much about Hedwig Engel, so I will leave you with this quote instead:
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life.
A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. "
-Mark Twain
Happy Halloween everyone!! Boo!
Another shot from the reflective lake at Graceland Cemetery.
Another shot of the leaves and tombs of Graceland Cemetery reflecting on the still water.
This is a black and white edit of the shot posted earlier of the bridge at Graceland Cemetery.
A bridge to the burial grounds of architect Daniel Burnham at Graceland Cemetery.
This is the Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum, burial site of Peter Schoenhofen.. Apparently Schoenhofen was a brewer. He must have sold some good beers.
This is the resting place of brewer, Peter Shoenhofen, at Graceland Cemetery.
This is the bridge to the burial area of architect Daniel Burnham. Although there are gravestones far more expansive than that of Daniel Burnham, his family has a sort of private island on the lake in the cemetery.
A bridge to the burial grounds of architect Daniel Burnham at Graceland Cemetery.
I turned the "Clown Vomit" setting to 11 in photoshop on this one. In all seriousness, if you haven't noticed, I've been going for a more of a realistic post-processing edit than my older work, this one I decided to bring out the extreme post processing techniques. What do you think?
I turned the "Clown Vomit" setting to 11 in photoshop on this one.
