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The green door
I stumbled on this alleyway in Edison Park while trying to find a preselected location to photograph, but the kelly green door proved far more interesting. My plans change that way almost every time I...
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Dark to light
Alleys are special places. They lend drama. This is simply one of the more beautiful alley-scapes I’ve found in Chicago. There are several great little slivers like it in the Loop, but this one is so...
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Off the beaten path
While walking down State Street I noticed this guy playing with his phone up the walkway toward Dearborn. He wasn’t dressed like a worker or anything, he just chose to keep out of the main street to...
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A light at the end of the tunnel
It’s not really a tunnel, it’s an alley under construction, so there’s scaffolding all the way down. That narrows it down to exactly the width of one car, so you can image my trepidation walking ten...
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Looking up or falling over? The Sears (Willis) Tower
People tend to think – or photographers, that is – that you need a tilt-shift lens to appropriately shoot large buildings. It dramatically lends to perspective and avoids that look of the buildings...
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Squeezing in St. Peter’s
When you can’t get back far enough to capture what you want, you end up 10 paces down an alley wishing the buildings on either side would go away. Then, after you frame up the church just so and click...
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Under the corner
This is a cool old building along Washington Street just west of the river. This corner is cut out to allow service vehicles to tunnel from the street across this edge for a couple of dozen feet, then...
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The pool’s out back
CLOSING IN ON A BLOGGING MILESTONE Today marks 365 posts for this blog. That’s not 365 in a row, but this is the 365th post. I’ll hit 365 straight on Wednesday. There’s your notice, officially. Funny...
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Emergent, slippers
I appreciate this guy, greatly. The dress-down thing works, especially when dressed in the same color from head to toe. Can’t imagine leaving those things under the bed, however, after trekking alleys...
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The interconnectedness of things
I think my favorite parts of The Loop are the alleys. They’re the least-photographed niches of downtown, and a few of them are truly beautiful. The way they connect – how they surprise with access to...
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The banality of info
I deleted everyone and everything I was following on Twitter. It seemed like it was all scurrying past me like rats through an alleyway. Eventually the list will repopulate, differently. Doing my best...
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Keep what you want
I’m not sure if this image is about what it’s about. Left or right or back from whence you came? Purchase a print of this photo
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Securing the light
Creative block is not devoid of color; it is rather filled with it. The disconnect comes in the lack of motivation. You can still see what you need to see, but you can’t see reason to cultivate...
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