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Bolivia Gallery One

In November of 2011, I traveled to South America to photograph Agustina and Johann’s wedding. Before and after the...View full post »

Photo Snowfari with Laurie

When I told my Dad yesterday morning that Laurie and I were going on a photo snowfari, he immediately quipped about it b...View full post »

Snow DAY!

Who doesn’t love a snow day?  Between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning the weather Gods had their way with C...View full post »

Bikram in the City for Fresh Guide/Pop Sugar

“Would you like a towel?” Mike, owner of Bikram in the City, asked me as soon as I stepped out of the 105 de...View full post »

My hungry Sister

She picks… spoons… and slurps devouring the bowl of Cheerios. When she finishes, she lifts her face, cocks h...View full post »

Simply Cold.

It was cold when I woke this morning, but gold light filtered through the windows. “I’ll take it,” I t...View full post »

Urban Photo Safari #1

I went to the rainforest Sunday. After a morning photo shoot and before Nebraska’s sad loss, some friends and I sl...View full post »

Where it comes from…

It was the images in National Geographic that first drew me to photography… The magic of developer in a darkroom t...View full post »

Down time…

I can’t keep track of how many times I’ve heard “Chicago is the best city in the World…five mont...View full post »

Urban Exploration | Saturday afternoon bike ride through Chicago.

Simple scenes like this are so moving to me. The light breaking through the mist…and the workers concentration at ...View full post »

Black Hawks win the Stanley Cup Tournament. Chicago fans celebrate in Wrigleyville.

Chicago Black Hawk Fans swarmed the streets of Wrigleville minutes after Patrick Kane slipped the winning goal into Phil...View full post »

Art Walk in Pilsen Neighborhood

A few weeks ago my aunt Susie called me to arrange a bi-monthly meetup.  Usually we surf over to yelp or metromix and s...View full post »

Chicago Fog

Explore where you live. A man steps out of sunlight, sunlight that streams like grace, still gaping at blue sky staked a...View full post »

Panama Part 3. Things that crawl, climb, and flap.

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Pieces of Panama, part 2.

On a Saturday morning a few months ago, I woke to find a missed alert on my phone from friend and fellow photographer La...View full post »