Late Night in Yates City
It’s last call down at the local bar. Just before they turn out the PBR sign hanging out front, an empty BNSF grain train rumbles through Yates City, on its way back to North Dakota for a reload. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Off Camera Flash With The Canon S95
Santa brought me a Canon S95 just before Christmas. I really wanted to get a small point n’ shoot to take on the annual family trip to Mexico over the holiday. It would save me from lugging both of my bags of ‘real’ photo gear on the plane headed south of the border. I’ve also [...]
Ethan Turns Two
I recently took a few portraits of my friends Karl and Becken’s two year old Ethan. I thought these two from the session were particularly fun. They were taken just before Halloween, and we had to get him all dressed up in his costume for a few pictures. Both of these were taken using my [...]
Train Under a Starry Sky
Midnight on a warm summer evening finds a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad ethanol train tied down in the siding at Genoa, IL, waiting for a new crew to forward it on to eastern connections in Chicago. This warm night was also completely cloudless, and here at the east end of the siding, away from [...]
Wedding & Portrait Gallery
Below you can find a small sampling of my wedding and portrait photography. My rates are very reasonable, and I am available to travel to your location throughout Central Illinois, or the world! To set up your portrait session or wedding photography, please contact me at: (309) 256-6201 or nick@nicksuydam.com I look forward to working [...]
High Green
As the full moon rises over the ancient signal bridge at Verona, IL, the lens blinks to green, beckoning an eastbound train down the rails of the BNSF’s Chillicothe Subdivision toward Chicago. Not long after the green signal went up, a headlight appeared to the west, out of the dusky twilight on the horizon. And [...]
Look Out Houston
With just a little over three thousand feet of intermodal containers trailing behind, the Union Pacific’s southbound Z-YCHO-16 blasts through Grant Park, IL at 60mph. Just out of the ramp at Yard Center, this train is hell bent for Houston. I had three of my strobes set up in a tight little circle next to [...]
