Green Dress
A woman in a green dress waits for her ride to the Loop at the Chicago Avenue Blue Line station in Chicago, IL. As always, join me on Facebook : Twitter : Flickr
Sep 07, 2010 | Categories:Architecture, Chicago, Engineering, Features, Photography, Railroad, Transit, Transportation | Tags: blue line, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, city, commute, commuter, CTA, green dress, IL", Illinois, subway, Transit, Transportation, underground, urban, woman | Leave A Comment »
Cruising the West Side
I’ve always loved motion, and attempting to capture it in photos. So after shooting a few late evening skyline shots from the top of one of my favorite parking garages, I took a few minutes to shoot the trains on the Pink Line as they moved through the new-ish Paulina Connector near the United Center [...]
Aug 13, 2009 | Categories:Chicago, Photography, Railroad, Transit, Transportation | Tags: blur, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, city, commute, commuter, CTA, Elevated, IL", Illinois, L, motion, pan, passenger, Railroad, rush hour, speed, sunset, train, Transit, urban, west side | Leave A Comment »
Booming
Despite the current economic conditions, the South Loop neighborhood here in Chicago is steadily growing, with new buildings going up all around. The newly installed glass of a tall condo skyscraper is reflecting the last light of the day as an inbound Orange Line El train rounds the high curve at 18th St. As always, [...]
Feb 13, 2009 | Categories:Chicago, Photography, Transportation | Tags: , afternoon, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, commuter, condo, construction, CTA, El, glow, Illinois, new, orange, Orange Line, Railroad, reflection, rush hour, South Loop, sunset, train, Transit | Leave A Comment »
Urban Transit
Sometimes, Photoshop tricks that I’ve learned really come in handy, and this is one of those times. This little fake tilt/shift photo was made somewhat out of creativity, and somewhat out of necessity. But either way, what you see here is a southbound CTA Red Line train rolling into the Sox/35th stop, hitting the last [...]
Feb 02, 2009 | Categories:Chicago, Photography, Transportation | Tags: , Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, city, cold, commuter, CTA, Dan Ryan, El, expressway, Illinois, Railroad, Sears Tower, skyline, train, Transit, urban, winter | Leave A Comment »
Home for the Holiday (by Transit)
Last night I took a little walk around my neighborhood here in Chicago. I had a certain place in mind to get a shot, where Chicago Avenue goes under the Union Pacific North and Northwest Metra lines, just west of Halsted Avenue. I also thought, hey, wouldn’t it be cool if I could get a [...]
Nov 26, 2008 | Categories:Chicago, Photography, Transportation | Tags: , blur, bus, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, city, CTA, Metra, Night, over, public transit, Sears Tower, streak, train, Transit, under, urban | Leave A Comment »
