I’m slowly catching up on my blogging here! This photo is from back in March, taken on a warm spring afternoon in downtown Galva, IL. No one is around on this lazy Sunday afternoon in this typical Midwestern small town. A few clouds are gathered around the grain elevator looming over the old brick stores [...]
Jul 19, 2012 | Categories:Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Transportation, Travel | Tags: country, evening, galva, HDR, high dynamic range, Illinois, in the three oh nine, Midwest, Midwestern, peaceful, quite, rural, small town, spring, Sunday, warm | Leave A Comment »
Since it is just beginning thunderstorm season here on the plains of central Illinois, I figured it’s a great time to begin with some lightning photography. We had an early season storm move through the area last weekend, and I took the opportunity to head to one of my favorite spots near Williamsfield, IL where [...]
Apr 09, 2011 | Categories:Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Night, Photography, Railroad, Rural America, Transportation, nature | Tags: BNSF, country, evening, lightning, Night, plains, prairie, rail, Railroad, railway, rural, spring, storm, thunderstorm, track, train | Leave A Comment »
Seeing how here in Chicago we’re currently getting a good dumping of snow, I figured I’d take this opportunity to think back to warmer times, when I was driving to California and stopped off in the always amazing Zion National Park. The sun was just setting on a warm spring day, and I pulled off [...]
Jan 08, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Rural America | Tags: arch, beauty, canyon, national park, natural, nature, park, rock, scenic, spring, sunset, tourism, tourist, visit, zion | Leave A Comment »
It’s hard to appreciate just how big the Byron Nuclear Power Plant is until you drive right by it. It usually just off in the distance as I’m driving through North-Central Illinois, dotting the horizon with its twin columns of steam. It’s also hard to understand how imposing and spooky this thing looks until you’re [...]
Jun 17, 2009 | Categories:Photography | Tags: Byron, corn, dark, energy, Exelon, field, flash, gel, grow, Illinois, Midwest, Night, nuclear, ominous, power plant, prairie, radiation, radioactive, red, Roscoe, scary, spooky, spring, steam, summer | Leave A Comment »
The “red barn” just west of Geneva, IL has been a favorite photo location for a long time now, since it’s an almost perfect looking old wooden barn in classic red paint, and always kept in pristine shape. However, I don’t think I’ve really ever gotten a shot from here that I like. With the [...]
May 26, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Transportation | Tags: barn, Chicago, commuter, country, countryside, evening, exhaust, fine art, HDR, high dynamic range, Illinois, Metra, Metra commuter, Midwest, passenger, print, Railroad, rural, scenic, spring, summer, sunset, train, warm | Leave A Comment »
I think at least part of the reason I like doing night photography is that it is easier to capture a sense of motion. In a long exposure of something moving, you get a blur or streak that gives that sense of speed. Yes, video can capture motion, sure, and I like videos, but I [...]
Mar 19, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Transportation | Tags: , Amtrak, barren, blur, Danforth, depot, flash, grain elevator, IL", Illinois, motion, Night, passenger, Pocket Wizard, Railroad, speed, spring, streak, train, warm | Leave A Comment »
I’ve been preparing photos for the website presentation of the Late Night in the Small Town series I’ve been working on, and figured I’d put one up big that probably works better here than it did in the small version on Flickr….It’s been busy around here this week, I’ll get back to more normal posting [...]
Sep 17, 2008 | Categories:Photography | Tags: , art, dark, evening, fireflies, Illinois, lightning bugs, Night, Photography, rural, small town, spring, stars, summer, warm | Leave A Comment »
