Across the Illinois River After Dark
The I-74 / Murray Baker bridge in Peoria, IL rises over a fog-shrouded Illinois River on a cold winter night. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Dr. Oz Event Photography, Chicago, IL
I recently had the chance to shoot an event featuring Dr. Oz in Chicago’s Millennium Park. These are a few samples covering the overall event and the event promotion and signage. I also got a few of the doctor in action. This event was to promote healthy eating, and the crowd was rather large. Chicago [...]
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
It’s a Celebration
The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Today was their victory parade through the streets of Chicago. This city has become crazy with hockey since the franchise has been revitalized, and the intense passion the Hawks fans have shown throughout the playoffs culminated today as the team paraded their prized [...]
Landmark Bridges
On Chicago’s southwest side, in the McKinley Park neighborhood, stands historic bridges built by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1901. The spans were designated an official Chicago Landmark by Mayor Daley on December 12th, 2007. The exotic design of these bridges is very unique, with two spans lifting to [...]
Bridges Over The Calumet
The Norfolk Southern’s bridges over the Calumet River stand tall against the sunset sky in South Chicago, IL. The only span in the photo to still have an active railroad on it is the bridge on the left, which carries NS’s Chicago mainline towards Englewood and the BRC, and is quite busy. From left to [...]
Rainy Night in the City
A light yet steady drizzle falling through the low clouds made for an interesting evening for photos. As long as you can keep your camera gear somewhat dry in this type of weather, it makes for really ‘moody’ photos, especially at night in a bright big city environment. Such was the case as an Amtrak [...]
Monadnock Down
I’ve been meaning to post this for quite some time. This was taken on the same night as the previous two night views here on the blog. What you see here are two views of the historic Monadnock Building. This is the southern half of the building, designed by Holabird & Roche and is an [...]
Above the South Loop
From the same vantage point as last night’s photo, this is turned looking slightly more easterly. The skyline from here varies so much, from the old buildings in the foreground, such as the Manhattan building which was built in 1889, to the 62 stories of One Museum Park, completed in 2008, with its blue top [...]
Down at the MCC
Lately I’ve attempted to resume my mission of exploring all of Chicago’s parking garages. Not only do I love me some concrete and asphalt, but they tend to provide some elevation and sometimes a unique view of the city. Such was the case with this garage I visited on the south side of the Loop, [...]
Ice Flow
With the lake swelling against the breakwaters here at the 31st beach, the floating layer of ice breaks up against the steel pilings. The texture of the ice added just enough to make the water look like something, and a time exposure helped to capture the swirling motion. As always, join me on Facebook : [...]
Snopocalypse
With all the snow being predicted for Chicago tomorrow, I figured it was time to revisit a favorite winter time shot of mine. This is looking down Canal St. during the evening rush during one of the worst snow storms I can remember recently around here, December 2008. One of the particularly bad things about [...]
Cruising Up Lakeshore
Hugging Chicago’s lakefront, the original Illinois Central Railroad mainline was built in 1856 and electrified in 1926. Today, it is one of Metra’s busiest stretches of commuter railroad, with hundreds of daily trains carrying thousands of commuters into the Loop at Millennium Station. South of Roosevelt Road, there are also a few freight trains along [...]
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 [...]
Crossing the Street
Late one rainy night, a man crosses a mostly deserted Madison Street in the Chicago Loop. The shadow cast by the long striding legs, provided by a bright street lamp overhead, are just one example of the many details and different lighting effects that can be done at night, and why I love shooting after [...]
How to Waste $10
If you are following my Twitter (now conveniently listed over there on the left), you may have seen that I was attempting to shoot some lightning last night from a safe yet elevated location on the west side of the city. And if you were in Chicago, you may have noticed that the storms never [...]
The Famous Chicago Skyline
I posted this photo to my Flickr account a little while ago, and it was quite popular. And seeing that that was pre-blog, I figured I might as well put this up here. This photo is an HDR, made from about five different exposures taken as the sun set over the city.
Everything is New!
It looks like this is going to be the first post on my new blog, which since you’ve found it, you already know the address, but it’s http://www.nicksuydam.com. The new blog goes along with the new website, which can be seen still it’s old stomping grounds, at http://www.nicksuydam.com. As you can see, the website has [...]
Chicago Stock Photography
Lately, I’ve realized how much stuff in Chicago I haven’t actually shot yet. Look for that to get corrected in these coming months. And until then, enjoy what I HAVE shot of this fair city, in slideshow format.
Fun With Flash Gels
I’ve recently acquired a bit more equipment, and have begun experiments with night flash photography. One of the first things I’ve done, after reading Strobist (which everyone who is the least bit interested in this stuff should), was to get some flash gels. I realized I needed these after a couple of failed attempts at [...]
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 [...]
The Happy Holidays Post
Since I’m about to pack it in for the Holidays and head home to Central Illinois (as well as another, much warmer locale…) for a while, I figured now may be my last chance to put up the “Happy Holidays” blog entry, so here it goes. These photos today are all from our big snow [...]
Skyline Tree
A chilly night last winter found me down on North Avenue Beach looking at the skyline of this city reflecting in the icy waters of Lake Michigan. The harbor here was completely iced over, making for some neat effects when combined with the city lights. I found this old tree, completely devoid of leaves this [...]
