Yesterday it snowed hard for the first time this winter. After dark I decided to take a walk around the block and shoot some photos with the Canon 50mm f/1.4. All images are shot at ISO 800 and above. Note: Click on the images for a larger version. Tire tracks in snow, ISO 800. Light [...]

For a while it snowed in Illinois. Then the sun came out, melting all the snow.  I shot this at ISO 3200 with my Canon 30D. Happy ISO 3200 Thanksgiving everyone!

After ages of reading David Hobby’s excellent Strobist blog (and hopefully assimilating some of the stuff he teaches), I finally decided to participate in one of his assignments with a few shots of my own. In order to do that I had to perform the correct motions of registering on Flickr, joining his Strobist group [...]

And this concludes my Kane County Flea Market documentary… Note: Click on the images for a larger version. Miniature ship replicas, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 Mickey & Minnie Mouse stuffed toys, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 All kinds of horse saddles, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 A pile of old tickets, [...]

Note: Click on the images for a larger version. Various brass, wooden and plastic knobs, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 Lots of colorful stuffed toys, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 Part of the outside parking area, Kane County Flea Market, May 2007 Ugly-looking old doll lying on a pillow, Kane County Flea Market, [...]