Whenever I hear about the Mississippi River, I think of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn floating down the mighty river on their makeshift raft. Oh how I miss the days of my childhood when I sat down with ol’ Mark Twain and devoured every word he wrote. Incidentally Mark Twain is one of the powerful [...]

I guess I should call this one “Christmas Edition” even if it doesn’t have anything to do with Christmas. It just happens that I’m posting it today I took this contre-jour photo at a high shutter speed. I “helped” the final result a bit in Photoshop. The original was a lot warmer but I wanted [...]

Is there art in nature? Definitely. Is there art in my nature photographs? Debatable. What’s certain is nature’s beauty. I tried to capture some of it on this hike through one of my favorite Illinois parks. These images were taken a couple of months back, when the weather was still warm. This is a view [...]

For my daylight testing of my vintage rangefinder, I was lucky to get a nice, sunny day. I had high hopes for this shooting. I went to a park that has a very long bike track, about 7 miles in length, in one of the suburbs of Illinois. I decided I didn’t want to waste [...]

I wanted to say a few words about the new Canon 30D but I didn’t get the chance in my last post. It’s a great camera. I feel professional using it, even if I’m not. It’s heavier than the Digital Rebel (300D) but not much. The biggest problem is that I’m still not used to [...]