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Frozen Beach - Part 4

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Here’s the final installment of photos from my winter beach trip. It’s high time I switched to “warmer” subjects, since it is almost summer in the northern hemisphere.

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Frozen Beach - Part 3

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Small correction: I mentioned in my previous post that I had shot these photos at high noon. Well, it wasn’t exactly at high noon but nevertheless the light was quite harsh. ‘Nuff said.
The first photo in this series shows the silhouette of a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.

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Frozen Beach - Part 2

Friday, May 4th, 2007

The second part of my ice-capade continues… (Yeah, I know, these photos were shot at high noon, so sue me).

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Frozen Beach - Part 1

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Last summer I discovered this stretch of sand on the shores of Lake Michigan and since then I consider it my own private spot. Well, that is to say, it is private to me and a zillion others, but compared to the beaches close to the heart of Chicago, this one feels pretty much secluded. [...]

Putting the eBay Remotes to Work

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Here are the first results I got after playing around with the eBay wireless remotes
that I just received. Actually the remotes themselves have a lesser merit in these photos, since the makeshift light tent that I cobbled together should take most of the credit. I used a couple of white poster boards, one curving gently [...]