Back in May of 2007 I drove with some friends somewhere south of Chicago, to a place called Goose Lake. I had the notion that the place would be interesting. I was wrong. The whole thing was flat, featureless prairie. To be truthful, there was a big lake there and a nature preserve, but it [...]

Some have suggested that I post some different photos for a change and I fully agree. The flea market series is long and a break was needed. I still have 3 more episodes to post but for now I’m thinking that a respite should be welcome.

It so happens that for this new series I have [...]

Starting off this series of pictures taken with the Canonet QL17 G-III are a couple of photos taken in my favorite forest preserve.

Moving on closer to Chicago’s downtown, I snapped this while waiting for my order in a Subway. Come to think of it I wasn’t even ordering; I was just waiting for a friend [...]

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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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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