When I originally took this photo in Chicago (on La Salle, near the CBOT) it was a snapshot of a film crew. I took a few more shots of the crew but I was intrigued by the camera. Panaflex, what’s the specs on that then? Turns out it’s a product of Panavision, you know, that [...]
2008Sun30Nov
Panaflex
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, People, Photography, Photos, Street, United States, Urban
2008Sat23Aug
The basement of Trump Tower
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Photography, Photos, River, Street, United States, Urban, Vehicles, WaterIn 2001 Donald Trump announced he’d build the tallest building in the world in Chicago, “Trump International Hotel and Tower”. After the attacks on the WTC in September that year the plans were changed however, but it’s still an awfully high building. Check out the Wikipedia page for further details. This is the building site [...]
2008Sun10Aug
Kimball
Filed in Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Signs, Trains, UrbanKimball, a station on the L in Chicago. This was a station I used every day when I lived in Chicago a few years ago. I had to ride the brown line one more time when I visited the city in 2005. I had hoped to work on some shots of today’s trip to Kinsale [...]
2008Thu07Aug
Chicago on the river
Filed in Architecture, Boat, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Landscape, Photography, Photos, River, United States, Urban, Vehicles, WaterMany cites live and depend on rivers and none more so than Chicago which went as far as to reverse the flow of the Chicago River! Wikipedia has more of course. The observant visitor will notice the twin towers of Marina City in the photo above, and possibly recognise the distinctive bridge from the latest [...]
2008Wed06Aug
Marina City
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Landscape, Photography, Photos, United States, Urban, VehiclesMarina City in Chicago is made up of two 65 storey towers with a distinctive circular shape. I just love the look of them actually. They’re right on the river but this shot is taken from the L, probably on the Brown line after leaving Kimball which will be tomorrow’s photo! As usual the Wikipedia [...]
2008Tue05Aug
Chicago’s La Salle Street
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, People, Photography, Photos, Street, United States, Urban, VehiclesLa Salle Street in Chicago ends abruptly in the Chicago Board of Trade at the far end of the street. It’s an unusual street because all the streets in Chicago just go on and on, mostly in parallel, through the city. This one just stops! La Salle Bank which is barely visible at the left [...]
2008Sun03Aug
Majestic Office Block
Filed in Architecture, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Look up, Photography, Photos, Reflections, UrbanAn old sign reflect in the windows of a new building, somewhere in Chicago.
2008Sat02Aug
Under the L
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Photography, Photos, Street, United States, Urban, VehiclesThe L is the elevated train system in Chicago and many films have been filmed underneath it’s tracks, including some scenes in Batman, The Dark Knight. Here’s the L under Kimball on the brown line. I worked close by a few years ago!
2008Thu31Jul
Chicago Board of Trade
Filed in Architecture, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Look up, Photography, Photos, United States, UrbanThe Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is the world’s oldest futures and options exchange. It was established in 1848 and since 1930 has operated out of this building on 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago according to this Wikipedia page. Possible Batman “The Dark Knight” spoilers ahead. Don’t read on if you’re going to watch the [...]
2008Thu31Jul
The Thieving Duck Photoshoot
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Everything, People, Photography, United States, UrbanMany moons ago I posted the infamous Thieving Duck that went viral when someone robbed it, added a funny story and emailed it around. Apparently it’s been seen all over the world which is kinda cool. It even made it to snopes.com too! Anyway, I can finally reveal a few more shots from that photoshoot [...]
