autumn …

… in the forest at my university. Shot with an iPhone because I was too damn lazy to lug my Canon around that day.

Santa Claus, RIP

Go tell the kids – Santa ain’t coming this year.

Who murdered Santa Claus?

Carcassone Castle

Here are a few more pictures of Carcassone Castle.  First, I’ll do the iPhone shots.  Tomorrow, I’ll do the the Nikon shots.   I played with all of em in Photoshop.  Hope you like it. If you are in a rush, they are all in the Flickr page.  This first one is taken from the castle walls, pointing at the cathedral.

Toulouse, France in iPhone

I took a lot of pictures using my iPhone while I was in Toulouse, France.  I wish I could go back and retake all of these pictures with my Nikon, but this is what I’m stuck with.  Still, some of them ain’t half bad.

 

Nina in France, part 2

Here are some more attempts at portraits of Nina from our trip to France.  This time, just for fun, I tossed in some pictures I took with my iPhone. In fact, the first three are iPhone pictures. The first one is from our banquet in Toulouse.  She looked gorgeous in her purple dress, but something about this shot screamed silhouette.

Waves

I find curated spaces to be fascinating. This small passage way was as interesting as the larger rooms it connected. The lines, paint color, lighting, and balance of objects made for a pleasant journey as the waves washed you into the next room.

Mirror, mirror…

Admittedly an unusual shot. We had been playing at the Navy Pier in Chicago when a whooper of an afternoon storm unleashed rain and hail. We ran under this shelter. It was a bonus fun-house find of a shot with the iPhone.

edges

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urban geometry at sunset

The bear was both comfort and witness.

I shot this at the Wing Luke Museum – Belonging: Before and After the Immigration Act of 1965 . This case was part of a group of objects from the Japanese American internment camps from the second world war. I found the only way I could photograph this was from behind…leaving the bear to tell the story.

Pump don’t work

You don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows…

New campaign image?

As seen recently in Chicago… 🙂

Strewn

I reject your reality…

… and substitute it with my own.

Labor

Industry of beauty

Make the most of your day

Muddy beauty

You can’t have the flowers without the soil and the water…

Foul

Drain

Simply stated.

Yellow and red

Folded over

Recently I was left spending many hours waiting for a flight… the result was time to play with my camera phone. This image resulted from an attempt to bend a pano shot. It didn’t really bend so much as folded over itself. It was a complete accident, couldn’t do it again if I tried. It’s unusual – hope you like it too.

Need color

Today requires some vivid color and lots of energy.