Fall Abstract
Inspired by a Digital Photography School article, a recent golden hour (just before sunset) on our country property found me trying my hand at creating fall abstracts, achieved by softly [...]
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Oct, 2015
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Oct, 2015
Building Begin
After more than two years of planning, we have finally broken ground on a barn with living quarters on our country property in Indiana. This is one of the reasons [...]
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Aug, 2015
Shuk Mahane Yehuda, Jerusalem
Any market is a feast for the eyes, and a shuk (= Middle Eastern market, pronounced "shook") is especially so. It is also a photographer's paradise. All those colors, shapes, [...]
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Jul, 2015
Farewell, Hemingway House!
My year as writer-in-residence at the Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park has come to an end and as I say farewell to my studio in the attic, I treat [...]
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Feb, 2015
Off the Beaten Path in Israel: Zohar Stronghold
The cold is getting to me (Chicago's high is 17F today), so it's time for memories of warmer days and an entirely different landscape than winter's bleak outside. I haven't [...]
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Jan, 2015
Magic in the Winter Woods @ VCCA
I have returned to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), where I'm trying to be immensely productive during my two-week residency. When I get tired, or need to rev myself [...]
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Dec, 2014
You Can Always Count on the Waves
I consider living along the Chicago lakefront one of the great blessings of my life. The other day I went for one of my favorite walks, along Rogers Park Beach [...]
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Dec, 2014
My Photo Essay in Bella Grace Magazine
My photo essay "Capture Magic that Hangs by a Gossamer Thread" appears in the winter 2015 issue of Bella Grace magazine, on sale as of today, December 1. Last [...]
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Oct, 2014
Open House Chicago: New Regal Theater
It might look like I traveled to the Middle East to take this picture, but I only traveled to the far South Side of Chicago to peek into the interior [...]
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Sep, 2014
Manaus Journal (4): The Amazon is a Mirror
I'd seen photographs of the mirror-like quality of the Amazon in National Geographic, but to find myself floating on it was a whole other experience. I spent the better part [...]
