A lone photographer on the lakefront during the cold of the blue hour, December 8, 2018.
This is what she was photographing:
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Bokehlicious
Who can’t resist the glittering lights of Chicago’s official Christmas Tree as background for a family picture?
Photographing at the Blue House
The Blue House is the other name for the Frida Kahlo Museum in the Coyoacan District of Mexico City. It is one of the most popular attractions in this old district of the city.
Visited the museum back in June 2018.
Autumn is Here
Maple trees at Chicago’s Millennium Park
Open House Chicago 2018
A group of photographers taking photographs of neighboring buildings of BCBS on Randolph St., Day 1, October 13, 2018, Open House Chicago 2018.
Here’s a sampling of photos I took during the Open House 2018. I only went to 5 sites.
Capturing the Leaders of the Pack at the Chicago Marathon 2018
Britain’s Mo Farah, the eventual winner of Chicago Marathon 2018 leading the pack of runners at Mile 1
Eventual winner Brigid Koskei of Kenya (the one with the extended leg at the lead) trying to get away from the elite women runners at Mile 1
Photographing the elite runners at Mile 1 of today’s Chicago Marathon, October 7, 2018. Mile 1 is at about Michigan Ave. and Grand at the Magnificent Mile.
In search for the perfect Chicagohenge
Chicagohenge is the Chicago version of “Manhattanhenge,” according to Bleader which first mentioned the phenomena in 2009. In that blog post, the author, Whet Moser said, “Manhattanhenge is a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan’s main street grid. Naturally, it works here in Chicago as well…”
Since then, photographers of every kind gather in the most popular places where the Chicagohenge could be seen. Back in 2010 to about 2013, I practically was the only one standing on the “ledge” in Millennium Park overlooking Washington St. photographing the henge – during the March and September equinoxes. (I remember explaining to passers by what was going on and they would stop and photograph as well.) But starting 2014, when TV and the Chicago Tribune started to cover the phenomenon, tens if not hundreds of photographers started to gather in the location (as well as a similar one facing Madison), that it sometimes becomes impossible to find a good viewpoint unless you go there early.
But there are other locations from which you can photograph Chicago henge. I’ve been photographing it since 2010.
Here a sampling of Chicagohenge throughout the years.
Photographers photographing the Chicagohenge at the ledge in Millennium Park, 2015
Buckingham Fountain, 2018
Buckingham Fountain, 2018
E. Wacker Drive and N. Michigan Ave., 2018
Madison from Millennium Park, 2018
Washington from MIllennium Park, 2015
Washington from Millennium Park, 2011
Washington from Millennium Park, 2011
Washington from Millennium Park, 2011
Washington St. from Millennium Park, 2011
Washington from Millennium Park, 2011
Route 41 in Hammond, IN
Plaza of the Americas on the Magnificent Mile, 2016
Navy Pier (Grand Avenue), 2017
Navy Pier, 2017
Navy Pier, 2017
Navy Pier (Grand Avenue), 2015
Navy Pier (Grand Avenue), 2015
Lurie Garden at Millennium Park, 2013
Madison from MIllennium Park, 2013
Madison from Millennium Park, 2011
Lincoln Park on Lakeshore Drive (from the 147 bus), 2016
Lincoln Park @ Nature Boardwalk, 2012
Jackson Ave on Michigan, 2017
Chicago Ave (on Michigan), 2014
Ardmore Ave. in Edgewater, 2010 (spring equinox)
Sunrise Photography on the Train
On board the Coast Starlight on my way to San Francisco to Seattle during its first (longer) stop in California – Sacramento! It was sunrise too.
July 1, 2018.
Whatever it takes …
No tripod? Do whatever you have to do to get that best shot.
This is what they were taking photos of.
Reflections on the Lakefront
It was a photographers heaven out on the lakefront yesterday, July 27, 2018. And it seemed like everybody was working on their city on the puddle shots.