Posts in Category: Chicago
Holiday ORD, Part 2
This is a follow up post to my Holiday ORD, Part 1 post below. It is appropriately titled Holiday ORD, Part 2. Of all the Chicago pictures that I’ve seen over the years, I haven’t seen very many from inside the biggest airport in the Midwest. I’m proud of these last two sets of images, simply because I wanted to capture some memorable shots while I was waiting at O’Hare, and I feel as though I succeeded. The last post contained 3 images. I threw a bonus image into this post for your enjoyment… so enjoy! If you’d like to share it with friends for their enjoyment, there is a share bar at the bottom of this post (and every post) with a bunch of options such as email, twitter, facebook.
Holiday ORD, Part 1
For those of you who don’t know, ORD is the airport abbreviation for O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. I flew out of O’Hare in late November to end my Thanksgiving trip home. Since I was flying home on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and the TSA is always a little frisky, I figured that security and long lines would be a huge hassle. Well, it didn’t take me nearly as long to get to my gate as I thought it would, resulting in a lot of down time. I had my camera with me… Camera? Down time? Christmas-decorated airport? Please see below for part one of the results. Part two will come later this week.
[Framed]
My friend Zac, who recently got married, asked me for some pictures so that he could frame them and hang them in his living room. Usually, I would sell my work, but he’s a good friend, so I emailed them to him. I’m still new to this whole “photography-for-profit” scene; I’m still figuring out the best way to promote myself; I’m still planning on creating an actual website instead of simply a blog. I’d like to spend more time on stuff like that, but I just don’t ever set it as a high priority. Maybe it’s a good thing that I don’t have to rely on my photography to bring in the dollars. Either way, below is one of the three pictures that I sent to Zac. The other two are already posted in my archives – “I Love You” and “Dynamic Theater”.
I took this picture on the day of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Chicago. If you want to read more about the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green, go here. It was a pretty gloomy, overcast, rainy day, but I got one good picture as a result. Three handheld shots, Nikon D50, spaced at -1, 0, 1EV, processed with Photomatix Pro. Click to see it on Flickr.
