Color Infrared

This is a digital infrared photo I shot a couple of weeks ago. The difference between this and the ones I've posted previously is that I left this one in color instead of converting it to grayscale. This is what it looks like when you shoot a photo with a near infrared filter on the camera. I like the otherworldly feel, although I think it looks gimmicky. It isn't something I'd do often.

Here's the same photo converted to grayscale for the true infrared look:

At The Fair

I shot this back in 1996,at a carnival in a high school parking lot in Ann Arbor, MI. I used a color saturated film which is no longer made, which is a shame, because I really like the way it looks.

I Don't Know

I can't remember what my subject was when I shot this. I like it as an abstract photo.

View From The Top

People seemed to like yesterday's photo (thanks for the comments!) so here's another San Francisco photo. It's a pretty similar view, actually. This was shot from the top of Coit Tower, a couple of steeply uphill blocks from my sister's old apartment, where yesterday's photo was taken (that apartment is in the greenish-yellow building in the lower left of this photo).

Follow the streets as they descend down Telegraph Hill and back up Russian Hill, and you'll see the same apartment buildings and crooked Lombard St. that were seen in yesterday's photo. The dip between the two hills houses the main commercial strip of the popular North Beach neighborhood, and I'm sure you recognize Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.

This was shot in October, 2007 on a rainy Friday afternoon not long after I learned that the heavy rainfall had led to my flight back to Chicago being canceled. I went to the top of Coit Tower to shoot, then enjoyed some great sushi for dinner at a place in the Richmond District. Yeah, it's tough when you're forced to spend an extra night in San Francisco!

San Francisco

I shot this out the window of my sister's old apartment in North Beach back in 2007. They had the best views from their apartment. Here, you're looking at Russian Hill where the tall apartment buildings are. That's Lombard St. just to the right of those buildings, famous as the most crooked street in the world (although there's a street that's even more crooked in San Fransisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood).

Chicago Rocks!

I know, the title of this post is horrible. Feel free to groan at the bad pun.

Paper Lanterns

This is my sister and my friend Harvey launching paper lanterns in my Mom's backyard in Michigan last Saturday. Paper lanterns are fun and beautiful, and even better when you're doing them with family and friends.