Good morning! On PODAS workshops you can count on rising early to shoot the special light of dawn. This shot was done a little over a week ago while we waited for a sunrise to illuminate the Chicago skyline. It’s a pretty nice shot in color but I thought BW added some drama to it. This was shot from the Shed aquarium area. Good place to catch to city skyline.
I have been to Chicago many times and have enjoyed it tremendously for all the photo opportunities it offers. Never though have I come back with so many real keepers of Chicago. The last several days as I have been leading a PODAS Architectural workshop in Chicago has been fantastic. First, the people participating in the workshop were exceptional. The instructors were great and the weather was just right. It was pretty magical. You will see a lot of photos over the coming days from this trip. Today’s image was a self portrait made inside the Bean. Kind of sur-real but pretty cool too. You can see more of the fun we had at this workshop at the PODAS BLOG – Click Here.
I am in Chicago until Tuesday hosting a photography workshop on Architecture Photography. We have been having a blast shooting some beautiful sights and buildings. You can follow our adventures at THE PODAS BLOG. This was shot done two nights ago. We had a magic twenty minutes where everything just lit up and the sun did wild things. This was made with the iphone and then finished off in the iPad. Didn’t do much except add a frame. It was just one of those magical moments. I have so many good images from this trip. We did some dawn and sunset shots of the Chicago skyline as well as a number of very cool images. I’ll post more as I can over the coming weeks.
If you get up early enough you photograph the Chicago Bean without any other people messing up the shot. Then get a little creative in post processing and you can get a cool image. I am in Chicago doing a PODAS workshop on architecture. You can follow the workshop here.
I love Chicago! It’s a fun city to visit, easy to get around and offer many attractions, but more than that I love photographing there. Great architecture no matter where you look. I am leading a Phase One PODAS workshop in July on architecture photography in Chicago. It will great to share with the attendees the interesting possibilities on shooting in this great city. It will be an intense three day workshop and will cover interior and exterior photography, a boat cruise and image manipulation and processing. We have only one seat left for this workshop. In any case todays image is one I love taken from a bridge showing the old rivet ironwork and the new stainless steel buildings.
Our eyes have a tendency to feel good looking at certain things. One comforting thing our eyes enjoy are patterns. Patterns are all around us. be aware of things that you see during the day and you’ll see how often you see a pattern. This image is a pattern made up of the backs of seats from an outdoor theater in Chicago. Simple, definable and colorful. Works for me.
Back to up. Once again it is good to look up. You can find pattern, texture and all sorts of things. This shot os of the wrigley Building in Chicago from inside the courtyard, looking up. I have been in Chicago for the last few days doing business and setting things up for the PODAS chicago event this July. This is such a great city for Architecture. Consider coming to the July, PODAS Architecture workshop.
As promised another Chicago shot. This shot is of the Wrigley Building from the courtyard looking up. When you are out to take a picture in any environment you must turn on your content aware instinct. That means you must be looking everywhere, behind you, to your side, and up and down. You’ll be amazed at what you see especially if you train your eyes to see as a frame. This shot was simple, look straight up, catch the sun hitting the building and use the bridge to tie the image together. You can see more of my Chicago work at my Chicago Gallery On My Web Site.
So this is a week of travel . . . off to Chicago early on Monday. I’ll be working on scouting locations for the PODAS Architecture Photography workshop in July as well as a number of other meetings and an IQ180 roll out at ProGear. Drop me a note if you are going to be in Chicago. So, what is better than an iconic Chicago photo to start the week out. I’ll post a Chicago photo each day for a few days. This one is of the bean. I have hundreds of shots of this chrome monster and all are cool. I liked this B&W version.
I love Chicago and especially the buildings and bridges. Everything there just feels massively solid. I love shooting with the Phase One P65+ and I do a lot of hand held work with it. So, on a visit last year to Chicago I got up early and wandered the streets. This is one of the shots I came back with. I like it because it shows the old rivets and solid steel feel of the bridge and then a modern shiny sky-scraper arising from the right side. Shot with a P65+ and a wide angle lens hand held.
Speaking of architecture, Phase One is going to be holding an Architecture PODAS workshop in Chicago this summer. This will be a unique workshop lead by two of the greatest architecture shooters of today. Each participant will get a Phase One camera and P65+ back to work with. It will be three days of intense interior and exterior shooting as well as classroom time on post production and business. Watch www.phaseone.com/podas for news on this soon. Sign up on the site if you want to receive more information.