Chicago Photography: Tile Store
I recently visited a specialty tile store here in Chicago. They had some really cool installations and amazing patterns and colors. I wish I had taken more, but I don’t think all the sales people appreciated a loud “CLICK” while trying to outfit a multimillion dollar bathroom…
Most of these were taken at 100 ISO, 18mm, and f/3.5-4.5. There was a lot of natural light coming through into the show room, but there were a bunch of lamps wit all sorts of different color light coming in, so on the camera I used auto white balance. Once I got them into Lightroom I realized how off some of the colors were, so I adjusted as needed (particularly the one with the stool). I also realized that no matter how still you stand and line up, straight lines on a wall are hard to keep straight.
Thanks for looking! Leave comments below! RB
Chicago Photography: Bridge
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| ISO100, 24mm, f/7.1, 1/200sec, UV filter |
I really enjoy this bridge and this view – I’ve taken a ton of pictures here. I thought this was an interesting angle because it follows the lines of the bridge, not the horizon. I think the Sears Tower is framed well by the bridge and the building on the right. I also think the boat gives a good size comparison to give it some perspective on how large these buildings are. I wish I had the boat in some sunlight…I think it gets lost in the shadow.
There are some blacks on the bridge that I left because the details weren’t there. I looked at this as a monochrome but I think it lost a lot – I like all the blue in the picture. It was a pretty clear day and about 5:15 pm when I took this. The golden hour for this time of year is more like 30 minutes and it starts at 6:30pm-ish. I was hoping to get more red hues, but at least there wasn’t a ton of harsh light coming through, but there is a ton of light shining through the buildings lighting up part of the shot too.
Chicago Photography: Sidewalk Sale
Hi everybody! Long time no post! I’ve been very busy at work and have been neglecting my shooting. I’m also preparing myself for a engagement session sometime this week or next, so I’ve been reading up and looking at examples of engagement styles. I’m excited because I’ve never done a session before, and I don’t shoot candids or people that often, so it should be interesting!
For today’s pictures, I decided to show them in the form of a gallery. These were mostly all taken at or near Daley Plaza today for the City of Chicago Sidewalk Sale. Interesting things! A lot of cool items and clothing stalls set up with nice people – even on this crazy hot day. I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the stalls, as you know how people don’t appreciate a random guy shooting you, but I thought I got some interesting shots of the surroundings.
I read a post recently that basically explained that while digital storage is very easy to come by these days, it’s important to delete! I tried this methodology of making ‘passes’ over all of the pictures I took today. Out of ~45 images, only 9 or 10 made it to the gallery. That’s a 20% retention rate – not great! I hope to increase that number by taking less but better pictures.
I’ll dive into each of these separately, but check them out!
Chicago Photography: Lightning and hail
ISO 200, 18mm, f/6.3, 3.0 sec, UV filter
ISO 200, 18mm, f/7.1, 3.0 sec, UV filter
Check out the lightning from tonight! Click on each picture for a full sized one!
I took these tonight with the big storm that produced hail in downtown Chicago. I thought that our windows might crack! These pictures were taken with a D3100 at 3.0 seconds on a small tripod. I was on manual focus just under infinity to capture the distance. I took over 60 shots to grab these two. What do you think?
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