Tag Archives: Chicago

Rain shoot with Lindsey

Last night I got off work and realized that I had to shoot a model in the rain.  I got in contact with Lindsey and we were shooting within an hour. It started POURING outside and we went right out and started shooting.  I put a zip lock bag around my Nikon SB-800 flash and...

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Photo shoot with Erin Lowder

Yesterday Erin Lowder and I set off to take some photos for my Digital II project.  I wasn’t really sure in the beginning where I wanted to shoot, and we ended up at Brach’s candy factory.  I’ve been here a few times now and in no way am I bored of it. I met Erin...

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Lake front photograph of a HUGE wave

Today I got off early from work because we were so slow.  I decided to take my bike out for a quick stroll along the lake because the waves were HUGE today.  I ended up being out there for about an hour and this is my best photo that I took.  There were waves that...

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Devinair photo shoot

Yesterday I had my photo shoot with Devinair.  He’s only here for a week, so it was kind of tricky setting up a time that we could shoot, but we made it happen.  He’s from Minnesota, and he’s a student like me. We started out at my house and basically walked around for the first...

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Jessica photo shoot

Jessica and I shot outside today for about 45 minutes.  We walked out close to the lake to shoot by the lakefront trail.  It was a great day to ph0tograph-minimal shadows due to the overcast sky.  I should also add that I used my new 85mm F1.4 lens and once again, I’m in love. The...

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Random photos I took today

So today I received (another) new lens in the mail.  I got an 85mm F1.4 manual focus Vivitar from B&H.  It wasn’t expensive and let me tell you… already a favorite.  If you don’t know what bokeh is, look it up.  This lens is awesome at making things in the background of photographs look extra...

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