Photo 116: Boat view
Tag Archives: Chicago
Photo 99: ROCK! aka photo class results
I took a great DSLR bootcamp class today at the Chicago Photography Center and taught by Matthew Gregory Hollis. That class was fantastic and I really enjoyed Matthew as a teacher. I learned a lot, which hopefully will translate to better stuff for me to share here. The photo above was the my favorite from today, but I’ve attached the two close second place entries for my favorite for today.
Photo 98: The Justice League is broke!
Even the Justice League has been hit by the economy. Batman must not be funding the jets anymore, and with Ted Kord dead there’s no one to drive the Bug, they are down to a van.
Photo 84: Two ships passing in the rush hour
Photo 69: Chicago from cab
Not happy with the sky blowing out here, but I like the buildings lining the river, but you not actually seeing the river.
Photo 47: Chicago river
It was really nice today, so I took a walk. Â I thought a shot down the river would be fun.
Photo 21: Go Bears!
Bears fever has gripped the city in the playoffs. Playing Green Bay makes it even worse.
(PS. Sorry people who already saw this on twitter.)
14: Go, Go, Go!
I’ve decided to drop the “Day ?? Photo” and just make it the number, so if you see a number from now it…its a photo picture.
I love looking down Michigan Ave and seeing green all the way down. Â I’ll need to take this during the summer with a better camera.
Day 11 Photo: Michigan Ave Snow
I don’t have a polarizing filter on my iPhone, so you get some office reflection for free.
Metracide still happening
I was delayed on Metra this morning due to train vs. pedestrian. Metra had another problem yesterday. People on the train this morning were talking about yesterday’s having been a suicide and its going around that today’s was as well.
It reminded me of an article I read and blogged about back in 2004. Its a good read and worth revisiting given the past two days. As bad as my day may be going (and it is,) I’m still alive, and I didn’t have to see a mutilated body and carry that emotional toll, as the article points out.
In discussing this on Twitter with @jason1749, he pointed out a few interesting things I’ll just quote. The important bit of context you need is that back in June the then current head of metra, who was under fire for some scandals, performed a metracide.
@ktgeek I think I read that back in the day. That’s why that Metra Exec’s suicide was even more messed up. He knew what he was doing. — http://twitter.com/jason1749/statuses/21583904671
@ktgeek He was the guy who put most of the stuff in place to help engineers with mental issues coming out of suicides. — http://twitter.com/jason1749/statuses/21584110039