From the monthly archives:

November 2008

They Call It Black Friday

by Dennis November 30, 2008

They call it Black Friday but I call it Black & White Friday. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, I go to downtown Chicago and take photos of anything and everything that suits me. This is the third year in a row that I have set off on my own to observe the crowded streets and [...]

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Time Travel

by Dennis November 20, 2008

This week I got to go back to the Washington D.C. area where I lived in the early Seventies. I met some interesting people and was able to revisit my old workplace at the Washington National Cathedral. The stone yard and construction sheds that I remember are all long gone now, replaced with beautiful landscaping [...]

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Mercury Moon

by Dennis November 10, 2008

So what have I been doing this morning? Not much. Actually I’m working on a photograph of a sign I took in Sacramento. If there is one advantage to shooting digital photos it is that you can take multiple shots from different angles and then decide at a later date which works best for your [...]

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Happy Viewfinder

by Dennis November 9, 2008

My replacement viewfinder cover came the other day along with my 120 film. No progress today on the Brownie Hawkey Flash Challenge. Maybe I will take some photos tomorrow if it’s not too cold outside. I put film in the SX70 after looking at a bunch of Pola-Diptychs on Flickr. No plans for that yet. [...]

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What Lines?

by Dennis November 4, 2008

We went to vote around 9:30 this morning. On the television news they said there were long lines at 8:00 am. There were no lines by the time we got there and no lines the several times we passed the polling place in our neighborhood today. I had it in my mind to take a [...]

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The Season of Change

by Dennis November 3, 2008

After waiting around for a year we finally went over to the Four Seasons Hotel today to check it out. The rooftop pool has a great view of the St. Louis Arch and looks like it would be a cool place to watch the fireworks from on the Fourth of July. I started working on [...]

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