Category Archives: Photography

Fiserv Forum roofline, south side, late afternoon

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

So many photos of this building are just waiting to be taken. There’s one image I’d like to capture along the north side looking west, but I don’t think my equipment is good enough to get it 😦

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Arrangement in Black and White No. 1

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

Photo taken in my parking garage this morning. Lots of cutesy titles suggested themselves, among them: “Rule of Thirds” – because there are three white pillar bases and three white lights. Plus the “Rule of Thirds” concept. “Figures 3 and … Continue reading →

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Bicycle with Shadow Sharrow

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

Today I learned the official name for a certain ubiquitous graphic painted on the bike lanes of city streets: “sharrow.” A “sharrow”— in case you also didn’t know what to call this thing you’ve surely seen many times—is the “signage” … Continue reading →

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Abstract optical games

Posted on May 12, 2019 by

I took this photo two weeks ago because the reflected light was so striking. And then I promptly forgot all about it until the other night when I was at Boswell Books to see Austin Kleon. As the event began, … Continue reading →

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Snowy birch at night

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

Took this picture after yesterday’s snow finally ended, shortly before turning in. Any photos I take at night with my phone are usually greenish and hard to make out. This one looked really striking though, and practically black and white … Continue reading →

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Atrium staircase, late afternoon

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

I am in the middle of grading midterms today. That involves lots of sitting, punctuated by the need to get up and stretch my legs more often than I usually think to remember. There is lots of late afternoon sunshine … Continue reading →

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Radiant

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

I liked the circles of light reflecting off the waste can at the elevator late this afternoon 😄

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