Category Archives: Photography

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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Red Arrow Starbucks, last week of March in the late afternoon

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

Doesn’t our Milwaukee seem slightly Santa Fe-ish here with the shadows? Last coffee run of the day, just before my 4:00 class. Doing film history this week, which given our quarter system, is more of a “greatest hits” of milestones, … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee’s Forecast: No change in view

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

The Wisconsin Gas Building’s flame was such a pretty shade of blue beneath the overcast sky this afternoon that I had to stop and take this picture.  The flame changes color to announce the weather forecast: When the flame is red, … Continue reading →

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