Category Archives: Photography

“The Shape of Water” is concentric circles

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Raindrops on water is one of the loveliest sights I know. Always makes me happy and is something I seek out at the end of a storm, just as I also automatically look for rainbows. Is that something I do … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Nature, Photography | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Unhappy Birthday

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken near the NE corner of Jefferson and Wisconsin in downtown Milwaukee on a Saturday morning in early August. There’s a story here. I’m guessing it’s a sad one.

Posted in Food, Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Waiting Room

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Not that there would be any doubt in your mind that this is what you’re looking at. All that’s missing is a plant in the corner 😀    

Posted in Photography | Tagged | 4 Comments

Fiserv Forum Skywalk

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken with my iPhone while sitting on Juneau, facing west, at the 6th Street stoplight. I really enjoy seeing this building from different perspectives, at different times of day, and in different seasons. Always something new.

Posted in architecture, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Weeds on a Milwaukee sidewalk

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Gray morning in Milwaukee, but these weeds in the 1900 block of West Vliet caught my eye as I was driving past, so I had to stop and get out in the drizzling rain to take a picture. Maybe I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

A tour of public sculpture along Milwaukee’s Riverwalk and Wisconsin Avenue

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

A photo of my colleague, Margaret Dwyer, and me with “The Bronze Fonz,” taken during last Saturday’s walking tour of public sculptures along the Milwaukee Riverwalk and Wisconsin Avenue. We led a group of MSOE students on the two-hour walk … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Higher education, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

TIX3

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

😂 Looked up from my desk this morning and noticed the “EXIT” sign outside my door.

Posted in Photography | Tagged | 7 Comments

Fiserv Forum roofline, south side, late afternoon

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

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 😦

Posted in architecture, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Arrangement in Black and White No. 1

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

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 →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Bicycle with Shadow Sharrow

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

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 →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged | 4 Comments