Category Archives: Photography

Tic-Tac-Toe Office Windows

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

That’s what all the different light-fixture patterns inside all the window squares put me in mind of, anyway 🙂

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Menomonee River, early morning January

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

I had an appointment that took me along the Menomonee River Parkway early this morning, and as the sight of morning winter sunlight on the snow beside the river is one rarely glimpsed in the normal course of my daily … Continue reading →

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Crow amid empty branches, December 31

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Crows are sometimes seen as bad omens, even signs of impending death. But they are also seen as omens of positive change and messengers from the gods. I much prefer the latter interpretation, especially as catching sight of this one … Continue reading →

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Looking forward versus looking back

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Strange how a shift in perspective changes everything. I was walking north with the sun at my back this afternoon when I noticed this interesting pattern of shadow and light reflections on the sidewalk ahead of me.After walking a little farther, I … Continue reading →

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Three Views of the Val. Blatz Brewing Bottle House (MSOE Campus Center)

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Light changes the appearance of things, as shown in these photos I took yesterday. What initially caught my eye was the gleam that obliterated detail as sunlight hit the stone tiles above the windows. (Update: I noticed a few days later, … Continue reading →

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Grohmann Museum – Twilight, November Drizzle

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Photo of a streetlight shining through raindrops on the glass canopy over the entrance to the Grohmann Museum, taken as I left work late this afternoon.

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Calatrava Interior, Late Afternoon on a Sunny Day

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Early September at the Milwaukee Art Museum with the brise soleil unfurled.

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Light Ricochet

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

It seems the busier I get in my real life, the more difficult it becomes to produce text-heavy blog posts. Language is my living, and I appear to be using up all my vocabulary at work. Words elude me when I’m … Continue reading →

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Rimmed by Light

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken with my iPhone this morning on my way to work. Very grainy, I know (there’s only so “close-up” you can get with a phone!), but I loved the sharp rims of white sunlight along the eastern edge of City Hall’s … Continue reading →

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The Two Towers

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Neither Orthanc nor Barad-dĂ»r. nor Cirith Ungol, nor Minas Tirith, nor even Minas Morgul. Nope, this is Milwaukee’s City Hall. Again 🙂  

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