Category Archives: Photography

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-dûr. nor Cirith Ungol, nor Minas Tirith, nor even Minas Morgul. Nope, this is Milwaukee’s City Hall. Again 🙂  

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Mark Rothko “Orange and Yellow” with Woman in Jade Green

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

While visiting the “Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels” show at the Milwaukee Art Museum several weeks ago, I was sitting on a bench about twenty feet away from this painting by Mark Rothko (“Orange and Yellow,” 1956) when a woman … Continue reading →

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Grohmann Museum in October

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Looking east on State Street in downtown Milwaukee. I love the yellow leaves of the locust trees against the red brick and green dome of the Grohmann.

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Slant of Autumn Sunlight

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I thought about cropping the “city” fixtures out of this picture, but I’ve decided I like the traffic light at the bottom right. That one little red dot sort of counterbalances and complements all the varying shades of blue. What is it about autumn light? These beautiful skies … Continue reading →

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