Category Archives: Photography

Evening Reflection

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

MGIC reflecting the Plaza East at sunset in downtown Milwaukee.

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Two Steeples

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Found this photo just now while cleaning out the “Camera Roll” in my iPhone. I don’t remember taking this picture and have no idea why I did. But I like it, so thought I’d share it with you 😄

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Road Trip: Seattle

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I had a conference to attend in Seattle last week, and since my daughters were able to come along this time, we made a bit of a vacation out of the trip. Some pics: A view of Puget Sound from … Continue reading →

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Lake Michigan, on a blustery end-of-May day

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I had lunch today with my writing group at one member’s residence on Prospect Avenue overlooking Lake Michigan. In January I took a photo from the bluff, braving bitterly cold wind without gloves for the few seconds it took to snap … Continue reading →

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Tree shadows growing along a wall (Ă  la Edward Hopper)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Somehow these slanted early-morning shadows remind me of Edward Hopper’s “Early Sunday Morning,” which you can see here in the Whitney Museum of Art collection.  That sweep of light washing swiftly down a street, stretching everything in its path into spindly … Continue reading →

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Sixth Street Viaduct

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this photo of the Sixth Street Viaduct over Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley while waiting to cross the street after dropping my younger daughter off at the train station this morning.  She caught the 8:05 Amtrak Hiawatha for a field trip with her art history classmates … Continue reading →

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Val. Blatz Brewing Company – 1901 / 1946 / 2015

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

It was the lines that got me.  I’ve passed this way so many times, but for some reason the strongly oppositional vertical and horizontal lines had never presented themselves so starkly before.  So I had to get out my phone … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee Grayscale

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I noticed this bird atop a light pole as I left campus tonight. Downtown Milwaukee has been partially shrouded by mist/fog today, most likely caused by the difference between air and Lake Michigan temperatures.  Away from the lake it was warm and sunny. Below … Continue reading →

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Geometric Reflections on Spring

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Trees are sprouting leaves and it feels like spring is finally here!  Took this photo on MSOE’s campus in downtown Milwaukee as I walked from one meeting to another yesterday around noon.

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Random photograph, no clue

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Found this in my camera when I was uploading my Easter Moon photos the other day.  I have no idea what it is, but I like the image anyway 🙂

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