My so-called “photo of the day” has proven to be inaccurate: it didn’t even take one week and already I forgot to post a photo to my blog. I will rectify that oversight by posting two photos today. This is a night view of the North Avenue Bridge over Lake Shore Drive. It was taken a month ago on a very warm summer night; we won’t be having too many of those again for a long long time.
Mid-August means Greek Fest, and this year was the 63rd annual festival of feta, olive oil, spanikopita, and Greek dancing. To the uninitiated, the dancing looks like a Greek version of the hora: people dancing in a circle, people pretending to know what they are doing but really just faking it, and people dancing after eating too much food and trying not to be sick. If you like to eat delicious Greek food with 50,000 good friends, this is the place to be.
I was recently hired by a local bank to capture some artistic photos of the sedate leafy suburb of Winnetka. There were lots of photos of quaint shops, half-timber ersatz English facades, and assorted architectural details, but this photo of a cafe window was my favorite. I like the colors, the many depths of activity, and the cacophony of shapes.
Last weekend was incredibly clear, puffy white clouds filled the sky–basically a perfect day for photos. The city never looked better. It took me almost an hour to swim out to this spot, plus it was incredibly difficult to keep the water off my lens. The things I do for my art.
