Slipping out of Union Station, one of the last runs for the night on the Metra Southwest Service is bound for Manhattan (the one in Illinois). Heading under a multitude of overhead signals guiding its path out of town, the train picks up speed and the conductor begins to collect tickets, his unmistakable figure (complete with hat) silhouetted in the rear window of the train car. Read the rest of this entry »
This year, I vow to post even more to this here blog, so let’s start things out right. Read the rest of this entry »
Lately, I’ve realized how much stuff in Chicago I haven’t actually shot yet. Look for that to get corrected in these coming months. And until then, enjoy what I HAVE shot of this fair city, in slideshow format.
Whatever you are making a photo of, be it a train, a person, or a nice cityscape, it’s always about the light, and using the light to your advantage. Here, yet another ‘boring’ Metra cab car pulls into the Cicero stop to pick up one passenger on his way into Chicago for the evening.
And speaking of light, I’ve got a few new items on the way to help me set up a small portable studio. Stay tuned…and if you want any kind of portrait photography, let me know, there could be a few good deals to be had soon.
I put this up on Flickr the other day, but I thought I might throw it up here to make it a bit bigger. This is from the same night as the TP&W shot from Wednesday, and therefore was also taken minus a tripod, but this wasn’t as big of a deal in that regard, since it’s taken at 1/10th of a second hand-held in a much brighter situation. As traffic stacked up in downtown Watseka for a northbound train, there were a lot of cars behind me at the crossing. As soon as the northbound cleared, the gates went up and allowed maybe two cars to clear the crossing before they dropped again for a southbound to blast through town. This enabled the semi truck to pull right up to the gates to help light up the southbound CSX freight as it whistled past.
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