Trip to Chicago

Me, Ned, and Dean went to Chicago for the day to shoot. We walked around for 8 hours and my ankle is now paying for it. We walked 3 miles to Calumet, payed 8 bucks for a mediocre burger, hung out at the bean, and road the subway. It was a good day, im just mad the sun never made it out.

A shot i took first then Ned and Dean proceeded to steal the same shot. Im indecisive on the color balance of the photo, and/or whether it should be Black and White.

American Gothic statue

Bean shot with some off camera flash

Using the Bean as a reflector for my flash so i could light Dean from the side.

Ned suggested we eat at the Billy Goat Tavern. The burger was not worth 8 bucks.

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Track Practice

I stopped by the high school today to shoot some track practice. Weather wasnt looking to good, and the pole vaulters were not gonna jump, but i persuaded the coach to let them so i could get some shots in. I magic armed my camera to a pole to get some over head shots of them planting.

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Big 10 tournament day 1

I just got done going through all my photos of tonights game. We beat Michigan which means i get to shoot tomorrow against purdue (i just found that out). I set up a remote camera and got alright results, nothing spectacular and hopefully i know what to tweak so i get more and better images tomorrow from that. Also i didnt shoot as well because the first half i was placed in a spot i dont like to shoot from. Now we just gotta find a hotel to stay in for the night.

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Unofficial

Last weekend was unofficial, and it was probably the most fun i have had shooting. I planned to stop shooting around noon to participate in the holiday, but the day just got more interesting taking pictures and i didnt stop shooting. I made it into a ton of parties and met so many people, it was a blast. I cant wait for next years to take more photos.

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last basketball game of the season

i shot the last regular season Illini basketball game tonight against Michigan State. It was a bummer we lost but our score was really close to them most of the time, hopefully in the tournament we come out on top. I set up Trevor's camera remotely underneath the hoop. The shots came out extremely soft and i think its because i wasn't shooting raw and the cameras noise reduction screwed them up. I also shot with a tilt/shift lens for a bit, it was sweet but takes some getting used to. Those images didnt come out exactly like i wanted. Im gonna miss getting free food at the games until next season starts.

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