Navy Pier

If you're ever in chicago for the weekend, Navy Pier is lovely at night . In addition to the sweet lights of the rides, there is a fireworks show. All of this is set against the backdrop of Lake Michigan.
 There is a mixture of sounds from people screaming, laughing and booms from the nightly fireworks show. I would suggest perhaps an Ipod or earplugs if you have sensitive ears (like mine). I would also suggest that you buy a ticket for the ferris wheel and ride it just as the fireworks begin. Oh and (most importantly) take a camera!

About this photo: tripod required.

October Baby

It is my birthday today. I looked in the mirror and wondered who was that person looking back at me?
Was she older, wiser?
Intellectually I was the same person I had been the day before but something was different. Perhaps emotionally, it was the fact that I must now say I am one year older.
I just stared....
wondering what the next year would bring that the last 33 years somehow hadn't.

Extraordinary Ashley

Ashley is one of my friends and she just happens to be classically beautiful. She has sweet delicate feminine features. Her hair changes with the season but her face remains always the same, always beautiful.  I shot this picture one fall day on my front porch. She had a relaxed grace about her as she leaned back on the porch railing.

About the photo: this image had a bit of motion blur to begin with, so I decided to just take it in the direction the image lent itself to.

The streets in Florence are hundreds of years old. So old in-fact that in most places where the concrete is worn away, you can see the cobblestone.
 It just so happened that this particular piece of concrete was in the shape of a heart. Never having been one to pass up on love, I had to take a picture of the heart. I am always searching for heart shapes found in nature (usually rocks). Thought it was a nice abstract shot.
That's amore'.

About the photo: Vignette added, increased clarity on the concrete, boosted the blue saturation in the cobblestone.