Social documentary photography – Dope sick

I’d like to share some of the backstory to some of my images. Questions and comments welcome.

Montrose Beach in Black and White

I love Montrose Beach. I spent as much time there as I possibly could. It always reminded me of the Chicago song, Saturday In The Park. Montrose Beach is located at 4400 N. Lake Shore Drive. Here are a few…

Chicago street photography: Alley Boys, Gathering resources

Organizing images for book publication

Organizing images for book publication By grade The first step in my image selection process is separating the junk photos from the best-of-the-best and the transitional photos. Storytelling through a photo essay involves multiple images in a sequence. While all…

New YouTube Photographers, Age Old Questions – To Crop, Or Not To Crop?

It’s interesting spending time looking at all the new YouTube photography content creators after a solid ten years of NOT viewing a single photography video. There are very few YouTube photographers still around from when I had a channel some…

Pandemonium erupts as ‪#‎Trump‬ protesters clash with police in ‪#‎Chicago‬. Donald J. Trump

Selling your soul to Trump

Trump is incapable of admitting he made a mistake. Trump instinctively lies before admitting a mistake, for lying comes naturally to him. Everyone can clearly see that he depicted himself as Jesus. We can all see with our own eyes…

Hanging to dry film development

Creating An Affordable Film Photography Workflow 

Creating An Affordable Film Photography Workflow  While 35mm Film photography equipment has remained affordable, the price for film itself has dramatically increased in recent years. I want to shoot film for a documentary project that I’m currently working on, but…

Monday morning music- am Cooke – Chain Gang

When to shoot film, and when to shoot digital

I’m getting everything ready for my next photoshoot with Bones, this time with color film. I posted two digital images a few weeks back of Bones. I’ve decided to shoot this project in film, leaving my digital cameras for weddings,…