Category Archives: Photos

I was driving my daughter to church on a Sunday evening when I noticed this front end loader parked in a mall lot. And I thought to myself, “why not?” The book is The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger.

I carried the chair to a local prairie. The park district had cut and burned most of the prairie, so I had to settle for this shot. On my way back home, I passed two young girls who were performing … Continue reading →

My first thought after buying the chair was that I wished I’d had it in the morning when I toured the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square in Freeport, Illinois. My second thought was that I was only three blocks away. Lucky for … Continue reading →

I’d been thinking about a prop for my photos for a while and had decided to get a chair. I imagined a cheap card table chair. When I drove to Freeport, Illinois, I had it in the back of my … Continue reading →

I spent 15 minutes lying on my belly on a wooden bridge watching Water Striders on the surface of a tiny creek. I was much less fascinated by the insects themselves than I was by their shadows on the mud … Continue reading →