Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center | HOK
This fall I had the opportunity to work with HOK for the first time photographing the exteriors of their recently completed mental health and medical correctional facility which aims to act as a model for mental health treatment within the corrections. We spent an afternoon into dusk followed by dawn into midday to capture the […]
Ram’s Gate Winery | Backen & Backen
Earlier this year I spent some time on the west coast – Mexico, Los Angeles area, San Francisco area – creating images for a client centered around design inspiration. One of those SF area stops was Ram’s Gate Winery in Sonoma. While this wasn’t all-encompassing of how I’d shoot this space for the winery or […]
Design project for St Regis
Over the last year, I’ve been working with the St Regis brand to create images for design inspiration. A bit of a mix of my fine art style + the more documentary type of commercial work. However, with a stronger focus on details of both architectural elements and landscapes. Fun and a bit nerve-racking to […]
Dezeen Architecture Photo of the Year 2021 Winner
Beyond thrilled to have my image of the David Rubenstein Forum win this year’s Dezeen Architecture Photo of the Year!!! My first time submitting and could not be more surprised and honored. This drone lookdown shot of the plaza was one of my favorites of this area. I love the simplicity, the long shadows in […]
Dying of the Chicago River – St Patrick's Day
The city of Chicago surprised us over the weekend dying the river green! Like last year, they had planned to cancel this annual St Patrick’s Day tradition because of Covid. So, this was a fun surprise on a very beautiful day. In the 21 years I’ve lived here I’ve never photographed this so I decided […]
North Shore Congregation Isreal
It’s always exciting to realize there’s an architectural gem around Chicago I have yet to photograph. This building certainly is that and I have one of my students to thank for the introduction! With all this online teaching, a recent class I taught at RS Chicago Photography Classes consisted of each student photographing either one […]
Lakeshore Winter Sunrise Droning
Last week we had some warmer, sunny days so I decided to drag myself out of bed at the ungodly hour of 4:30am to get ready and get down to the lakefront for some drone shots. Mainly of the St Regis Chicago for a client project but there’s one shot in particular that I grabbed […]
"Constellation" in the Snow
And, I’m back for more shots of Calatrava’s Constellation sculpture at River Point Park. You’re all gonna get sick of me constantly shooting this, lol. But I couldn’t resist the bright red against the snow and the snow on its “feathers”. I stopped by last Thursday, but given my schedule and the sun deciding to […]
Winter Light & Droning at the Lincoln Park Pavilion
Well, here I am again getting out of the habit of shooting. So, new year, new plans to get back into the habit of making images. Last week we had a couple of warm days so I spent some time at one of my favorite Chicago spots, the Studio Gang-designed Lincoln Park pavilion. It was […]
“Constellation” Drone Shots – Sun + Snow | Santiago Calatrava
I recently took (and passed 😉 ) the FAA drone pilot certification exam (Part 107) so this will be a fun addition to upcoming shoots! To get a little practice, I thought I’d go back to Calatrava’s Constellation sculpture at River Point. Fun shooting here this way. Here are a few takes… This last one, […]
