Brick and Peeling Paint

Brick and Peeling Paint

Today, I’m just going for a bit of texture.  Ok, a lot of texture.  This shot of brick and peeling paint was taken on a walk to the store.  

Metal Bench Against Concrete Squares

Metal Bench Against Concrete Squares

A metal bench against a wall of concrete squares taken at the Columbia St. Mary’s hospital on the East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Twelve Squares

Twelve Squares

Twelve squares in three rows of four across – close up detail of a worn and rusty metal drain cover in Riverside Park, on the East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I was out playing with my son in the park when I spotted these cool geometric shapes on this steel sewer grate.

Rotunda 4-Ways

Rotunda 4-Ways

This is riff on the shot from yesterday of the Rotunda in the lobby of the Milwaukee Public Library downtown location.  I will often finish processing a shot and then see what crazy off-the-wall things I can do with it.  This is the dome from the foyer simply repeated 4 times in Photoshop.  Since I… Continue reading Rotunda 4-Ways

The Milwaukee Public Library

Milwaukee Public Library

I’ve been meaning to get down to shoot at the Central location of the Milwaukee Public Library for quite a long time.  Today I finally did.   And wow!  It was mostly a scouting trip – I just brought my camera with my trusty 24-85 and shot hand-held – but a full day of shooting will be coming in… Continue reading The Milwaukee Public Library

Wide and Narrow Lines

Wide and Narrow Lines

Details of lines and shapes on an exterior wall of a modular building at the Maryland Avenue Montessori School on the East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   It was overcast today which made for very soft and even illumination.  On a walk with the family to the grocery store, we stopped to let my son… Continue reading Wide and Narrow Lines

Trio

Trio

A trio of native plants shot in the Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum near the Urban Ecology Center on the East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Shot hand-held with a Nikon D700, 24-85mm lens at 85mm, f/5, 1/160, ISO 200.

Exit To Somewhere

Exit

An exit is not just a way out, it is a way in – an entrance, if you will, to somewhere else. This sign is above a door in one of the buildings in the old Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.