This gallery was created from images taken on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Downtown Las Vegas requires businesses to incorporate neon into their building signage, so the town glows and hums with heated gas art. Las Vegas has also restored a lot of the old neon signs, thanks in large part to the Neon […]
The Mojave National Preserve is a 1.6 million acre park in California that rests between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The park is framed by interstate 15 to the north and interstate 40 to the south. A four-wheel drive car is recommended for exploring the park, as many of the points of interest are only […]
This photo gallery explores the architecture of the Las Vegas Strip. Every time I’m in Las Vegas, I’m amazed at how concentrated the city is. Looking at my hometown of Chicago from the air, the city sprawl goes on and on as far as the eye can see. Las Vegas, on the other hand, is […]
Located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in St Petersburg, FL the Boyd Hill Preserve creates an ecosystem and habitat for all sorts of Florida wildlife – from Alligators to Herons and Ibis. The park also hosts a raptor rescue non-for-profit that provides medical care to various species of large birds and raptors. A 5k […]
The majesty and grandeur of Niagara Falls can never truly be conveyed with photography. The Niagara experience is more than just the stunning visual feast of parks and water. It’s found in the mist brushing past your cheek. It’s found in the low and ever present rumble from gallons upon gallons of water tumbling down […]
This series was taken in early January, 2017. After a failed attempt at astrophotography (there was too much cloud cover for my pictures to turn out, even on a moonless night), I stayed in a hotel in East Chicago on my way back home. I was located in a high hotel suite, on the 15th […]
Main Street, Downers Grove, IL. Taken December 24th, 2016. This photo series was a bit of a personal one for me. I met my family for a traditional Christmas Eve brunch in the old downtown of Downers Grove, IL and stayed to take in the downtown core with my new Nikon D7200. My family have […]
A short ferry ride from downtown San Francisco in the middle of the bay sits Alcatraz Island a US National Park and site of one of the most notorious prisons in the US. The ferry deposits park visitors on at island docks. Visitors are then free to tour the island, prison grounds, and prison facilities. Visitors […]
Chaco National Historic Park is a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site located in northwestern New Mexico. I visited New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, in February of 2011 and I did indeed find the whole state to be truly spellbinding. New Mexico is a land of dramatic vistas and rock formations, of mountains and valleys, of desert untamed. […]
Photos were taken in Ithaca and Lansing, NY in early August, 2016. This was my first attempt at star photography. These were taken with a samsung nx3000 manual camera and a wide angle lens. I found that a narrow aperture and 20-30 second shutter speed worked best. I started to get star trails, where the […]
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