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It’s been a while since I made the time to get out and shoot in downtown Chicago. Drew and I had talked about getting together for the past year and we finally did so yesterday. Armed with the Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger and through the cold and wind, we started at Millennium Park where I’ve never before seen The Bean. Hard to imagine, I know, but I enjoyed the abstracts it provided.

Next stop was the Millennium Park Amphitheater. A few years back I made a great patterned picture here with the sun streaming into the theater. After letting Drew take a few frames with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras, we headed down close, got scolded by security for being beyond the barriers and made a few images from angles you don’t normally get to experience.

We trekked north up Michigan Avenue to John Hancock Center where I made an image that has been on my mind for almost a year. This particular image is made at the corner of Michigan and Delaware and requires that you travel with a spotting buddy to hold back traffic so you don’t get squished like a bug. Thanks for watching my back, Drew.

On the way back to the car, the light was less-than-stellar, it was cold and it was difficult to find anything creative about shooting the river from the Clark Street bridge. The bridge itself, however, yielded this image.

Despite the cold, it was great to be out again and shooting in The Windy City. I’ve uploaded a more complete set of images here to my flickr account. Enjoy!

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