Spring 2013

A thin moon above the University of Chicago.

The Harper Center at the Booth School of Business

Rockefeller Chapel, The University of Chicago

Rockefeller Chapel, The University of Chicago

The glassy side of the University of Chicago

The top floor of a parking lot at the University of Chicago during a thunder storm.

Heavy showers at a parking lot at the University of Chicago.

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UChicago Fall 2012 Part II

A few more photos of campus left over from fall quarter. I'm going to release a wallpaper pack with some of these photos soon, so keep an eye out.

Unusually large waves caused by Hurricane Sandy crashed against the sea wall (or rather lake wall) at Promontory Point, Chicago.

A silhouetted figured (who I believe is UChicago's Dean Boyer) walked through Harper Quad in the rain.

The entrance to Max Palevsky East Residence Halls.

Bond Chapel and Harper Library at the University of Chicago. Taken from Cobb Hall.

Harper Memorial Library at the University of Chicago.

A bird rests on top of Harper Memorial Library.

A rainbow emerges above Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago.

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UChicago Fall 2012

Fall on the UChicago campus is gorgeous - it's hard to resist stopping between classes to capture images of the colorful leaves surrounding the gothic (and not-so-gothic) architecture. Unfortunately,  the leaves all pretty much gone now, so campus will be cold and bland until we get our first snow (when it will be really cold and really bland, but that pretty wintery sort of bland.)

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Quad Lamp Posts

I've been enjoying seeing the light hit the light posts on the quads during sunset for the past few months, so I did a series of photos focused on the light posts on the UChicago Quads. Enjoy!  

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Logan Arts Center

     The University of Chicago recently finished construction on the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts - finally upgrading the University's arts facilities from the deteriorating Midway Studios. Like all of the University's recent construction projects the building has a sleek modern design that makes liberal use of glass, brushed metal, and concrete. All the modern stuff still feels funny in contrast with the old gothic quads, but I kind of like the effect. The new buildings are also great places for architecture photography. I had a fun time just walking around the exterior of Logan last week exploring the different architectural elements. Here is what I came away with.

UChicago Winter 2012

Winter has come again, meaning its time to pull out the boots, hats, and scarves. Surprisingly, though, the winter seems to have temporarily receded - temperatures reached the low-50s earlier this week. In any case, winter quarter has proven to be fairly busy for me - hence the lack of recent blog posts. I have been taking plenty of pictures, though. These images are from a few chilly weeks we had earlier this quarter and the warmer weeks we have had recently. I have a lot of photos of the Mansueto Library (the glass dome) because this winter is its first winter and it has been interesting to see what it looks like covered in snow.

 I have also been enjoying shooting with my iPhone. I even got one of the photos I took with my iPhone printed on the front page of the school newspaper (something I've been trying to do every since I got a new phone). Newspaper is a very forgiving print medium, but it still shows that the iPhone camera is very capable.

Enjoy the photos! More soon to come.

Flurries broke days of unseasonably warm weather, dusting the Mansueto Library with snow.

A gorgeous winter sunset in Oakland, California.

The garyole above the anatomy building at UChicago.

Max Palevsky Residence Hall at the University of Chicago.

The C Bench in front of Cobb Hall at the University of Chicago.

This is the Mansueto Library's first Chicago winter.

The snow-capped side of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago.

Snow creeps up on the glass surface of the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago.

Students make their way to class during a snow storm in Chicago. Taken from the third floor of Wieboldt Hall at the University of Chicago.

I wanted to get some macro shots of snowflakes, but the only place I could get them to stick without melting was my furry jacket. So I just shot them there. Taken with 50mm 1.8 + full set of macro tubes and heavily cropped.

The University of Chicago quads during a snow storm.

Rosenwald Hall in the midst of a snow storm in Chicago. Taken on the University of Chicago campus.

The glass top of the Mansueto Library emerges from the snow-covered landscape.

Rockefeller Chapel on an usually warm February day in Chicago.

Stained glass on Rockefeller Chapel is illuminated by the afternoon sun. 

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