Lens-Artists Challenge #288 – Window Shopping Do you enjoy window shopping? You may become an expert after you see Ritva’s Lens-Artists post. In that post, she says she likes to take “photos of creative window displays,” and she does not … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #287 – Sound “Let’s photograph Sound this week,” Donna proposed in the latest Lens-Artists challenge. A traditional photo, by itself, cannot directly show sounds. Photos capture a single moment in time. A photo preserves visual information, such as colors, shapes, … Read More

— The Bean is the popular name given to Cloud Gate, a stainless steel sculpture created by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor. Located in Millennium Park, Chicago, the sculpture resembles a bean and was constructed between 2004 and 2006. … Read More

— “Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage…” And so goes “Love and Marriage,” the famous Frank Sinatra song written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. The song was originally featured in the 1955 … Read More

— After being cooped up over 8 hours while attending a conference in Chicago, I got back to my hotel and had to go for a quick walk before night fell. It was just the right time of the day … Read More