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Week 30, July 27 – August 2, 2025 – Elgin Walk

August 2nd, 2025

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Elgin Walks: “Lights”

July 29th, 2025

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truly enjoy

We crossed the street at Dexter for the express purpose of the church photo; it was obvious to me that the street lamp and raised bricks were a perfect composition. But I spent quite a bit of time working on the exact composition for the vines; I wanted to keep the sparse vines to the right, but the light pointed to the left … and I ended up with a photo that I wouldn’t normally take that I really enjoy.

Week 19, May 11-17, 2025 – Windows

May 17th, 2025

“With a View”

May 16th, 2025

Tagged 2024, 24.11.17, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, angles, concrete, downtown Elgin, Elgin, Elgin IL, ivy, light, Nov24, November, parking garage, Sony, Spring Street Garage, street light, vines, Week 19 2025

my style

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I’m not really a “street photographer”, but over the past two years I have been trying to expand my photography. As my friend Arnoldo and I walked through Elgin on that rainy November day, I found several scenes that were not my usual fare, but still felt photogenic to my eye.

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