The Hemmens Cultural Center

Week 25, June 22-28, 2025

June 28th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.05.29, 25.06.01, 25.06.05, beach, bridge, bridges, canoe, Carpentersville, Carpentersville IL, cars, Chicago St., Chicago Street, clouds, creek, DJI, DJI Mini 3, downtown, downtown Elgin, drone, Elgin, Elgin IL, Elgin Transportation Center, forest, Fox River, Fox River Trail, Highland Ave., Highland Avenue, horizon, houses, intersection, island, Jun25, June, logs, May, May25, monochrome, neighborhood, path, railroad, river, road, roads, roof, shore, sidewalks, sky, stream, The Hemmens, The Hemmens Cultural Center, trail, trees, Walton Island, water, Week 25 2025, WEEKS, WEEKS 2025

“Fox & Walton”

June 22nd, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.05.29, clouds, DJI, DJI Mini 3, downtown, drone, Elgin, Elgin IL, Fox River, horizon, island, May, May25, railroad, river, sky, The Hemmens, The Hemmens Cultural Center, trees, Walton Island, water, Week 25 2025

new to this…

I’m new to this – drone photography; but I already love it, I can make shapes and abstracts out of our surroundings. Since I have a small drone, there are limitations to height, so my original vision of a photo of all of Walton Island taken from directly overhead didn’t work out, but that’s part of photography; adapting to your limitations to capture a new scene.

…view older images with the thumbnails below…

March 2022 (remaining images)

March 21st, 2022

Week 11, March 13-19, 2022 – Nicholas Conservatory Flowers

March 19th, 2022

Tagged 2022, 22.03.05, 22.03.06, 28-105mm f3.5-4.5, blossom, D750, Elgin IL, flower, Fox River Trail, macro, Mar22, March, needles, Nicholas Conservatory & Garden, Nikon, orchid, pine, pine cone, pine needles, pine tree, pink, purple, red, Rockford IL, spots, The Hemmens Cultural Center, tree, Week 11 2022, WEEKS, WEEKS 2022, white, yellow

“Inside the Tree”

March 13th, 2022

Tagged 2022, 22.03.05, 28-105mm f3.5-4.5, D750, Elgin IL, Fox River Trail, Mar22, March, needles, Nikon, pine, pine cone, pine needles, pine tree, The Hemmens Cultural Center, tree, Week 11 2022

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Week 16, April 18-24, 2021 – Elgin Flowers

April 24th, 2021

“Colorful Friends”

April 18th, 2021

Tagged 150-600mm f5-6.3, 2021, 21.04.11, Apr21, April, D750, daffodil, Elgin IL, flower, Nikon, orange, pink, red, The Hemmens Cultural Center, tulip, Week 16 2021, yellow

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Week 39, September 27 – October 3, 2015 – Elgin Poster

October 3rd, 2015

Tagged 100 Douglas Ave., 110 N Spring Street, 15.09.25, 18-70mm f3.5-5.6, 1880, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1898, 19 Center St, 1902, 1905, 1956, 201 E. Chicago St., 2015, 209 E. Chicago St., 28 S. Spring St., 66 S. Grove Street, 7 S. Grove St., architecture, black & white, brickwork, Center Street, Chicago St., Chris Lay, Columbia Block, Corn Landtrust Building, corner, D7000, Douglas Avenue, Elgin architecture, Elgin Artspace Lofts, Elgin downtown, Elgin IL, Elgin Tower, Elgin Tower Building, Elgin United Methodist Church, First Congregational Church, granite, Grove Street, Henrietta Lofts, historic Elgin, Iglesia Carismatica Puerta de Sion, J. W. Ranstead, Leitner Bros., moulding, night photo, Nikon, old Gail Borden Library, poster, roof line, roof peak, Sept15, September, spire, Spring St., St Johns Lutheran Church, Stewart Hall, The Hemmens Cultural Center, Vierling Steel Works, Vineyard Church of Elgin, Webster, Week 39 2015, WEEKS, WEEKS 2015

Elgin Poster

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Elgin’s historic buildings set it apart. Elgin was prosperous and large enough to support a booming downtown in the late 1800’s until the mid-1900’s. The buildings that once housed dozens of downtown shops and the historic churches are just as impressive today as they were 100 years ago. As I’ve walked around downtown, these buildings have gathered my attention; and I wanted to document the names, brickwork, and cornerstones on a few of them … which then turned into this black & white poster.

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