Jack Carlson Photography

GO down under (with exposure)

Here's a shot that I took on my way to teach a class at the Chicago Botanic Garden yesterday about 7:45 am CDT. The sprinklers were on the grass areas surrounding Spider Island, the sun was out so I thought it would be a perfect time to grab a shot and under-expose the entire scene. Here is the camera info, and yes the shutter speed was 1/1250, f8, exp. comp -1.3, ISO 64, 18mm lens, … [Read more...]

Broken Waterfall cancels class on August 30, Japanese Islands is GO on August 23.

Sad, but true, the Waterfall at the Chicago Botanic Garden is down and out for the remainder of the season. Something about a need for giant pipe replacement. Whatever the cause of the outage, no water means no class and that's not a value judgement. The class will be officially cancelled on the CBG website next week but I thought you could read it here first. If you're available on Saturday, … [Read more...]

It’s all about time and thought

A friend of mine was here at the Camera Clubhouse during this past weekend. She takes pictures and knows that I've pushed a shutter release button a time or two so at her suggestion, I found a camera and added a 105mm f2.8 micro/macro Nikon lens. (Nikon made microscopes before cameras so continues to refer to their close focusing lenses as micro). To keep things even, I mounted the camera on a … [Read more...]

All’s well in Alsace

I recently visited Alsace which is that part of France that has, at times, been German. The capital city of the region is Strasbourg which is the home of the European Parliament and is located some 23 miles from the German border. The Cathedral in Strasbourg was the tallest structure in Europe for more than 200 years and it's still amazing to walk around in a a structure that opened in … [Read more...]

There’s something new on the old website.

Yes, it's been sometime since I added a post. Why?? A bit of shoulder pain then an out-of-the country trip have kept me away from the old keyboard but now, on a mostly gray Monday morning,I can devote some time to writing about life (from a tourist perspective) in Alsace. For those of you who don't know about this part of France, it has been both French and German over the last several hundred … [Read more...]

Wonderful photo shoot in a woods

The Documenting Nature class explored The Woods during the photo portion of Saturday's class.  In addition to providing advice, I used the camera I carry when I don't want to carry a camera. The daylight and temperature could not have been better so we were able to shoot around f8 @ 125 with ISO 100-200. Lighten your load and get to a wooded area as soon as weather and your schedule … [Read more...]