Month: April 2019

A spider web catching rays from the early-morning sun. Eaves, Chris (Oct. 13, 2018). Pond-ering [Photograph]. Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Shot on Kodak TMX100 pushed 1 stop and taken with a Bronica SQ-A

Back inside the Lincoln Park Conservatory, there’s this small square of plant life hanging on the wall. Eaves, Chris (Feb. 6, 2019). Conservatory Still Life [Photograph]. Chicago, Illinois. Shot on

I feel like there’s a sad dog wandering Chicago and wishing it was still playing fetch. Eaves, Chris (Feb. 6, 2019). Walk & Toss [Photograph]. Chicago, Illinois. Shot on Canon

Without a tripod or ND filter, I had to resort to low ISO, wider angle, and propping the camera on my lap. As you’ll see in a few weeks,

A bleak, grey sky and barren trees make this summer hotspot at Montrose Beach seem particularly dismal in the dead of winter. Eaves, Chris (Feb. 6, 2019). The Off Season

This peace sign along Lake Michigan’s shoreline emerges from the snowbanks. Eaves, Chris (Feb. 6, 2019). A Thaw in Relations [Photograph]. Chicago, Illinois. Shot on Canon 6D at 17mm,

Wandering into the Lincoln Park Conservatory on a cold, wintery (or spring) day in Chicago is always a nice respite from the elements. Eaves, Chris (Feb. 6, 2019). Girl

I love all the things going on with the front of this house in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. There’s the smirking face, the vine vs. bars in the window,

Shooting with film is all about choices. There’s an incremental cost with film that digital simply doesn’t have. And with medium format, that shutter press is a commitment to

By lunchtime, the fog had lifted and big, puffy, low-level clouds drifted through downtown. Here’s a look at the columns outside Union Station. Eaves, Chris (Oct. 15, 2018). Union Sky [Photograph].

I walk past this mini-street on my morning commute. The low clouds on this day completely obscured Sears/Willis Tower, which normally provides a third level of buildings in the

As I mentioned at the first of the year, I jumped into analog film development last year, and I enjoyed the experience—up until the part of digitizing the negatives