Black & White fun

I converted this from a color image I made @ an event this weekend @ the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. I isolated this musician from a trio playing some background music outside of the grand ballroom. The wall directly behind the sax player was white, and the rest of the room had light gold walls. I've attempted to mimic an old "Kool" cigarette ad with the B/W and high contrast feel.

Lov'in the Lensbaby™

A 'Stargazer Lily'

HipHop in Chicago

I've had the opportunity to photograph some of Chicago's Hip Hop artists of late. Top - down:

Rhymefest

GLC

Psalm 1

Lupe Fiasco

The Asylum

Fav's from 03.03.11 Chicago Live!

MARCH 3

• Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts (David Haugh interview)
• Desiree Rogers, CEO of Johnson Publishing and former White House social secretary (Phil Rosenthalinterview)
• Rob Stone, blues musician
• John Robinson and Kerry Tamura of Chicago Sake talk about sake cocktails and their efforts to make sake the new drinking sensation. (Lauren Viera and Rick Kogan interview)
• Kevin Coval and Louder Than A Bomb high school slam poetry competition finalists
• Marc Smith, creator of the poetry slam (Rick Kogan interview)
• Comedy from The Second City

Fun with the Lensbaby Composer