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

Chicago Live! Some fav's from 02.24.11

02.24.11. Chicago, IL. Chicago Live! presentation @ the Chicago Theater Downstairs. General coverage of the 02.24.11show, including reherasals, signage, guests, staff, including:

Grant Achatz, Chicago chef, and Nick Kokonas, co-authors of Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat (Rick Kogan interview with Chris Borrelli)

Eric Zorn moderates a post-election panel with K. Sujata, president of the Chicago Foundation for Women, former alderman Dick Simpson and political strategist Don Washington

Puppeteer David Rudman and Cookie Monster discuss the Sesame Street star's Chicago roots

Will Durst, comedian/political satirist

Ava Logan, jazz singer

Michael Phillips looks ahead to the Academy Awards.

Comedy from The Second City. Photo by Glenn Kaupert, © 2011. 

Chicago Live ! some favorite images from 02.17.11

FEBRUARY 17 SHOW: Tribune columnist John Kass andRick Kogan break down the mayoral election Michael Patrick Thornton, Artistic Director of The Gift Theatre, appears on ABC's Private Practiceand in The Dilemma Kevin Mize, Chairman of the 2011 Chicago Auto Show (Michael Lev interview) Tammy McCann, jazz singer (performance and Howard Reichinterview) Karen Abbott, author of American Rose A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee (Rick Kogan interview) Michelle L'amour, burlesque dancer Comedy from The Second City