Maybe you've seen some of these silly "spell out things with pictures" items you can get from Skymall or whatever. I didn't think much about them when I've seen them before, but it recently occurred to me that I could be making them and selling them for fat stacks...
Hopefully by now you've looked up your nearest and soonest Color Run and signed up for it on the Color Run website. Please find enclosed additional pictures to make you excited for the cool thing you'll be doing.
There's this thing called the Color Run. It happens in a bunch of cities all over the country, and just this past weekend it happened in Chicago. It also happens that it's one of the coolest things ever.
It's just a regular old 5k, except that at predetermined locations a...
My parents moved to Arcadia, Indiana a few years ago. Every summer, Arcadia has a little festival to kick off the start of summer or whatever. It's no C2E2 - in fact it's kind of the opposite - but it was a chance for me to take a few pictures on a beautiful day.
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About five years ago I posted pictures here of some alleyways and dumpsters in West Lafayette, Indiana. For some reason I am fascinated by the secrets hiding behind the scenes in urban areas. Well-kept storefronts and urban planning can spruce up a city street, but it's an a...
I was digging through my pictures folder, and I came across some pictures I took back in '09 when I went to the Field Museum. Some of them are kind of neat, so I figured I would post them here. Don't take this as any sort of sign that I'm running out of content to post here....
Last weekend I went to a birthday party for a few friends. It's part of the reason why I neglected to post anything here for a few days. Please excuse this personal indulgence - I took pictures at the party and I want you to see them. Don't worry, though, they aren't just bo...
There are two good reasons to go to a comic convention. You could go to show off your sweet Batman Villain costume, or you could go to spend a bunch of money to complete your Transformers poster collection. However, if you think that's the only reason to go to a nerd expo...
Yesterday we looked at some of the interesting costumes that were to be found at C2E2 this year. That's not the only reason go to a big nerd convention, though. It's also fun to check out all the neat stuff people are trying to sell...
Just last weekend was the annual Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, or C2E2. This is the second year that I've gone, and the first year I went on a Saturday. It's a pretty exciting event, and though it costs $35 ($25 if you buy tickets ahead of time), I think it's worth it...
Not long after I moved to Chicago, I took a trip to Michigan Avenue (the Magnificent Mile) to take some pictures. It was still very exciting to live in Chicago, and it was fun to go to Michigan Avenue as a resident instead of a tourist. This place was always such a exotic...
Landscape photography is, perhaps, the last real refuge of the SLR camera. Point and shoot cameras, and depressingly even cellphone cameras these days, are designed to take portraits and light action. Mid- to high-quality point and shoots allow you to adjust aperture setting...
I love looking at all of the different shapes in a big city. Just before Christmas, I went downtown to take a few pictures. I wanted to try to capture the cool juxtaposition of lines and curves, the counterpoint of natural and unnatural. Here are some of the pictures I took...
My parents live in the middle of nowhere. They like it because it's nice and remote, and they get to see plenty of wildlife. My parents love wildlife. They love the deer, the birds, and the turtles. They love everything . . . except the snakes. It turns out my Mom hates...
The Rapture might not have arrived, but nobody can deny that some pretty impressive things have been going on in the atmosphere around the Midwest United States. The sky holds a great deal of power. Though I certainly feel terrible about the victims of the various horrible storms...
I enjoy Photography. Hopefully, and judging by the fact that you're here (and haven't said "this website sucks" yet), you enjoy my photography. Well, I have good news.
No, it isn't "I haven't updated my website in like a billion forevers."
I have l...
The company I work for, Colossal Squid Industries, recently launched a new website for Scott Brand. It's pretty sweet. We had a launch party for the website (lunch party) yesterday at Southport Lanes, which I thought was weird because that's right down the street f...
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