Milestone III: (See all my initial process work below)

Here is my final photo set! I ended up narrowing down the selection to 7 images. I'm pretty happy with the variety of subjects (architecture, skyline, the lake, Cloud Gate), compositon (50/50s, rule of thirds, symmetry) and vantage ponts (above, within, and below the city). When I look at this collection I can proudly say "This is Chicago," to me at least. Hope y'all dig the images!

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 1 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 2 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 3 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 4 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 5 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 6 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 7 - student project

Milestone II:

Whew! Just shot for 18 straight hours (with the Skillshare video crew in tow!). We hit 8 different locations and took about 1300 photos. While this was an exhausting experience I am really pumped with how a lot of these shots turned out! Here are some examples of raw images that I'm definitely leaning towards working with for my final photo set:

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 8 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 9 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 10 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 11 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 12 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 13 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 14 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 15 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 16 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 17 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 18 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 19 - student project

Welcome to Chicago. Sincerely, trashhand - image 20 - student project

Milestone I:

I have taken thousands of photos of Chicago, but I constantly find new inspiration and angles that excite me. For this project I will be targeting what I consider the defining elements of Chicago while playing with scale, subject, and composition. I'm planning on capturing the following from new perspectives or times of day:

The Chicago Skline
Lake Michigan (at Sunrise)
Architecture
The "L" (our train system)
Bridges
Cloud Gate (aka "The Bean')
The Chicago River

Trashhand

Cityscape Photographer

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