Tag Archive: JulyChallenge2008

Photo: Lindbergh Beacon Shines Bright (JPC-04)

The Palmolive Building in Chicago is capped by the Lindbergh Beacon. While the building is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the world, the beacon sits atop a 97 foot tower on the roof of the building and was originally donated to the city in 1929 to guide airplanes to [...]

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Photo: Spire and Flag (JPC-03)

As we were taking the boat out one night, we cruised along the waterfront and I spotted this image. The combination of the holiday lights on the Sears tower and the American Flag light CNA building in downtown Chicago made a nice backdrop for the waterfront walkway lite by the streetlight.

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Photo: Happy 4th from Chicago (JPC-02)

Keeping up with the July Photo Challenge (JPC), I’m loosely interpreting the definition of lighting fixture for this photo…but come on…what else would you expect today? Not any easy photo to capture, there was 1-2 foot swells on Lake Michigan outside of the breakwater, my friend’s 32 foot cabin cruiser was being tossed around pretty [...]

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Photo: Late Night Practice

Trevor Carpenter has a new challenge up for July over at PhotoChallenge.org. Since I figured I wasn’t busy enough already, I’ve taken it upon myself to try and shoot at least 20 images during July as part of the challenge (I know I won’t be able to do this every day, so rather than set [...]

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