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The 18th Street Bridge is not as well know for skyline images as the Adler Planetarium, but it’s a great location that offers a variety of views. The bridge goes over the south branch of [...]

It’s been awhile since we’ve discussed photo series so I thought it might be good to revisit this topic from a different perspective than what I discussed about a year ago in this [...]

Today, I wanted to share something that’s in between architecture and cityscapes: the Chicago Bridge Lifts! Every year, the bridges have to open to let sailboats move from between Lake [...]

We’re back with a new guest blog post with our friend Bryan Esler! He’s going to talk about long exposures for cityscapes and architecture. Bryan Esler is a corporate, landscape and [...]

In October, we led our second Photography Unfolded workshop in Chicago. If you missed it because it was sold out, don’t worry, we already have the dates for 2019: October 19-20 (sign up for [...]

After sharing our best locations for cityscapes in Chicago, we thought we’d come back with the best rooftop locations. Elevated views are always great and Chicago has a lot of options to [...]

Last week, I shared 5 tips to shoot panoramas, so I think it’s time to talk about the post-processing part! One of the easiest ways to stitch a panorama is to do so right in Lightroom. No [...]

Chicago is known for its world-class architecture, and rightfully so. But where are the best places to capture views of the city? Let’s share our best location to photograph Chicago [...]

Time of day is a key element of shooting cityscapes. While you can definitely get great cityscapes in the middle of the day, my favorite time to shoot cityscapes is around sunrise or sunset. The [...]

We’re happy to announce that we will both be teaching at the 2018 Out of Chicago Conference on June 21-24! It’ll be Angie’s 5th conference and Michael’s 4th. Together, we [...]