Thanks, Paul. I saw in your other post that you attended Roosevelt University - I don't remember you mentioning that before. I did a 5 month program there in thier grad school in the mid 80's. LIved right next door in the Herman Crown Center - lots of fun!
- MCC --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great pics Mark. I remember shooting the skyline at > night from the > planetarium more than thirty years ago. A lot of > those buildings > weren't there. Really enjoyed these. I miss Chicago > much. Wish I > could have joined you guys. > Paul > On Oct 1, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Mark Cassino wrote: > > > Back from Chicago I just sorted through the > digital > > snaps from earlier > > today. Nothing great but here are a few highlights > of > > the day - > > > > First - you have to understand what kind of > weather we > > were dealing with > > in this blustery, northern city, now that fall is > upon > > us. This shot > > from the lakefront near the planetarium more or > less > > tells the story: > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2725.jpg > > > > And 80 F to boot :-) > > > > Another shot from the planetarium - sailboats > heading > > out: > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2721.jpg > > > > Mark Roberts proved to be the master at seeking > the > > unexpected shot. > > Here he is - with K10D and the DA 10-17 fisheye > zoom: > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2780.jpg > > > > Can't wait to see what he got with that lens... > > > > After hanging around the lake front for a while we > > ventured into the > > Field Museum, had lunch, and took in some > exhibits. A > > shot of the > > museum's main floor: > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2828.jpg > > > > And a few details from this great building: > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2814.jpg > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2831.jpg > > > > After that we headed off to Millenium Park. Here's > > Mark and another > > model showing off the fall shoulder bag fashions > in a > > catchy > > photographically inspired session - > > > > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2869.jpg > > > > I didn't mange to get any shots of Bob - but > enjoyed > > our conversations. > > After the fountains in Millennium Park Bob and I > > cooled off with soft > > drinks while Mark shot at the bean. > > > > At that point I decided to head home while Mark > and > > Bob headed off to > > the brew pub. Had I known that the Michigan > government > > would shut down > > at midnight, virtually eliminating all highway > > patrols, I might of > > lingered over a few beers for a while. But I still > had > > two functional > > states - Illinois and Indiana - to get through > before > > hitting the the > > Michigan anarchy zone, so that might not have been > a > > good idea. > > > > It was a fine day in Chicago. Aside form the > digital > > snapshots, I took a > > roll of Neopan 400 in an almost antique Kodak > Retina > > 1a. A gret camera > > with no meter and a 'guess the distance' focusing > > system. Well, it's f8 > > and be there time with this - and the roll of film > is > > drying as I type. There might be a good shot in > there > > - though I seem to have mis-guessed exposures in a > few > > cases. > > > > _ MCC > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------- > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamamazoo, MI > > www.markcassino.com > > > > Photo Books: > > www.lulu.com/cassino > > -------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > Need a vacation? Get great deals > > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -------------------------- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
