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…That only love can change the shape of such permanent truths.

Here is some older work, these were actually taken with a 7D with a 16-35L which I owned briefly. 16-35L was a nice lens, but once I ditched the APS-C sensors, the 24-70L was plenty wide for my needs.

Super cool panoramic. Click for a larger version!

Super cool mouseover! Open the panels to revel the TV!



Super cool panoramic. Click for a larger version!

Super cool panoramic. Click for a larger version!






Peace!
- KS

Today’s title was taken from the song “No Argument” from Sleeping At Last’s August Yearbook EP.

Crazy day! My wife got locked out of the house briefly with the baby inside, so naturally she went all “Jack Bauer” on our front door.

I got a last minute call to shoot the Sears Holdings Headquarters in Hoffman Estates for the cover of tomorrow’s (Sept. 30) Elgin Courier News. Awesome. Had a hard time getting to a good spot on the building, but I ended up getting there at the exact right moment. I’m super excited about the results, barely did any editing on these. First one is my favorite.

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Sears Holding HQ

Thanks for looking! I snap a picture of the front page and post it tomorrow :)

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Here it is!

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Peace!
- KS

Today’s title is from the Queen song “Somebody to Love”; Excited that Marc Martel is getting huge exposure, he has an incredible voice: here and here.

Hey all, same old apology! Lot’s of things going on, some good, some great, some amazing, some terrifying, some anxiety, lots and lots of work.

Here’s an update on the house, pre-drywall! The whole house was drywalled last weekend, update to come again soon!

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Starting to look like a real house!

Peace
- KS

Today’s title was taken from Sleeping at Last’s Yearbook series, “January White”. LOVING this series. Buy it.

Hello all!

Been crazy out-of-my-mind the last few weeks, lots going on… But more on that some other day! Instead, to whet your appetites, I have some aerial photographs! Most of these are of Judson University, but not all! Everything looks sooooo cool from 1,000-1,200 feet! Only wish the sun had peaked from the clouds more while we were up and that the windows weren’t so cloudy. But it was still a fun experience!

Note: some of these might take a little longer to open, trust me, it’s worth it!

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DuPage Airport, where I used to go for Civil Air Patrol when I was a youth.

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Downtown Elgin!

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Judson University from the west

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View of Judson University from I90 and Rt31

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Science Building at Judson University

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Flag Entrance at Judson University

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Sherman Hospital, in Elgin, IL

Thanks for stopping by! Exciting things on the horizon!

Peace
- KS

Today’s title was take from the dong “Feelin’ So Fly” by Toby Mac from his album Portable Sounds

Shalom, my fastidious blogviewers! Crazy State of the Union speech the other day, no?! Okay, so it wasn’t crazy… Had a party at the new place in honor of the momentous occasion and even managed to lock us out of my apartment. Opps!

Today’s series comes from my beginning of my endeavor to piece together a portfolio of recent that we have done at the shop, the goal of which is to develop a new website (also an endeavor of mine) so we can hopefully drum up some work. Tough times in the industry, lots of people selling off work at super low prices that make it hard to compete. Here’s to hoping I can some part in keeping us around for a while longer.

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The more I edit HTML content for either here or the Judson website, the more I find my self writing in the source code view. Just not trusting the WYSIWYG editors to actually work right. Sure its tedious, but so far way easier in the long run.

And I am now fully moved into my apartment. I’m really enjoying it so far. Great feeling being under your own steam, in terms of a living space. I find I have more free time, though maybe that’s a correlation between no more classes and not much work at the Shop. I also am feeling really bored of late. Just not a lot to do I guess. Hopefully that’ll change soon!

BTW, the 7D is definitely my last 1.6x/APS-C camera. Only reason I plan to keep it around is because of the newer technology, ie its ability to do amazing video and everything else except the sensor is pretty slick. Planning to sell my 5D and 1D Mark II and get a 1D Mark III. Probably going to miss the full-frame camera…

Peace,
- KS

Today’s title comes from the song “Gone Away” by Safetysuit from their album Life Left to Go. If your ever pissed about relationshippie things, this is the album for you!