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Author Archives: Kristopher Kettner
New Kid in Town
The following originally appeared with Vagabundo Travel Magazine on May 22, 2012: “If you’re not comfortable, just let me know,” said Adam Richardson, as he started the engine of our Land Rover. Adam was our guide with a private game reserve near South Africa’s Kruger National Park and he was talking to our tracker, Pauley. Pauley was firmly seated [...]
Tulip Standing Tall
Hello beautiful weather. So nice to see you! After a rather forgettable winter, our spring has been rather insane. In Chicago, we’ve gone from 40-degree days one day to 80-degree days the next. As I write this, our “normal” is somewhere near 70-degrees, but I feel like every day is about twenty degrees warmer, or [...]
Raised Bridges
After several years of putting the early Chicago River bridge raises in my calendar to “keep an eye on,” I finally had a day where my schedule, the weather and boats all cooperated. I’d been wanting to shoot images of boats traveling under bridges for quite some time, and finally had the chance to make [...]
Marina Tower Tulips
I finally got out to shoot some pictures. Between my schedule, the weather, and a few other things, yesterday was the first day in a very, very long time I went out with the purpose of taking pictures for myself. It was such a fun day. My goal was to head downtown and shoot the [...]
Chicago’s Willis Tower
Yesterday I was listening to a photography podcast I regularly enjoy (On Taking Pictures), and the two hosts briefly mentioned how one of their photographer buddies went up in a helicopter and shot some some spectacular video from above an old military base. The two hosts quickly discussed how technology has advanced so much that it [...]
Cliffs of Moher
Located in County Clare, Ireland, are the famous Cliffs of Moher, and while planning our trip to the Emerald Isle, a trip to the 300 million year-old “bird sanctuary” was high on the list. The site receives nearly one million tourists each year, but is home to an estimated 30,000 different birds, covering about 20 [...]
Fond du Lac Lighthouse
Built during the Great Depression, the Fond du Lac Lighthouse has become an iconic part of the city, being featured in the city’s logo, on signs throughout town, and (the obvious) marking the entryway to the Fond du Lac Yacht Club. Inside of the forty-foot lighthouse is a winding stairwell offering visitors an opportunity to [...]
Framed Taj Mahal
It was getting bright out as my wife and I arrived at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. We started our trek to the famed historic site shortly before sunrise, from about a mile away. After we purchased our tickets, we paid the extra couple of dollars for a rickshaw ride to the entryway. The [...]
Buckingham Fountain
I recall the day I took this picture as one of those “perfect temperature” days in Chicago. One could have worn shorts and a T-shirt, jeans and a sweatshirt, or anything in between and have been comfortable. Later in the day, however, it rained. And by “it rained,” I mean “it poured.” Buckets and buckets of [...]
Waves Crashing at Pemaquid Point
Located in Bristol, Maine, the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was first built in 1827. However, because the builder used salt water in his mortar mix, it didn’t survive the elements very well, and a new light was built in 1835 (this time, without the use of salt water). Over a century later, more than 100,000 people visit [...]
Looking Out From Wrigley’s Scoreboard
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a television show to use my previously posted image from inside of Wrigley Field’s scoreboard. It was a nice e-mail to receive and it made me think about other pictures I have from inside the iconic landmark. Hence, this image. As you can probably figure out, this [...]
Cricket in the Park
If you’ve kept up with my photography blog over the last few months, you’ve probably noticed it stumble along here and there. About mid-December I stopped posting images altogether, only to throw a couple up in January, one in February, and by the end of March, get back to posting with some sort of regularity [...]
Home Run Fireworks
Today Major League Baseball begins yet another season of play. While I wouldn’t mind it if the sport picked up the pace of play a bit, I do appreciate the “boys of summer” representing just that: Summer. About the time of year when all of us get “Cabin Fever,” Spring Training begins and before you [...]
Beautiful Beach Seating
As my wife and I travel, we seem to “Go! Go! Go!” to explore and experience all we can. As a result, by accident, we found a new tradition in our travels that we’ve really come to love: Finishing at a beach. Ending our three-week trip through Asia, we finished with the adventure with a [...]
Water Taxi and Tribune Tower
Last year my wife and I spent most of the day kayaking on the Chicago River. It was a lot of fun and pretty cool to see the city I love from such a different perspective. All of the buildings seemed a lot more taller floating along the river and looking straight up. Additionally, it [...]
John Hancock and Lakeshore Drive
One of the highlights from last year was going up in a helicopter to shoot some aerial images of Chicago. I’d been meaning to do it for a few years, but for one reason or another, I never got around to it. During autumn of last year, I chartered a helicopter and spent an hour [...]
Old Pier Supports
It’s been a very long time since I’ve done anything with my website. I’ve done a handful of blog posts in the last couple of months, but the website as a whole, wasn’t working very well. I neglected to do an update so a lot of the images weren’t loading in the various galleries, which [...]
Sailing
Last weekend my wife and I attended two friends’ wedding in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They eloped for a variety of reasons, and we were honored to be part of the select few invited along for their adventure. Aside from U.S. Airways not understanding geography and sending my bag to Turks and Caicos instead of the [...]
Elevation
It has been quite awhile since I’ve posted an image. For the last two years, I posted a picture online nearly every single day, and now I’m barely squeaking TWO in for the month. I have a few good reasons for falling behind — namely moving — but it still makes me kind of sad. [...]
Lion Cub Watching Its Mother
It’s been awhile — a long while — since I’ve posted an image to this space. Somewhere towards the beginning of 2010, I decided to regularly post an image to my website. It was nice getting a lot of varied images off of my hard-drive and up on the website. My site’s traffic went from [...]
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