Author: Mike Kukulski

Digital Photography, Insects, Macro, Wildlife

Butterflies and Macro

Back in mid-July, I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden with neighbor and fellow photographer, Laura Hedien.  Laura and I have frequently gone out on photo excursions to shoot a myriad of subjects, including lighthouses, a wolf sanctuary, downtown Chicago and Milwaukee, airplanes at Oshkosh, trains, and other things.  This latest excursion was focused primarily on doing macro photography of butterflies at the Botanic Garden’s “Butterflies … Continue reading Butterflies and Macro

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Analog Film

Film Photography – What It Isn’t & What It Is

In June 2018, along with fellow member Steven Tontic, I gave a presentation on film photography to the Lake County Camera Club (LCCC) .  My portion of the presentation covered what film photography is and what it isn’t, while Steven addressed photography lessons learned by shooting film versus digital. It was not intended to engage in the debate of the supposed superiority of film or … Continue reading Film Photography – What It Isn’t & What It Is

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Analog Film, Darkroom, Landscapes, Large Format, Medium Format, Workshops

The Art of Black & White Photography – Workshop Review

A week ago, I returned from Montana where I had attended a black & white photography workshop, “The Art of Black & White Photography,” June 9-14, sponsored by Photographer’s Formulary, in Condon, Montana, and taught by Nathan McCreery. Nathan has been a professional photographer since his college days, with work encompassing wedding, portrait, commercial and product photography; he is primarily focused today on fine art … Continue reading The Art of Black & White Photography – Workshop Review

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Aviation, Digital Photography

Oshkosh, July 2018

I attend the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) annual convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin every year. The EAA calls it AirVenture, but most pilots still just call it “Oshkosh.”  For pilots and flying fanatics, it is the ultimate destination venue to appease the aviation addiction. Regardless of your specific interest in aviation or aircraft in particular, Oshkosh is also a unique opportunity for photography, with first class … Continue reading Oshkosh, July 2018

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Abstracts, Architecture, Digital Photography

Rusty Abstracts & the Hancock

Following up with more images from earlier in the year.  The first, from February 2018,  is a black & white conversion of the Hancock Building in downtown Chicago, taken with the Ricoh GR. These next few are from a visit to the Illinois Railway Museum (claimed to be the largest railway museum in the U.S.) in Union, Illinois.  Instead of getting traditional locomotive images I … Continue reading Rusty Abstracts & the Hancock

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