Category : Chicago

New Journal 32 – An American Road Trip “Uh, I forgot to mention that your car’s a pickup” “Hmm, how big?” “Big. It’s a Chevrolet Silverado” I pretended like I knew what this meant. I’m not used to big cars. I’m not used to driving in America. I’m not used to automatic drive or sitting […]

New Journal 31 – handling the heat I’m an Englishman. My body knows cold (ish) weather. Rain is second nature to us. In the UK, if the weather is predicated to top 25c the government starts handing out health warnings – that’s how frail our sun-starved bodies are. In one day we’ll be in Moab […]

New Journal 30 – Catching the train We sat up, awake. Darkness filled the train carriage and barely a noise was made, as you’d expect at 3:00am. An Amish couple behind us whispered something. We weren’t the only ones still awake. The train windows became a movie theatre for an unknown period of time. The […]

New Journal 29 – Enjoying the view Click…10 seconds….Click….5 seconds….Click…..30 seconds……I waited as cramp set in throughout my arms and body. Leaning against the glass window, I was staring down onto the city of Chicago. I’d wrapped a black scarf around the camera and was hoping to block out any reflections from the glass. I’m […]

New Journal 28 – Chicago shinnanigans We knew our first day in Chicago would be an eventful one. The awesome HDR photog that is Chris Smith agreed to put his life on hold for a day and come to meet us. He came prepared. With a list of great places to visit, and the loan […]