Deb and I drove to Minnesota with Bailey for an impromptu photography vacation. We managed to catch some pretty good shots of the beautiful scenery.

A friend and I decided to go on a photography-vacation barn hunt in Wisconsin. Tim found this great cabin in the woods near Lake Delavan. Not only was the trip relaxing, I was lucky to capture a couple portfolio-worthy shots from the trip. Tell me what you think.

Chicago hosted NASCAR for it’s first ever street race around Grant Park. I was in town for the weekend, so I phoned a friend and we bought tickets for the two-day race. Weather was a challenge but for a pair of first-timers, we had a blast. Wish I could have used something more than my phone to photograph this memory.

We planned this “bucket list” vacation for over a year. Sadly, on our first day of the cruise from Vancouver, I contracted COVID. We were quarantined to our state room for the remainder of our trip. The cruise line took good care of us and I recovered by our first port of call but we are still stuck. Undeterred, we made the best of our trip asking friends to take pictures of excursions we missed and took pictures from our balcony when we could.

Deb and I rented a home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida for three weeks partially for vacation and partially to see where we want to live when we grow up. This part of Florida has so much beauty to offer, I couldn’t help but capture a few good shots.

Finally, after rescheduling three times and waiting for a year due to the pandemic, Jetta & Zach pulled off a beautiful wedding on 25 March 2021 in Tucson, Arizona. Congratulations to Zach and Jetta Smithwick!

Deb and I drove to Nashville and Destin, FL. That’s right. We drove to make our own schedule so we could truly relax. I have to say it was quite enjoyable seeing parts of the country we have not seen.

We arrived in Nashville after a 7 hour drive from Peoria. My goal was to get some dusk pics of the John Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge overlooking the city. So, we quickly walked from our hotel to the bridge to scope out the best composition. After checking out the spots for pictures later, I flew the drone and waited for the sunset.

First time in Nashville

Nashville Cumberland River

Looking up the Cumberland river downtown Nashville at dusk from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.

Downtown Nashville

Unplanned composition from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

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This summer, Deb and I visited Ryan for a long weekend to just get away.  Of course, Chicago is possibly my favorite city to photograph. And I wanted to try out my DJI tech in this photogenic city. The weather and the city did not let us down.

Wrigley is just a few blocks away. Deb & I walked by the park just as the Cubs beat the Pirates. Wrigleyville was electric. They were in the heat of the league race. The win and electricity motivated us to go catch the game on Friday against the Nats. Unfortunately for the Cubs that game was the beginning of their slide. Wrigley was still a great baseball experience.

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