Spring!
My friend, Rolly, in action during our photowalk on Michigan Ave. last Thursday. The tulips are in full bloom … the city is alive!
Those fun Hongkongnites (Hongkongers? Hongkongeses? Chinese?)
Gorgeous day yesterday … 82 degrees F. Everybody was out … including this group of exchange students from Hongkong (Hi Anthony and the rest of the group!) who were having fun at the Crown Fountain. They had a tripod and a timer but had difficulty in syching their jump with the shutter … so we [...]
A waterfall in the middle of the city
Another gorgeous day to be outside. I was shooting the waterfall animation on the blockface of the Crown Fountain at lunch today, when this family came into my viewfinder. Might as well shoot them in the photo, huh? The dad was preparing to shoot … so technically it is still photographing the photographer. Taken with [...]
Doesn’t matter …
Rain, sleet, snow, storm, whatever the weather is, there are always photographers taking pictures at the Crown Fountain in Chicago.
Dr. Pepper
Somebody left a half-empty plastic bottle of soda on the pavement at the Crown Fountain (bastards) so he took a picture of it … sort of artsy, I guess. But I was late. I did however, take a picture of him reviewing his shot. I was hoping that it was bad so he would take [...]
Water Falls in the Middle of Winter
Once in a while, in between faces, the Crown Fountain will exhibit natural sceneries, such as a waterfall … it’s looks so eerie, in the middle of the city, in the middle of winter.
I want to be a macho …
They really reminded me of the Village People’s “Macho macho man … I wanna be a macho man …” They were clowning around the Crown Fountain at Chicago’s Millennium Park and I happened to be there. Which is good for me … and for this website.
Waiting
At the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park yesterday. Summer is winding down, and I realized I really haven’t sat down and take pictures of people in Millennium Park this season. Since it opened in 2004, I practically have thousands and thousands of pictures of this park … but not this year. So … on [...]
Snowy and Stormy
When the blocks of the Crown Fountain are not showing faces of people, they show scenes … like a waterfall, and this winter, this is the first time I saw it, a stormy sky. Against a snowy background. What a great concept!
I See You
Yesterday at the Millennium Park. I now have a new job that entails me to stay at the office till about 6:15 pm. At this time of the year, Chicago is just beautiful. So yesterday, I just walked around Michigan Ave. taking potshots at whatever interested me. I saw this lone photographer at the Crown [...]
Life … In a Puddle
It’s that time of the year again … when people flock to Chicago’s Millennium Park, especially the interactive Crown Fountain. It is a joy to see young and old alike frolicking in the water of the fountain … and to catch photographers photographing them. Especially in the parallel world of reflection.
Red Brick
This is actually the back of one of the 50 ft tower of the Crown Fountain in Chicago. Sorry, it’s hand held . I didn’t have my tripod with me, not like the photographer who brought his mini tripod with him. Good for him!
The Universe According to Jaume Plensa
A panoramic view of Jaume Plensa’s Crown Fountain installation at Chicago’s Millennium Park. I photographed this many times before, but not with my fisheye lens. Who knew that with the fish eye or with a panoramic view, Jaume Plensa, the designer of the fountain, would bring us to a totally different universe. I actually took [...]
The Dance
What are they up to? This: At the each end of the granite pavement they’re standing on are two fifty-foot blocks, one on each end, on which faces of ordinary Chicagoans are projected every twenty minutes or so. He is taking a picture of the face opposite him, while she is taking a picture of [...]
Blast From The Past
Jaume Plensa’s Crown Fountain at Chicago’s Millennium Park when it opened to the public July 16, 2004. It was a hit then, still a hit now.
Heat Relief
The past two days had been so hot that the Crown Fountain in Chicago suddenly became a not just for children playground too!
A Face Behind the Trees
The Crown Fountain at Chicago’s Millennium Park is now in full blast but the weather is not cooperating. It’s been winter weather these past few days and today, it’s absolutely gloomy. I don’t even want to go out and photograph. Instead, I am posting one that I took spring of last year, a year ago [...]
A Face in the Crowd
Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago Except that it is winter, so they turned the water off. It looks eerie when it’s just a block with a face. That’s why people visit it. Even during the winter.
Let Me Try …
He just got to wet his hands and test if it is really water … yesterday at the Crown Fountain in Chicago
Summer Fun
Frolicking at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Summer is slowly but surely coming our way!
