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Author Archives: Kristopher Kettner
Paris, France
I have a place near Chicago that is my favorite building to work in. I don’t do much there, but a couple times a year I get booked at this particular venue and it is […]
On The Road Again
After a long dry stretch of no travel, I finally made a trip to the airport. I had been nearly fifteen months, and over the last decade or so I’d taken at least one trip […]
No Sportsball
Ollie Maatta of the Chicago Blackhawks sprays snow as he chases the hockey puck during a game with the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on March 5, 2020. (0573) I was […]
Favorite Skyline View of St. Louis
After several trips to St. Louis, I was never happy with my pictures of the city’s skyline. The best images I had gathered were from just wandering around the Gateway Arch grounds snapping a view […]
Get Your Own Hashtag, and Get Off My Lawn
My wife has an abundance of amazing talents. One of them, strangely, is coming up with solid hashtags for events. As an example, for our wedding, we used #GoinsToTheChapel2019 so friends could post pictures and […]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
For a very long time I’ve wanted to make the trip up from Chicago and spend a few days photographing Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Between spending a number of days during my youth in the city and […]
Fleeting Pleasure vs Actual Enjoyment
There seems to be a lot of love and affection given to the various social medias these days, and to be honest, I’m just as guilty as the next guy. My issue, however, is how […]
Horseshoe Bend
I read earlier this month the Horseshoe Bend National Park are his going to start charging an admission fee. Another casualty of Instagram, the park has seen a dramatic uptick in visitors recently, and needs […]
Skylines and Cocktails
Traveling through a lot of major cities, I’ve learned a number of tall hotels will throw a bar on their rooftop. I’ve also learned its a great way to get an amazing view for cheap. […]
Sometimes, Just Ask
In grade school we’re always taught to ask questions. The general rule is if you don’t know or understand something, you’re probably not the only one. That’s some good information to carry forward in life, […]
Instagram Hacked
This past week I woke up one morning to find my Instagram feed was hacked. After a series of slow-moving correspondence with Facebook and Instagram I was able to reacquire my account, but it took […]
Stock Photography
I’ve really stepped up my stock photography game in the past few months. Several years ago I uploaded a few images to iStockPhoto and had minimal success. At the time, iStockPhoto only allowed truly stock […]
Monkey Business
A friend recently shot me a message asking for some tips on how to take “amazing” photos. Another time we can debate the definition of “amazing photos,” but here’s what I told her: I think the […]
Blue-Footed Booby
In the Galapagos Island, this may be one of the more famous birds. It has a variety of reasons for its notoriety. Its name, for starters, contains every man’s friend. The other note about their […]
The Many Moai of Rano Raraku
The Quarry is where all of the moai on Easter Island were carved from. Many of them were carved from the rock of the hillside, then “walked” down the hill where they would slowly make […]