❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

Ziva & Antonio Banderas woke up very early this morning (Feb 24t, 2013) to play in the snow!!!

Update:

Antonio Banderas crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sept 8th 2021 caused by a tumor on his nose.

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❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Rumbling over the trestle at Sygan, Pa and Miller's Run Road is WE643 as it makes it's way back to Rook Yard on this blustery January day.

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

In a series of moves, WE643 shuffles cars in and out of Westland Yard, all while on a 1.9% grade. Talent. Here we see SD40-2 #6351 and three SD40-3s tug 55 loads out before backing in one last time to tie onto the rear unit.

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

SD40-3s #3068 and #4001 pull hard on 70 empty tankcars for the Westland Yard as they cross over the Westland Branch and Southview Trestle.

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

Winter and Night Photography at the Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park!

Photography By: www.instagram.com/becomingthor/

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

❄️First Snow of 2021!!❄️

So I'm low key proud of these!! It was the first snow storm of 2021 and I really wanted to try night photography in the snow!

I went to a local business park where my friend has her business so I felt relatively safe and like I wasn't going to be murdered!!

I was super happy to be able to shoot using the available light from the street lamps! I actually did pack my external studio flashes though was super nervous about using them in the snow cuz they aren't weather sealed. Really happy they could stay in the car--one less thing to carry around!!

I stuffed my camera in one of those rain-resistant bags, set up my tripod, and had a blast!! I ended up shooting mostly at 180mm for the more narrow field of view, otherwise you'd see the business park building around me which weren't terribly photogenic nor interesting.

It did mean at times I had to set up the tripod like across the parking lot and had to climb over a snow-mountain from the plows!! Let me tell you, climbing a snow mountain in heels is no bueno!! Sigh, the things I do for the fashion and for the shoot! 😜

Hope you like these pics!!! I'd love to hear what you think!!

Take care of you!!!

💗 Afro

With the air horn blaring, SD40-2 #6352 rounds the bend near the Pa Route 50 crossing in Rea, Pa

Amtrak running limited service due to weather inclement