A Pic a Day – September

September 30

Brick and Sky — I have always loved the contrast of a red brick building with a nice blue sky on a sunny day. A simple way to end this month.

September 29

Glimpses of Fall — The leaves have begun to turn, and it is starting to really feel like autumn.

September 28

Chicago Fire — Went to the last soccer match of the year for the Chicago Fire tonight. It was a lot of fun even though it ended in a draw. Here is a fan blowing his vuvuzela angrily at the call on the field.

September 27

Lamp — Lamp in the dining room.

September 26

Vine and Fence — A vine climbs its way up to the top of the spire of a fence.

September 25

A Balvenie Night — It was a Scotch kind of night…

September 24

Fall Flowers — Fall flowers along the street in my neighborhood.

September 23

Life is Hard — Sometimes life isn’t all smiles.

September 22

Gene's Sausage Shop — Gene’s Sausage Shop, the local meat market and grocery store in our neighborhood.

September 21

Man vs. Beast — Micah finally meets a dog his size.

September 20

Chicago Sunset — Had a beautiful sunset in Chicago tonight.
To see more pics from the evening, check out my set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inthe-arena/sets/72157635705389633/

September 19

Rain Bokeh — An attempt to make a new iOS 7 wallpaper for my iPhone using the raindrops on the screen of my bedroom window.

September 18

Evening raindrops — Raindrops on a grapevine after a rainy evening.

September 17

Peppers — Peppers at the local farmers market this morning.

September 16

Tuckered Out — Micah after a long day…

September 15

Birthday Boy — We celebrated my son’s first birthday today. He got messy.

September 14

Razor — My razor and brush with the early morning sunlight coming through my window.

September 13

Monti's — A local cheesesteak restaurant in our neighborhood. Very good!

September 12

Traffic — Stalled traffic due to the BMW PGA Tournament. At least there was a nice sunset.

September 11

Morning plant — Plants in the early sunlight this morning in Bannockburn, Illinois.

September 10

9:23 — The clock in our living room.

September 09

Fence — The fence outside my apartment.

September 08

Googled — My friend let my son play with his iPad. Apparently he wanted to look something up on Google.

September 07

German Fest — My neighborhood in Chicago has a lot of German heritage. This weekend is German-American Fest. Today we had a parade through the streets with bands and floats. Here is a shot of some trumpet players going by.

September 06

Weldi — One thing I like about living in the Chicago is being able to see the city’s history on the buildings. This building is located right under our “El” train tracks in my neighborhood. It is a now a cafe. Apparently it was a welding shop at one point in time.

September 05

Homeless Superman — In the plaza in my neighborhood I saw a figurine sitting up against a lamp pole. It seems that some child must have left him behind. 😦
It turned out to be Superman. But he had a heavy coat on. And pants. It’s as if he truly were homeless. There are a number of homeless folks who hang around here from time to time, so maybe he was just trying to fit in..

September 04

Grape Leaves — Leaves of a grape vine that is stretching into the back alley outside my home. I quickly caught this picture on my way out the door at about 6:45 in the morning.

September 03

Steeple — The steeple of the chapel building on the campus of Trinity International University. Caught this as the sun was beginning to set.

September 02

Green Tomato — There are tomato plants outside my building that are nearly six and half feet tall. They are loaded with green tomatoes right now.

September 01

Yawn — After my son got his first haircut, he was clearly very tired. I caught him mid-yawn.

2 thoughts on “A Pic a Day – September”

Malcolm says:

March 10, 2014 at 6:36 pm

Hi Andrew,

In the last few months I’ve got back into photography after a long absence – it’s been almost 40 years since the last roll of Tri-x ran through my Nikkormat. I found myself a cheap and decent rangefinder on eBay (the now ubiquitous Oly 35RC) but, although poor these days, have been hankering after an SLR.

Today, surfing eBay with no particular camera in mind, I came across a Pentax ME Super with SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 with an hour of auction time left. Not being familiar with the camera or the lens, I’ve been frantically googling, both before and since the sale, as I couldn’t resist the price and what I was reading about it. I found link to this, your site on a post you’d made reviewing the lens on Pentaxforums.com.

All of which is a long, probably unnecessary preamble to what I really want to say:

I’ll be trying to get the best from my lens via film with an older, simpler camera than I imagine you’re using, but it’s great to see confirmation of what the lens is capable of. Every one of your pictures is simply magnificent,

Thanks for the pictures, and thanks for the reassurance ;).

Malcolm

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1. amseaman says:
  
  March 10, 2014 at 10:02 pm
  
  Hey Malcolm,
  
  First of all, it’s always great to hear of someone getting back into photography. Way to go. And thanks for letting me know you checked out my pictures with the lens. And thanks for the kind words about my pictures. The 50mm f1.7 is probably still my favorite manual lens I’ve ever used. It yields some great results. I hope it treats you well, too!
  
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