Tuesday, August 31, 2010

120 film

Scenes from Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Montreal & Chicago from perhaps 2006-07 shot on medium format. I’m putting together a small photography show for 15 or so of my photos at InnJoy here in Chicago on September 9th. I wanted to include the last image contained in this post, which was actually shot on 35mm film and cropped square. The rest of the images in this post are all 120 film which I found while hunting for the final image. I enjoyed them and liked the summer-vibes they gave me so I thought it was fitting to post a few here before winter’s grip takes ahold of us once again… I’ll do a post about the show once the details are finalized, in case anyone in town wants to stop by to check it out. (models include The Glamour, Sean Dorgan & Ryan Prouty)

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Friday, August 20, 2010

obama in chicago

Scenes from President Obama’s trip to Chicago, August 5, 2010. I got my Presidential photo revenge! I once again covered a couple Obama appearances for my friend who works on the Quinn for Illinois campaign. The President spoke at a Ford plant on the far south side of Chicago which recently announced plans to increase production, thus creating many new jobs for the area. It was very interesting to see all the familiar Chicago and Illinois politicians strolling around a few feet in front of me. Some were chatting with voters and others were having seemingly heated conversations with one another–namely Governor Quinn and Mayor Daley.

After that it was off to a fundraiser event for Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias at the Chicago Cultural Center downtown. Upon leaving the building, I was amazed to see how many people had made their way downtown in hopes of catching a glimpse of Barack Obama as he left the building. There had to be at least a few thousand people lining the streets. Perhaps that hopey-changey feeling hasn’t faded away completely…

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Brandon - Awesome Clayton. You are Awesome!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

longman & eagle

Photos from Longman & Ealge, Chicago. I can appreciate when people go the extra mile to make things unique and top quality. While Chicago’s fairly new restaurant & bar Longman & Eagle isn’t breaking any barriers, it’s a solid establishment that focuses on quality food items, whiskey, and eventually an inn upstairs that will feature (I think) five rooms and is currently under construction. The partners involved in L&E (see below) are also the faces behind some of Chicago’s other more reputable venues–namely The Empty Bottle and Beauty Bar, which was recently transformed from its former life as Sonotheque.

Tip for shooting people: Use a tripod whenever possible (even if you don’t need one!) If you have the time and plan on shooting a variety of takes, it can come in handy when positioning becomes important. I did not use one in the shots of the chef up top, but I should have. It might not be noticeable to you, but a small thing like the positioning of someone’s head can be important. For instance, not having the window frame sticking out of the top of it. Ideally, the subject should’ve been right in the center of the window frame. Once you lock down a composition–with a tripod–you can focus on the small details a lot easier…

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

kid color

Photos of Kid Color, Chicago. Kid Color is a pal of mine and is one of my favorite Chicago DJs. He’s also been producing his own music more and more, which is why we did these photos. You can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/kidcolormusic

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Frank - Hey, I follow your website pretty often and I just had a quick question. By chance do you know what brand of glasses kid color is wearing in the photos?

Thanks

Kid Color - Hey Frank!

My glasses are actually Paul Frank (style: Occasional Voyager). They’re originally sunglasses but I turned them into prescription.

Hope this helps!

Kyle

Monday, July 26, 2010

sunday kickball

Scenes from Humboldt Park, Chicago. July 11, 2010. This is how I spend many of my Sunday afternoons in summer. Drinking, kicking balls (and on this particular Sunday, racing pinewood derby cars). I went in a little harder than usual on the post processing. Experimenting and whatnot.

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Benjamin Trevor (Brammeier) - Nice work Clayton. Makes me miss Chicago. And I like the post work experimentation.

juliagoolia - Wow! Beautiful shots, Clayton!!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

jc brooks & the uptown sound

Photos of JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. Chicago, May 26, 2010. I was asked to take some promo photos for one of my favorite Chicago bands, recently featured on this blog for a recent Chicago Reader Photo Pit shoot. This shoot was sort of a last minute deal. Show up at one of the guy’s apartments, wander around the immediate area for some interesting locations and shoot. Luckily for us, there was a great little bar a few blocks down the road that didn’t mind us setting up shop for a little while. Of course, the biggest challenge with shooting a large group of people in a tiny space is that there is little to no room for any lights. I lit all of the interior shots with a single shoot-thru umbrella, which didn’t look half bad. The exterior shots did not exactly work out as I had envisioned (they never do with such a large group), but for the short amount of time we spent on them I think they look nice. Hopefully the guys will have me back another time with some more preparation. In the meantime, take a listen to one of their tracks below (it’s a Wilco cover) and be sure to check them out live if you ever get the chance.

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound – I am Trying to Break Your Heart (Wilco cover) (download mp3)

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