Chicago
A shout out to my current manager, who organized a perfect meetup. He chose Chicago so it wouldn’t be far to travel for anyone. We traveled on Monday, went home Wednesday. We knocked off at 5pm on Monday and Tuesday, and spent time exploring the city.
Normally my work trips take me to the Bay Area, usually San Francisco proper. And usually there’s not enough time to explore the city, so I just leave my camera behind. I’ll manage a phone shot or two if I’m lucky.
I’m grateful for the chance to stroll the Magnificent Mile and surrounding area (not to mention eating BBQ, Giordano’s, and Italian beef). I took a newly purchased Fujifilm 16mm f2.8. I’m pretty happy with the results, but ideally I get a little better low light performance and a touch sharper. I love the Sigma 30mm f1.4 I bought recently, so rather than shelling out for Fujifilm’s 16mm f1.4, I think I’ll pick up the Sigma version for very similar image quality and less money.
I’m also developing my own teal/orange Lightroom preset based on Fujfilm’s Classic Neg color profile for use in these city architecture/street photos. Let me know what you think before I start using this all the time and potentially embarrass myself.
