Closed For The Season - Part 2

The Waukegan, IL Harbor & Marina may be closed for the season, but the photo opportunities in and around the area are not.

Sony A7Cii @ f2 & f8 | 50mm

Leitz Wetzlar 50mm F2 Summicron

All Photographed 1/7/26

Closed For The Season-Part 2

Dockside Ice Cream

Live Bait & Tackle

Behind The Chainlink

Rail King

Closed For The Season

52 Frames - Week 2 - Rule of Thirds

A literal and interpretive representation of this rule photographed at the Waukegan Harbor & Marina in Waukegan, IL.

Sony A7Cii @ f2 | 1/1600 | 50mm | ISO 100

Leitz Wetzlar 50mm F2 Summicron (adapted)

Photographed 1/7/26

Nutcracker

52 Assignments Exposure 40 - Hard Day's Light

Shadow play on the pier at Waukegan, IL beach.

Sony A7Cii @ f8 | 1/640 | 50mm | ISO 125

Leitz Wetzlar 50mm F2 Summicron (adapted)

Photographed 1/7/26

Sitting On The Dock

52 Frames - Week 39 - Soundtrack

Waukegan Harbor

Waukegan, IL

One intention with this week's challenge was to shoot it with film and process at home in time to meet the deadline.

Out shooting with a recently acquired film camera and a new (to me) lens, this scene immediately brought to mind the infamous Otis Redding song.

Leica CL @ 50mm | Kodak Tri-X 400 | ISO 400

Leitz Wetzlar 50mm F2 Summicron

Photographed 9/24/25

Stranded

52 Assignments Exposure 17 - Movie Maker

A road less traveled.  Bad things can happen here.

Sony A7Cii @ f4.5 | 1/4000 | 15mm | ISO 200

Voigtlander VM 15mm F4.5 (adapted)

Photographed 12/28/24

Hidden Sunrise

A few photos from a sunrise photo walk at Waukegan Harbor & Marina and the Waukegan Municipal Beach in Waukegan, IL on 6/2/24.  Weather predicted was intermittent clouds at 5:17am sunrise; what we experienced was complete cloud cover until after 8am.  Nonetheless, it was a successful morning of photography.  

Blue Hour Boats

Sony A7IV @ f8 | 1/4 | 28mm | ISO 100

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Golden Hour Boats

Sony A7IV @ f11 | 1/20 | 28mm | ISO 200

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Mast Chaos

Sony A7IV @ f8 | 1/30 | 135mm | ISO 100

Canon 135mm F3.5 (adapted)

Solitude

Sony A7IV @ f11 | 1/1250 | 70mm | ISO 250

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Morning Calm

Sony A7IV @ f11 | 1/1250 | 105mm (equiv) | ISO 160

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

All photographed 6/2/24

Crazy Encounter

Went out photographing and met these guys at the municipal beach in Waukegan, IL.  Air temperature was 21F,  water temperature was 35F, and they were intent on taking a swim.

Heading In

Sony A7 IV @ f8 1/2000 35mm ISO 100

Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

Heading Out

Sony A7 IV @ f8 1/1600 35mm ISO 100

Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

Not Phased & Frozen

Sony A7 IV @ f4 1/1600 18mm  ISO 100

Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

All Photographed 2/17/23