Chris Wage Photography 

An oldie but a goodie from last year. One of the things I miss the most about living downtown was the ease of night photography around the city.

I went to Chicago this last weekend. This is a view looking north over East Monroe, from the (I believe new) walkway from Millenium Park to the Art Institute of Chicago. Full trip recap here.

It’s hot out.

Fan fair’s in town, folks — which means a veritable cornucopia of tourists offering photographic opportunities. Not this guy, though. I think he’s probably a local.

I’ve been busy working on a photo project, so I haven’t had a lot in the way of photoblog material. So, here’s some crappy rainbow.

So, Nashville is under water. For those of you not from around here, Nashville had a “1000 year flood event” caused by around 16″ of rain in a 48 hour period. I assume this is one of those “oh fuck” situations they use in the Army Corps. of Engineers basic training (do they have that?) to scare the newbies. (YOU CALL THAT A TRUSS, SOLDIER?! THAT TRUSS AIN’T FIT TO SUPPORT YOUR MOMMA’S BE-HIND!! DO IT AGAIN!!) I haven’t had much of a chance to get out and help, much less take any proper pictures, because I’ve been dreadfully ill and cooped up at home, shivering and sweating while my friends and colleagues bravely sandbagged and soldiered on (easily one of the most frustrating and helpless weekends of my life, but anyways). I had to get out today and see some of it for myself. The above picture is where I used to live, Market Street Apartments. While I was out, I ran into a friend that still lives there on the first floor — leaning against a wall on 3rd just crying her eyes out. Shit’s real. It’s not getting a lot of national attention, but it’s real.

How can you help? Well, just go here. Also, keep your eye on this. And if you’re in the Nashville area and I catch you watering your lawn, I’m gonna forcefeed you pictures of the Ghost Ballet until your eyeballs explode.

Meet Gabriel. Gabriel allowed me to take a few photos when I ran into him manning the elevator at the Hotel del Coronado this week.

… for a really terrible pun. Sorry, that was bad, but truss me — I won’t do it again. So yeah. I will not miss sitting in traffic at this particular intersection, but at least it’s photogenic now and then.

I had the opportunity to visit New Orleans for the weekend: a quick whirlwind of food and drink to celebrate the Chinese new year. On Saturday, after a healthy (i’ll keep telling myself that) quantity of food and drink, I got a kind offer from a local to visit a spot he knew on the river with a good view of downtown. He said he enjoyed showing off his town — a sentiment I can relate to. I wish I had more time to explore.. Next time!