See What You Missed – Chicago Photography Center
In the days immediately following the Sun-Times laying off it’s entire photo staff everyone wanted to do something. The Chicago Photography Center approached us with the idea of producing new work that...
View ArticleWells Fargo CEO John Stumpf – For the Chicago Tribune
I recently did a quick portrait of Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for the Chicago Tribune. It was a really fun shoot as I got to hang out with the cool PR folks and we scouted numerous rooms in the...
View ArticleFerro Set My People Free!
I was going to keep this between myself and Ferro, but after a STM freelancer told me he wasn’t working for them anymore because he was so insulted by the comments in Chicago Magazine I had to share...
View ArticleChicago Tribune PechaKucha at the House of Blues
Wow, so I had an awesome Monday. Not only did this little blog do a ton of traffic, which I pay for soooo there’s that, but I got to talk for six minutes to a packed crowd on the stage of the House of...
View ArticleLord Stanley’s Cup
I was recently hired to shoot video of one of the Chicago Blackhawks’ employees having their day with the cup. Of course I took some stills when I could. Man it’s really cool to see grown men cry...
View ArticleSeason Past
The last few months have been a lot of football. The awesome thing about my new client(s) is they send me to shoot the best games. Not just whatever fits best into the schedule with 4 others...
View ArticleLast year, a lifetime ago
I have a guitar shaped USB drive that my students know well. Every week in my Photojournalism class at Medill they put their images on it (if they can’t get the damn FTP to work) and I was pulling off...
View ArticleBest of 2013 – Medill Photojournalism
Looking back I can definitely say 2013 was the year my career and voice was reborn. I was supposed to return to my former job on Jan. 1, and I just couldn’t do it. After spending 3 months at home with...
View ArticleThe Dog House and TSA-team for the Wall Street Journal
Last week I improbably had two Wall Street Journal shoots in the span of two hours. It was super fun, like the best of my old newspaper days. I hung out with Mario and Julie Greco who currently have 6...
View ArticleNot Perfect, but Amazing
“Rob, you don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” It was one of those days. There have been lots of them in the last year. When you honestly think about giving it up and trying something new. You...
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