las vegas

yesterday, august 26th, my wife and i celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. i surprised her in the morning by driving up on a vespa [ a rented vespa courtesy of windy city scooters ], and we drove all around chicago and explored new parts of neighborhoods that …

jonshaft.com

just launched today, the new jonshaft.com

take a look and let me know what you think. i'll be updating it regularly with photographs and news.

hasselblads are forever

this friday - april 20th - alex, rachel, erica and I were faced with a question - what to do on a typical friday evening? go to a bar and spend money on alchohol, rent a movie, watch a movie at the theatre, and many other possibilities. other questions arose such as, …

chicago's underground tunnels

I am just learning now, that these tunnels were built to carry coal, packages, and food to businesses around the loop. they built nearly 60 miles of tunnels, and later closed off and converted some into subways. there are now 40 some miles of underground tunnels …

Professional Photographer of the Year [ landscapes ]

At the end of september, I received notice that I had been selected as the winner of the "professional photographer of the year 2005/2006" contest by professional photographer magazine [uk]. I was invited to attend the awards ceremony in london, but I declined as I had …