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Category Archives: Personal

Chicago Photojournalism Classes: My students

  I’ve taught Photojournalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University for over ten years, but, in the last seven weeks, I’ve done something different. I had the pleasure of teaching at the Chicago Photography Center, working with adults for the first time. We spent some time outdoors while they learned camera basics,…

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The beach… through my iPhone

I grew up in North Carolina and and visiting Wrightsville Beach is one of my favorite vacation spots with my family.   I’ve posted about this beach several times and my images are usually taken with my iPhone.   This recent trip was no exception.   I documented the sunrise and sunset, shot many people I didn’t know,…

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Kim Cusic Roberts - Miss it already!

Kim Brent - I love the birds and long pier shot and these footprints!

My Favorite iPhone photographs of 2012

My iPhone has taught me a few things about photography.   I’ve been a photographer most of my life, but I’ve never shot landscapes before.   As a photojournalist, I crave people and their emotion in my images. Looking through my 2012 iPhone photographs, there are hardly any people. I found I embraced the light, anywhere I…

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Regina Dieker - Love them all. The duck makes me giggle.

Nate Broshot - Love it Cusic! your an ANIMAL!

Candice C. Cusic - You’re the sweetest, Nate! Thank you!! :-)

Rebecca Ickes - Still awed by that water fountain one. :)

Heather DeCamp - Beautiful!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, through my iPhone…

Traveling can be pretty stressful.   The waiting.   The delays.   The endless lines of people, like yourself, who just want to get somewhere.  Anywhere. During a massive flight delay last month at O’Hare Airport, instead of fuming behind my iPad, I spent the day taking photographs of travelers with my iPhone.  Sticking with the traveling theme,…

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Bermuda… as seen through my iPhone

My sister and I again ventured to Bermuda for vacation, iPhones in hand, and had to cut our trip short because of an impending hurricane. During our short stay, I only focused on Bermuda’s color. I document people most every week, but in Bermuda, I’m not interested in photographing faces… just color, textures, sunsets and…

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Kim Cusic Roberts - I miss it already!

Melanie Ashton Hocking - These are gorgeous! I love the ones of Greenbank! Thank you for sharing!

Ellen Detlefsen - Wow–the two architectural studies of the green Greenbank walls and roofs are spectacular—we do love that guesthouse and the Ashtons! We’ve only been there 35+ times…;^) Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Suzanne Thurwanger - Amazing job! Love it!