Mark Marano

in / near the Holey Land Wildlife Management Area and Stormwater Treatment Areas (a few miles west of U.S. Hwy 27, between Lake Okeechobee and Alligator Alley)  

[this one's at a different spot as the night before i tried to help pull a guy's truck out of the sand/water - his back end was in the bay! i got to try 4 low on my truck, though the rope we found wasn't strong enough so he had a tow truck pull him out with a cable]

it was beautiful to wake up in the middle of the night to nothing but the continuous sound of the waves of the atlantic ocean crashing into the beach

i thought of driving to lake geneva on the weekend though the forecast called for rain, so i decided to take a break from work and go for a ride while it was still partly sunny..

biked over to kenyon farm forest preserve..

biking to the bank to deposit the check carmax gave me for my civic

biking over at poplar creek forest preserve..

It feels great to be alive. I just feel this beautiful energy running in me. It’s a little excitement, it’s a little love, it’s a little indescribable. It’s from an amazing weekend! Friday night went to the Kirtan concert, Saturday went to a Bodhi then hung out with Matt, Meredith, Maggie, and Amira, and then rode my bike to shoot this time-lapse at a spot Maggie suggested at the end of North Avenue Beach (somehow I never knew about this [...]

Here are a couple shots off the roof of Joe’s building..    

this is rendered as a cross-eyed 3d image (cross your eyes so your left eye is looking at the right image and your right eye is looking at the left image.. slowly uncross your eyes until you see a third 3d image appear in between the left and right images. it’s easier with a larger image: maximize the window and reload the page. you may have to adjust how far from the screen you sit)

decided to head north from where I slept at Lake Apopka to the Ocala National Forest and Palatka.. leaving the parking lot at Ravine State Gardens where I worked, and heading toward Crescent Beach on the east coast.. drove a little south to a spot just south of Marineland:

went for drive in the country in my new truck.. ended up past rockford!

riding the metra from chicago back to elgin

biking up the trail from joe’s [turning around at a fallen tree]

clouds passing by above my car at kenyon farm forest preserve..

out the window at Kevin’s apartment in Logan Square..

I drove over to Kenyon Farms County Forest Preserve today.. here’s a short shot riding with Joe over to Al’s Cafe in downtown Elgin.. We learned a little history about Elgin from our waiter.. apparently there are underground tunnels downtown with the old storefronts from before the road was raised..

this is rendered as a cross-eyed 3d image (cross your eyes so your left eye is looking at the right image and your right eye is looking at the left image.. slowly uncross your eyes until you see a third 3d image appear in between the left and right images. it’s easier with a larger image: maximize the window and reload the page. you may have to adjust how far from the screen you sit)

driving to the ‘large green patch’ on Google Maps..

..and first time-lapse shot from the roof:

went for a drive north, ended up in Buffalo Park Forest Preserve.. at first it seemed just like an ordinary park, though after relaxing a bit, I began to feel connected to nature and the energy there. I spent a good little bit of time photographing and exploring [will process and upload these images sometime soon].. then decided to drive up to the top of one of the garages in Elgin afterwards [which was a little nerve-racking as despite the [...]

biked to the garage across from the townhome development here

had a feeling there’d be some interesting light out.. and I almost didn’t go out to experience it! by the time I went out to see it, I felt it was too late to set up a ‘normal’ time-lapse and I had gotten a little tired of shooting so many of those lately.. I grabbed the 12mm lens and started shooting.. after experiencing the beautiful light for a while and taking shots in many directions, I felt inspired to put [...]

went to read at the park across the street from joe’s..

Gina had a luau party for Cory and Aly.. here’s a camera I set up on the roof..