Working through my Lightroom catalog I came across pictures from our trip to Wisconsin and Chicago. Back in December of 2008 we headed west for Becky and Dan's wedding.
We had an awesome time at the wedding. Normal reality of adulthood has crept into all our lives. As all of us have careers and some of us children it becomes increasingly difficult to spend time with some of our most favorite folks. It was great to spend some time decompressing in our suite with common space.
We planned hit to Chicago before flying back to Boston and I was very psyched. One of my areas of interest is World War Two encryption (refer to our previous trip to Bletchly Park more specifically the German Enigma machine and the Allied efforts to defeat its encryption. At the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago they have one of the four remaining captured German U-Boats (U-505).
We had a great time wandering Chicago. Seeking out native food, taking advantage of the good public transportation and the friendly bus drivers to get around. The weather was cold, but was an excellent part of our winter Chicago experience.
My excitment for U-505 increased my disappointment with my results. The combination of the challanging lighting (simulating the ocean) and my excitement produced many blurry pictures. Unfortunately, I didn't check my results as I shot which would have provided me an opportunity to make some adjustments.
This disappointment served as a reminder for a lesson previously learned and which had fallen away with better equipment. When using unfamiliar equipment, shooting in challenging light or any number of the circumstances that one encounters shooting pictures all over: chimping throughout can save later frustration.
I don't remember a conscious choice not to publish the images, but I'm sure my frustation got the best of me.
Working through these rediscovered images I was happy to find a decreased frustration in my previous results. With a fresh perspective and some distance there were more pictures that were interesting. While the pictures themselves didn't change my ability to appreciate them did.
