I responded to following question on Quora today: “How are the different campuses of UC different?” This was my response: My wife and I have been documenting university architecture across the U.S. for over 6 six years. Having visited close to 600 university campuses, I can only speak to the architectural […]
Plans of photographing colleges in the Northwest and Thereabouts began many months before our departure in late August. Although Carolyn carefully compiled a list of 37 schools, we encountered a few unexpected schools along the way. We allotted three weeks for the trip, giving us some breathing room and a chance to […]
At some point, everyone wonders how to take better pictures. Hopefully, the following basic primer will improve your shots. In this post I assume that you are using a point and shoot camera (P&S) or consumer-level DSLR. Treat your lens as carefully as you treat your eyes The lens is the […]
For several months prior to our October 19, 2013 departure on the road trip that we dubbed The First University Icons Tour Of The South, Carolyn spent countless hours researching prospective colleges and universities in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. We allotted three weeks […]
I retired on May 3, 2013 after 28 years of service at Northwestern University, where I had enjoyed a challenging, but fulfilling, career managing major design and construction projects. Carolyn and I had started University Icons in 2010 and were at a point where the new business demanded my attention. […]
