Went to Chicago again and I realized that I have never seen the river in its yearly artificial green state. We were up there for The Walker Stalker Con, which is a walking dead convention held near O’hare. We got our hands on some free passes from our friend Brandon and decided to make a weekend of it. There were lots of vendors hawkin’ zombie themed merch, but there were also lots of cast members there. You could get your autograph or picture with them for a fee. None of us opted for that but we still got to see them up close, and that gave us as much celebrity interaction as we needed. There were also free Q & A panels that were cool.
After the con, we played with the idea of going to Second City to see some improv, but we were pooped and just ended up calling it an early night at the hotel. Wouldn’t you know it, a bunch of the cast members from the Walking Dead went to that show and Steven Yeun apparently even went on stage for a bit. That would have been really cool but we missed it. We still had a good time though.
On Sunday, Jesse and Mari Ann dropped me off downtown while I took some pictures of the green river. That was a lot easier and cheaper than paying to park. I didn’t end up using any HDR pictures in my photo 52 project like I wanted to but I say it’s better late than never! I went pretty strong on the HDR effects but I like the way they turned out. I am still learning that balance.
