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I really wanted some intellectual photographs of Chicago that caught the urban feel to the city - but I wanted them to be really random shots. I didn’t know how to explain to Royce what I wanted. I actually didn’t even try. Frankly, I’ve never felt very comfortable around Royce when he has his camera out. Well - I do now - in 2008. But ever since he traded up his first … my first … camera - I’ve always felt very excluded from his photography. And he’ll be the first to admit that I was, in every way, excluded from his hobby. Until now. Now it’s different. But all that is for a different time - different place - different blog.

We were nearing the end of our vacation in the Windy City and I knew that Royce had only been snapping family photos. Kids and such. So I hastily and with a bit of courage to get over my meekness, asked him to take a photo of an alleyway we were walking past. I thought the skyscraper that you could see peering through the dark alley was just way too cool. And I wanted a picture of it. But I couldn’t communicate that to Royce and so I just said, “Take a photo - yes, of this. I know but just do it.”

So imagine my surprise when he just emailed me THIS PHOTO.

Isn’t it awesome!!??

It’s exactly what I wanted.

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