Chicago Photographer- DAVID JOEL 877-712-8525

Complex Surgery

2011-12-17T08:20:00.002-06:00

Workers in Sterile, Medical facility

2011-12-17T08:17:00.001-06:00

Goodbye

2011-12-17T08:14:00.004-06:00

Hard to Breathe for these Guys

2011-11-16T12:02:00.000-06:00

The Bishop

2011-11-07T06:50:00.000-06:00

Big Blue

2011-11-06T08:07:00.000-06:00

Nursing Home

2011-10-31T07:28:00.000-05:00

Busy

2011-10-29T20:28:00.000-05:00

A Young Poet

2011-10-08T19:48:00.000-05:00

Surgeons

2011-10-01T08:18:00.000-05:00

In Prison

2011-08-04T20:58:00.000-05:00

Race Car in the City

2011-07-31T07:26:00.000-05:00

Another Poet

2011-07-25T19:52:00.000-05:00

Intense

2011-06-13T19:41:00.002-05:00

Jewish Madonna

2011-06-11T09:44:00.001-05:00

The Importance of Water

2011-05-05T19:43:00.000-05:00

Mayor Daley- still the politician after 25 years!

2011-03-17T07:49:00.001-05:00

Corporate Honchos

2011-03-13T06:38:00.000-05:00

Corporate

2011-02-24T13:42:00.000-06:00

Mayor Daley of Chicago wins again!

2011-02-22T13:50:00.000-06:00

Friends

2011-02-21T20:40:00.000-06:00

Who is this celebrity?

2011-01-30T07:36:00.000-06:00

Horsey

2011-01-25T06:42:00.000-06:00

Writing Class

2010-11-27T20:30:00.000-06:00

Fancy Art Gallery

2010-10-25T20:25:00.000-05:00

Jews & Christians

2010-10-23T07:30:00.000-05:00

College!

2010-08-20T20:16:00.000-05:00

Science & Ice

2010-06-23T15:30:00.000-05:00

Cool "Lines"and "Patterns"

2009-12-30T11:24:00.000-06:00

3rd Biggest Mine in North America

2009-11-19T10:24:00.000-06:00

Rocks

2009-11-19T10:22:00.000-06:00

The Entertainer

2009-10-23T07:30:00.000-05:00

Sunrise Service- Lake Michigan - Chicago

2009-09-13T07:16:00.001-05:00

Altar boys

2009-09-07T16:37:00.005-05:00

Provocative portrait

2009-09-07T16:36:00.003-05:00

Grade school

2009-09-07T16:34:00.001-05:00

Parishoners

2009-09-07T16:21:00.000-05:00

Obama Likes this Place in Chicago near his home

2009-09-04T16:16:00.001-05:00

Workers of the World....!

2009-08-21T16:18:00.000-05:00

Dogs

2009-07-30T18:06:00.002-05:00

Really BIG Show

2009-07-30T18:01:00.002-05:00

Suspicious photographer (AP guy I think)

2009-07-10T12:41:00.004-05:00

NASCAR is so very commercial- Joliet, Illinois

2009-07-10T12:18:00.007-05:00

Immense cold steel mill- Gary, Indiana

2009-06-25T22:47:00.005-05:00

Ms. Illinois and friends- Chicago

2009-06-25T07:20:00.001-05:00

Incredibly agile dancers

2009-06-23T06:05:00.002-05:00

Dancers who came out on stage with such a rush of energy

and movement I could barely follow them. And they never

stopped-- creating endless shapes and patterns with their

bodies. Very exciting and completely unique.

A (very) Jewish bartender- Milwaukee, WI

2009-06-23T06:02:00.005-05:00

The tatoo says 'Our Father our King hear our voice'-- A VERY well known and famous piece of the Jewish high holiday liturgy which everyone knows SAYS Jewish in the strongest way possible actually-- it is also, in Hebrew, a beautiful and familiar rhyme: (transliteration: avenu malkeinu, shema koleinu)

ALSO-- the letters are PERFECT Hebrew block letters-- with vowels to boot (Hebrew often written without vowels but this has all the details)...In other words any and everyone who knows even the most minimum of Hebrew could actually read this even if didn't know what it meant.

He's not angry-- just into it.

2009-06-11T17:09:00.000-05:00

A bit.. scarey

2009-05-27T16:45:00.000-05:00

Cuts the Wind-Iowa

2009-05-23T06:02:00.001-05:00

Enthusiasm

2009-04-18T22:36:00.000-05:00

Easter services

2009-04-18T22:35:00.001-05:00

Crowd

2009-04-09T16:26:00.000-05:00

Industrial America

2009-03-28T14:39:00.006-05:00

Immense vehicle- grain elevator

200 miles from nearest airport

American Schools

2009-03-18T14:41:00.002-05:00

Students and teacher

Cool Guys- Daley College, Chicago

2009-03-09T14:01:00.001-05:00

Very talented college men

Snakes

2009-02-23T08:15:00.003-06:00

Fancy urban fitness center

2009-02-06T08:09:00.001-06:00

Over the top fancy place- lots of yuppies- Downtown Chicago

VERY sick Child

2009-01-13T21:12:00.005-06:00

Knee Doctor

2009-01-13T20:57:00.005-06:00

Mr Virtual Reality

2009-01-10T08:00:00.004-06:00

Big Truck

2009-01-09T20:46:00.005-06:00

Truck as a lot bigger and went higher than I thought it would- way higher.

Singers

2009-01-09T08:00:00.001-06:00

They were very...emotional singers!

Wash Up?

2009-01-08T07:04:00.004-06:00

2009-01-02T11:48:00.003-06:00

North side of Chicago: This is a old bank vault in the sub basement of a former bank.-- Filthy environment- even the metal had 1/8th inch of dust and grime on it.
The Nikon D3 made this one possible.
Asa 1000, 2 small hot lights positioned off camera and a bit of control of the reflections-- Glamour and dramatic lines appear!

2008-12-23T06:41:00.001-06:00

South side of Chicago: This was an extraordinary factory--like entering the 19th century. It is a foundry used for shaping and refining large metal disks. It was easily 95 degrees in the plant and noisier than most. My assistant followed me around with two 1000 watt hot lights which we used to bring out at least some detail in the foreground of our photos. The contrast was extremely high between the super bright red hot objects and the nearly dark surroundings. Plus the operator was moving quite quickly as he pushed the objects in and out of the machinery. Hard to catch him at a moment that worked visually.

Sunrise Service

2008-12-09T20:10:00.002-06:00

4am- Hundreds of people came out for a sunrise service- very moving- almost impossible to photograph in the

near-dark.

2008-12-01T11:51:00.001-06:00

Eastern Iowa: This warehouse had virtually no light- NONE- it was almost pitch black- even hard to see where I was walking But with the Nikon D3 (and the 14-24mm zoom), and a tripod, and about a 20 second exposiure, detail
and contrast appear magically, And there was almost no color-- just silvery, gray tubes of steel.
But the mixed light of sodium vapor and some daylight filtered in from the ceiling, and the reflections from this light resulted in a colorful, and dynamic image. Impossible without digital and the D3.

2008-11-27T11:03:00.002-06:00

This is a conceptual photo-- a true collaboration with

an art director. Required at least 3 hours effort with gels, lenses, and lots of photoshop manipulation

2008-11-10T13:15:00.009-06:00

Southern Wisconsin: These men are extremely high paid computer engineers working as a team in a 'boiler room' with 30-40 other engineers. The place is kept very dark so they can comfortably see all the detail on their screens. Very hard to photograph in- particularly when there is the slightest movement.

This photo was shot almost in the dark-- at 3200asa- with the Nikon D3. The 'noise' in the high res. version is almost non existent-- the photo has been used as a double truck in an annual report. Amazing quality.

Private transportation- Hyannis, Massachusetts

2008-11-09T17:36:00.007-06:00

Hyannis, Massachusetts: Hanger shot for a web site that manufactures the doors (!) for commercial hangers.

The D3 Nikon camera was able to handle the contrast between the sky and the interior of the hanger and the shadow of the plane. This photo is the main shot on the splash page of the web site

2008-11-09T17:32:00.008-06:00

Chicago: Very intense drummer photographed during a religious service at a mega-church. 2500 asa with the D3. The key here was that my client allowed me intimate access on stage to all the activities. Since there was a lot of noise and movement (dancers were just behind me) I was not at all obtrusive as I stayed low adjacent to the drummer

2008-11-09T17:31:00.004-06:00

Indiana: Industrial worker in a 'cold' steel mill near Indianapolis. Only light is from the high carbon arcs in the ceiling. Very hard to get an exposure but sheen of metal reflected light back into the worker's face-- just enough to capture the atmosphere you see here

2008-11-09T17:29:00.004-06:00

Chicago: Shot with the Nikon D3 and 13-24mm lens-- at 3200 ASA..... I am essentially hanging from a large cherry picker near the roof. The environment is nearly dark except for the window light and small chandeliers throughout. Yet with the proper settings on the cameras I was able to make the interior look bright and detailed. I don't believe this shot could have been done on film or without the Nikon D3 at high ASA and minimal digital noise.

2008-11-09T17:19:00.006-06:00

Indianapolis: Army recruiters showing off how things are done at the pre-race show for the Indy 500 race. This is the army's current strategy to attract young kids: give them a challenge almost made into a game.

2008-11-09T17:15:00.006-06:00

Denver: Fabulous color on a cold morning....We had the two models pose on the dish antenna for scale. The magenta in the sky only lasted for 5 minutes.

2008-11-08T22:19:00.008-06:00

Bloomington, Indiana: At the (locally) famous "Little Indy" bicycle race at the University of Indiana. My approach to these kind of photos is get very close with a medium wide lens (28mm or so). This allows intimacy of expression but still gets a sense of environment. "Close & Wide" is what I call it.