I am an amateur photographer living in Chicago. I'm a little interested in everything, from portraits to pets, from architecture to glamour, from street photography to the artsy-fartsy stuff. I've been interested in photography for many years, but I was always discouraged at the thought of having to wait to see how the pictures turned out. I tried digital some years ago, but the process at the time was cumbersome and the pictures weren't all that good. Everything changed when I got a modern small digital camera for Christmas '04. I told myself that I wouldn't buy a better camera until I'd taken 10,000 photos. By Christmas of next year my digital SLR was on order. I've been shooting photos like a madman ever since. Other places to see: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.windypundit.com">My Blog: Windypundit</a> &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/windypundit">My MySpace Page</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Models">Models</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Eminent%20Domain">Eminent Domain Threatened Properties</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/153753">Editorial Images</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/153752">Artsy-Fartsy Stuff</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/153751">Cats</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/gallery/3054709">Gay Pride Chicago 2007</a> &#8212; <a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/244911">2006 Chicago Marathon</a> http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/photos/29533836_rDpTo-300x300-1.jpg http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/ 2009-10-11T06:01:13Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com">Mark</a><br />Titian's Emperor Carlos V on Horseback as Digitized by Google. This is a screen capture demonstrating the zoom-in capability of Google Earth.</p><p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Editorial-Images/Windypundit-Editorial/7215770_paDux#463567745_muPEw" title="Titian's Emperor Carlos V on Horseback as Digitized by Google. This is a screen capture demonstrating the zoom-in capability of Google Earth."><img src="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Editorial-Images/Windypundit-Editorial/WindyVideo-0201-Google-Prado/463567745_muPEw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Titian's Emperor Carlos V on Horseback as Digitized by Google. This is a screen capture demonstrating the zoom-in capability of Google Earth." title="Titian's Emperor Carlos V on Horseback as Digitized by Google. This is a screen capture demonstrating the zoom-in capability of Google Earth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T06:01:13Z Mark http://mdraughn.smugmug.com http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Editorial-Images/Windypundit-Editorial/WindyVideo-0201-Google-Prado/463567745_muPEw-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com">Mark</a><br />Ride Home in 2:51</p><p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Picture-Show/Windypundit-Picture-Show-2008/5204005_d7aj8#322967622_EdVDT" title="Ride Home in 2:51"><img src="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Picture-Show/Windypundit-Picture-Show-2008/WindyVideo-0102b4/322967622_EdVDT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Ride Home in 2:51" title="Ride Home in 2:51" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-30T15:07:32Z Mark http://mdraughn.smugmug.com http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Blog/Picture-Show/Windypundit-Picture-Show-2008/WindyVideo-0102b4/322967622_EdVDT-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com">Mark</a><br />Dozer-20080620a.mp4</p><p><a href="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Pets/Cat-Videos/5217589_VKe6A#316756442_denGE" title="Dozer-20080620a.mp4"><img src="http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Pets/Cat-Videos/Dozer-20080620a/316756442_denGE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dozer-20080620a.mp4" title="Dozer-20080620a.mp4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-20T11:14:32Z Mark http://mdraughn.smugmug.com http://mdraughn.smugmug.com/Pets/Cat-Videos/Dozer-20080620a/316756442_denGE-640.mp4