Chicago - Lensbaby

I was recently lucky enough to find myself in Chicago
Having been to a few US cities I kinda knew what to expect, however I still found myself surprised by 2 things.

1. Chicago is a great city, just the sort of place I could see myself living. It has everything and all within walking distance or a short ride on public transport. There is no real need to drive or take a cab. 

2. My US colleagues seemed overly worried about our safety.There is a distinct air of fear stateside, we were constantly told about how Chicago is the murder capital of the US and how crime is a real problem etc. etc. but to be quite honest, other than a couple of people sleeping rough we saw nothing that was remotely off putting about the place. The people were friendly, we walked to and from the office every day and didn't experience so much as a honked horn.



Whilst in the office I was able to get up to a reasonably high vantage point and although this was nowhere near as high as the Willis (Sears) tower, it was high enough to allow me to try out my lensbaby composer. 

I sold something.

Well it wasn't actually me who sold it, it was Getty Images.
I have a few images with Getty, ones which were selected by a Getty researcher, and so far I haven't made enough money to be paid.
There are two reasons for this.


1.  I don't have very many images with them ( the current count is 9 ).
2.  Getty take the lions share of the fee. It's an 80/20 split in their favour.


My last sale was to a singer/songwriter named Jennifer Armour. The image itself is of a vinyl record on a record deck ( remember those ). So far it hasn't appeared on her site but I am hopeful. Who knows, it may even be a potential album cover.