They’re the product of our photo shoot with photographer Joanne Spyridakos Hansen last Saturday. My favorite shots are the ones we got by Buckingham Fountain, which had just been turned on for the year.

We started our shoot in Millenium Park where, despite having secured permission in advance, we ran into the same problems many other photographers have experienced attempting to take pictures in Chicago’s new crown jewel park. That’s a long story I’ll save for another day.

Joanne does good work. Her website, www.joannesphotography.com, is under construction at the moment, but there’s a link there to contact her if’n you want to get in touch.