Northern Lights on the Lakefront
In which Distant Era spontaneously captures the Northern Lights in Chicago over Lake Michigan on Thursday, October 10, 2024.…
Happy Independence Day Weekend
During Independence Day week, we photographed two theatre shoots, prepared for Gen Con portraiture, and traveled to Michigan for sunsets and fireworks over the lake…
Introducing Gods and Heroes of the Aegean
Distant Era previews our latest series, Gods and Heroes of the Aegean, a photography compositing series about Greek mythology.…
Projecting Patterns with an Optical Spot
In March, we experimented with an optical spot lighting modifier, trying it out with some of the actors from Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of WHAT THE WEIRD SISTERS SAW. We tried…
Journey to the Eclipse, 2024
I saw the 2024 eclipse at a rest area off of I-70 around Greenfield, Indiana. I’d scouted this place out on the way to Dayton a couple days prior, hoping to pull…
Learning from Painting
Distant Era looks at the creative process through from the perspective of hobby miniature painting after an incident with a tornado in 2013…
Elizabeth MacDougald as Nightmist
Distant Era does Sentinels of the Multiverse in this quick Nightmist cosplay edit with Elizabeth MacDougald…
Disney Noir 2019
Before Distant Era, in January 2019, Mary-Kate Bullaro organized a Disney Noir shoot for her Fantasy Is Reality project. These were some of our experiments…
Preserve Your Memories
Time it was,And what a time it wasIt was . . .A time of innocenceA time of confidences Long ago . . . it must be . . .I have a photographPreserve…
The Wedding of Hannah and Max
In mid-January, Distant Era was honored to photograph the wedding of Hannah and Max among the gorgeous architecture of Chicago's City Hall…