this week’s session of the week

One of my sessions this week took me to the Chicago Botanical Garden’s Plant Science center. I hadn’t known this was on the grounds, and will return with my teen so she can view the projects, and scientist at work.

For a couple of years I did most of the editorial photography for Northwestern research magazine, so I got to visit many many labs, and hear about the research projects leading the the health, environmental and engineering worlds. It was a part of my work that I really enjoyed. Partly to test myself, to quickly read the lighting situations, and comfortably photograph people who did not love the idea of being in front of the camera, but also because I learned so much about what they were doing, get a little insider view of the fascinating work. I hadn’t been in a lab in a little while, so this was a fun session for me.

Scientist in lab working

Detail of seed extraction

Portrait at Chicago Botanical Garden