I have to travel to Chicago every couple months. It’s just what I need to do since I live in Austin, and most of the team I work with is in our Chicago office.
When I go, I’ve been taking a film camera instead of my digital equipment. I use my phone camera on the plane, and my film camera when I’m walking around. I like having a camera with me, even when I don’t have a camera with me – if you know what I mean.
Here are some of the phone photos I took from the plane on my most recent trip.
Sunset over Illinois 
Chicago lights just before landing at Midway 
Houses just outside Midway Airport 
St. Louis from 35,000 feet 
Cropped photo of St. Louis. The Gateway Arch is just visible at the center 
Chicago just after takeoff. Midway Airport is at the upper left edge of the photo 
The Red River just after crossing from Oklahoma into Texas. It feels good to be home!
I have fun taking photos out the window – and watching the map on my phone so I can follow the plane’s progress. I especially love trying to get photos of Chicago at night. My phone has a night mode. Next time I’ll have to try it to see if it’s any better.
Maybe I’ll post some of photos from my film camera in a separate post. They told me at the airport that the X-Ray machine wouldn’t harm my film, as long as it wasn’t 800 ISO or higher, so I put my camera through with film in it. We’ll see if they’re telling the truth or not.
Mostly Film Photography (GotFilm.org) 
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