Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2025 03 21

Good Boy wants to go outside. EZ Inn, Chicago, Illinois. February, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

Open yourself up to chance.

Today I walked to work, as I usually do, and I took a different path than usual, as I always try but usually fail to do. As a reward, I ran into a friend and got to hear about her trip to Europe. I then encountered some animals and made a few photos of scenes I encountered.

Then, as I ate my lunch at the studio, this Alec Soth video (below) played.

Open yourself up to chance as often as you can and rewards will follow.

-Clayton

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2025 02 11

Dog at bar. Chicago, Illinois. October, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

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2025 02 02

“You know, people just don’t understand what is involved in this — this is an art form! You know, I think that most people just think that I hold a camera and point it at stuff, but there’s a heck of a lot more to it than just that.”

-Larry, talking to a woman at the bar, towards the end of Groundhog Day.

I’d never caught that moment before, but I still love the movie, despite them making the photojournalist the lamest character involved.

-Clayton

It’s Buddy the dog, but did he see his shadow? Chicago, Illinois. October, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

“You know, people just don’t understand what is involved in this — this is an art form! You know, I think that most people just think that I hold a camera and point it at stuff, but there’s a heck of a lot more to it than just that.”

-Larry, talking to a woman at the bar, towards the end of Groundhog Day.

I’d never caught that moment before, but I still love the movie, despite them making the photojournalist the lamest character involved.

Bing!

-Clayton

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2025 01 28

Buddy the dog. Chicago, Illinois. January, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

One of the first images made with my new Ricoh GRiii (it has a wider lens, hdf filter, and less dust on the sensor than my Ricoh GRiiix).

It’s always nice to have a pet in the house to use as a test subject when working with new cameras. Buddy didn’t mind.

-Clayton

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