Enjoy Illinois Mile Marker Program

Enjoy Illionis Mile Markers

Nick Ulivieri | 12.13.12 I’m excited to announce the I’ve been chosen as an Illinois Office of Tourism travel ambassador for their new program – “Mile Markers”!  Amy Larrick will be joining me and we’ll travel to various spots around Illinois blogging…

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The Transit of Venus 2012

Transit of Venus 2012

Venus is visible in the upper right hand corner of the Sun’s disc. Sunspots are also visible on the surface of the sun. Nick Ulivieri | 6.14.12 On June 5th, 2012 sky gazers were treated to a rare celestial treat…

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Giordano’s Gets a New Neon Sign

Sparks rain down on the street as workers prep the existing structural support to accept the new sign

Nick Ulivieri | 5.22.12 If you’ve been down Rush Street in the past few weeks, you may have noticed a brand-spanking new sign hanging from the Giordano’s flagship location on Rush and Superior. A few weeks ago the new sign…

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#3dHawkFeathers – Behind the scenes

3dHawkFeathers 8211 Full Color

  It all started with a sketch (seen at left, edge puck texture was added later) as I waited for some photos to export.  I haven’t done a whole lot of coloring and drawing since high school art class (aside…

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Bear Necessities Interactive Photo Gallery

Completed Interactive Photo Gallery image block detail

Nick Ulivieri | 3.5.12 For the past few months I’ve been doing some volunteer photo-work for the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation. I’ve  been photographing their “Bear Hug” program so that the participating families would have lasting memories of the…

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Photo Blog | Up in the Air

The landing approach to Midway

Nick Ulivieri | 11.8.11 -Click to enlarge- I haven’t been blogging too much lately, not on my blog anyway.  With my #ChicagoLandmarks project in full swing, most of my posts have been focused on Chicago and  posted over at The…

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Photo Blog | The John Hancock Rooftop

A 2 frame panorama as daybreak arrives

When I originally created this blog post back on October 13, it was the day after I had visited the John Hancock rooftop for the first time. Since that time, I had the pleasure of visiting twice more. Once at…

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Photo Blog | Fallinois

Fallinois 4

Nick Ulivieri | 10.11.11 -Click to Enlarge- Check out more photo from my “Fallinois” set on Flickr Fall is in full-swing in Illinois.  The weather in the region has been great, and the colors brilliant.  These photos were taken in…

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