Whoniverse Photoshoot - locations?
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knitchick1979So, we're still working on the plan for the next Whoniverse Photoshoot (coming up on Saturday October 23rd!), so I thought I'd put up a poll to get an idea of where people would like to have the shoot. Not just for this shoot, but it'll help for future shoots too ;)
[Poll #1618959]
A few notes:
We did Wright College and Northeastern Illinois University for the first photoshoot, October 2009. Dominican and part of the Museum Campus (Adler Planetarium) were on the schedule for the second shoot back in April 2010.
Wright College has free parking. Dominican has limited visitor parking. NEIU charges $5 for a day parking pass.
Millennium Park has some GREAT locations and backgrounds but there's very limited parking that isn't $25 for a few hours, plus it's usually crowded. Museum Campus is again limited parking that isn't pay, plus it can be crowded at times. Foster Beach will likely be a bit less crowded at the times we do the shoots since there's no swimming at those times.
The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe charges $20 per car for parking (so carpooling a BIG plus!), free admission. Morton Arboretum is $11 per person with free parking.
Downtown Naperville has a ton of free parking, you just need to keep an eye on time limits. Some of the longer term parking spots are a bit further away from the Riverwalk but really, it's not that bad of a walk (I say so since I walked from south of the Riverwalk to just north of the Van Buren garage which has the most long term spots and it really wasn't too bad - I was in the Labor Day parade).
Robinson Woods doesn't have much parking, but some of the nearby forest preserves do. There's a nice clearing in Robinson Woods that I love, but there's also some other great clearings along East River Road.
Please make other suggestions if you have ideas! The aim is cheap (I know I certainly don't want to spend a lot in parking or admission fees), good amount of parking (we try to carpool but the group is getting bigger and bigger, we need probably at least half a dozen spaces if not more), and preferably quiet and uncrowded on a Saturday.
And again don't forget to mark your calendars for October 23rd!
[Poll #1618959]
A few notes:
We did Wright College and Northeastern Illinois University for the first photoshoot, October 2009. Dominican and part of the Museum Campus (Adler Planetarium) were on the schedule for the second shoot back in April 2010.
Wright College has free parking. Dominican has limited visitor parking. NEIU charges $5 for a day parking pass.
Millennium Park has some GREAT locations and backgrounds but there's very limited parking that isn't $25 for a few hours, plus it's usually crowded. Museum Campus is again limited parking that isn't pay, plus it can be crowded at times. Foster Beach will likely be a bit less crowded at the times we do the shoots since there's no swimming at those times.
The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe charges $20 per car for parking (so carpooling a BIG plus!), free admission. Morton Arboretum is $11 per person with free parking.
Downtown Naperville has a ton of free parking, you just need to keep an eye on time limits. Some of the longer term parking spots are a bit further away from the Riverwalk but really, it's not that bad of a walk (I say so since I walked from south of the Riverwalk to just north of the Van Buren garage which has the most long term spots and it really wasn't too bad - I was in the Labor Day parade).
Robinson Woods doesn't have much parking, but some of the nearby forest preserves do. There's a nice clearing in Robinson Woods that I love, but there's also some other great clearings along East River Road.
Please make other suggestions if you have ideas! The aim is cheap (I know I certainly don't want to spend a lot in parking or admission fees), good amount of parking (we try to carpool but the group is getting bigger and bigger, we need probably at least half a dozen spaces if not more), and preferably quiet and uncrowded on a Saturday.
And again don't forget to mark your calendars for October 23rd!
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