Editorial Portrait: Federal Judge Posner

Federal Judge Richard Posner poses in his Chambers in Chicago, July 2, 2012. REUTERS/John Gress

Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync. The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc’s (AAPL) smartphone technology battle is questioning whether patents should cover software or most other industries at all.

Headshots: Marshall Titus Album Cover

Chicago photographer album artwork photoshoot

For this shoot I tried something new. I decided to use one of my two new twin 1200-watt HMI movie lights as my main light and then I used two two-foot Kino Flo lights to strip either side of the subjects face. By using continuous lighting I was able to see the light in real time which was so much more fun than shooting with electronic flash and imagining what the light would look like when the strobes fired.

National Cancer Survivors Day March

Participants start the National Cancer Survivors Day march in the in Chicago, June 3, 2012. The participants, which included cancer survivors, as well as members of the health community, family and friends, walked a distance of three miles during the morning’s festivities.