congrats to the grads

Snow for commencement in April? Anything can happen in Chicago! A video I recently shot and edited: https://www.amandaschwengel.com/2639613-video#e-0
Congratulations 2019 graduates!

road trip north west

Beautiful early morning light on a recent road trip to Minnesota

art + science

Had the great opportunity to photograph Joffrey Ballet dancers the other evening as they demonstrated motion analysis equipment in motion, which will help in analyzing and preventing injuries in elite athletes. Watch the video I made here!: https://vimeo.com/333412919

all about the light

A favorite photo from a recent shoot of 21 year old self-taught tech genius Iddris Sandu 

biomechanics + climbing

Rock climbing, motion capture technology, force plates and dedicated Rush University students are all you need to create an exciting day for young minds! They all celebrated National Biomechanics Day together at Brooklyn Boulders Chicago. A video I put together from a fun shoot last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgJLTQYCQ6c

traveling as a female

Read this article!:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/travel/solo-female-travel.html
And a photo from my own bus ride through the Atlas Mountains...

Have definitely encountered my fair share of situations and otherwise in traveling around the world, and luckily 90% of experiences have been good! However, this article takes me right back to backpacking around Morocco with another female friend in early 2012 (as Arab Spring was taking flight) and having to evade some sort of conflict nearly every day and eventually the worst situation possible - a near kidnapping...

spring...

is a comin

colorado adventuress

A peek at an action packed Colorado weekend...

Check out Dos Luces Brewery in Denver! https://dosluces.com/

Headed west

january work

Some photo work from the past month!
A fun shoot at the Bulls training facility for the Rush Fit Clinic, which teaches students about fitness and nutrition

And portrait shoot, above. two light set up, green gel on the back light.

Early morning for MLK Day (4:30am!) on the West Side serving food to the homeless

And giving out flu shots in Little Village

Food shoot for Cooking and Nutrition cooking demo...

And some construction pics for renovating the Academic Center

getsemani

Scenes around the Getsemani neighborhood

Pablo Escobar's former villa