State Track Jube
I drove down to Charleston to shoot the IHSA Boys Track and Field state finals Saturday at EIU… I don’t know if the heat fried my brain, but I had the hardest time shooting the celebration shots (jube for short) as athletes crossed the finish line. Nine times out of ten the runner crosses the [...]
Name my bike
I’m rocking a new bike (a 2011 Giant Escape) thanks to my work and our local bike shop, Spin City Cycles… I brought her home last week and have put about 20 miles on already. This is definitely the fanciest bike I’ve ever been on… it’s not even a ridiculously fancy bike in bike terms, [...]
Bat Phone
I noticed this phone on a table while shooting an assignment in a recording studio at Millikin University last week. It’s always good to know where your nearest Bat Phone is in case of an emergency.
Derby Day
I got to shoot the derby yesterday. Sadly, not the Kentucky Derby… but the Greater Decatur Duck Derby in the parking lot of the Children’s Museum of Illinois. You can’t go wrong with 5,000 rubber ducks, a boatload of kids and thousands of gallons of water. I was hoping for some more excitement from the [...]
Spring Games
I got to shoot the Central Illinois Special Olympics Spring Games at Millikin University yesterday… had a blast. My assignments were scheduled so tightly yesterday that I didn’t get to spend much time there at all. Luckily I got there when I did because I only got to see a couple races before everyone took [...]