First volleyball match
I shot my first volleyball match of the season tonight at Argenta-Oreana High School. I always forget how loud high school volleyball girls are… the shrieking noise that their lungs pump out is louder than a dozen Sun Chips bags. You’d think I would learn. The lighting was weird tonight. Everything was nice and even at the [...]
Early Harvest
The weather around here has been hot and dry, so the farmers are getting ready for an early harvest. I had an assignment for the newspaper to take pictures of a local farmer making preparations to harvest his crops. I don’t know much about farming, so I’m thankful that David, the farmer I was sent [...]
Water Aerobics
Last week I had an assignment to shoot a water aerobics class at the Decatur Athletic Club for a health story. Usually these are indoors in crappy light, so I grumbled about it for a little bit. I changed my tune a little bit when I realized that it was in an outdoor pool… nothing [...]
Prep football — Week 1
Tonight was the season-opener for area high school football and I got to shoot a good game between Central A&M and Unity. The weather was fantastic. The light was nice. It was a good way to start the year off. I had some frustrating computer problems while transmitting from the sidelines, but hopefully I can [...]
Sneak Peek — Ryan and Maranda
I met Ryan and Maranda at Allerton Park for a nice morning of engagement photos… It turned out to be a great shoot. Great couple at an awesome park with moderately cooperative weather. The day was even better after Maranda gave me a plate of cookies. Here are a couple frames that I liked before [...]
Update from the zoo
I shot an assignment at Scovill Zoo in Decatur earlier this week that I’m really excited to share, but it hasn’t run yet… so instead I give you a picture of Galapagos Tortoises wrestling with each other. I’m not an animal expert, but that’s what I heard a mother tell her child they were doing.
Teen hangouts
I hate assignments that make me feel like an old man. Mother Nature reminds me about it every day, I don’t need any more reminders. Recently, I had an assignment to photograph teenagers hanging out at Sportsman’s Park in Decatur. Several years ago the cool thing to do in town was drive up and down [...]
Macon County Fair
I spent a few days at the Macon County Fair back in June… my apologies to the three people that check my blog repeatedly. I’m sure you were all anxiously waiting for pictures of miscellaneous livestock and rain-soaked carnival workers. Your wait is finally over. Fair overall (Herald & Review)
Female boxer
I got to photograph a local boxer at the SkyWalker International Sports Complex training for the 2010 USA Boxing National Championships earlier last month. I would have loved to spend more time with her and actually covered her fighting in a match, but it was a quick in-and-out assignment at the last minute right before [...]
New Monticello pool
The newly renovated Monticello Family Aquatic Center finally opened up at the beginning of July and I had the rough assignment to make some images for the newspaper. Yes, I got to kick my shoes off and walk through the children’s play pool for a few minutes while on the clock, but there were some [...]