Joe Paterno
I only covered one Illinois football game against Penn State University back in 2009… looks like I won’t be getting another chance to photograph Joe Paterno. Oh well.
Illinois Civil Unions
When I heard that Steve Bean, the Macon county clerk, was opening his doors at midnight for couples to get their civil union licenses I knew I wanted to photograph it… it’s not every day that history happens 30 minutes away from your house. Bean said that, as far as he knew, he was the [...]
Girls State Track
I covered the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium last weekend for a freelance assignment. When I was working at the Herald & Review I had to photograph almost every event to cover all of our local athletes. This weekend was a little more relaxed for me. My [...]
Favorites of 2010
Everybody is posting their “best of” posts full of awesome photos, so I thought I’d share some of my own. I’m not sure if they are my best, but they’re my favorite from 2010. My shift was always loaded with sports but I snuck a few news/feature frames in too… here are my 20 selects [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]