A year (or a lifetime) apart

This morning I was photographing the opening of a coffee shop in a retirement community in DeKalb. I made the image on the left when I saw these two elderly gentlemen talking over coffee at a table with a clean orange background. It immediately made me think of an image I took almost exactly a year ago.

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Back in full swing

Shot my first high school game of the season yesterday. On top of high school sports, I am very excited to go to Iowa State to shoot NIU football’s season opener. I think I may even get to throw a Bears game in there!

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Canon 1D Mark 3 with 300mm f2.8

Drakesbad

Two weeks ago I was back in my home state of California on my family’s annual vacation to Drakesbad Guest Ranch in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

My family has been going to Drakesbad every year, well before I was born. In 25 years of existence, I have only missed two trips: when I was 22, and when I was one year old.

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Legs

I’m back from a week-long annual family trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. While editing the images I found these contrasting “accidental images.” It happens when my camera bumps my hip and the shutter goes off.

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Indy 500

You may be expecting to see images of race cars in this post. Sorry, but that is not the case. Just as interesting as the 500-mile race involving 220+ mph machines are the antics the night before, camping out in the area around the track.

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