I was given 11 high school kids to shoot for a portrait for our Fall All-Area Football Team. 11 schedules is just way to many to try and coordinate. So instead, I broke them up in to their three schools. But I still needed a theme.
Yesterday I shot the Illinois State Swimming Championships at Evanston High School. Usually an afternoon event, this tournament quickly became an all day event due to numerous official’s equipment failures. To add to the duration of the competition, I had to shoot for three papers. During some events, I had as many as four lanes [...]
I spend a lot of my time shooting sports portraits, but I spend even more time planning them. I am really struggling to find new and creative way of shooting these things. I feel like I keep repeating the same image. Any suggestions on inspiration would be greatly appreciated.
Most people do not want unbiased news. They may say they do, but what they really want is biased news in their favor. One of the hardest part of my job as a photojournalist is explaining what I can and cannot do as a photog. Possibly the worst thing for a photog to do is [...]
Possibly the largest building in Shabbona, Ill., burned to the ground today. Caught this mini-moment of teamwork between firefighters as they attempted to stop the blaze from spreading to the lumber yard next door.
