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Photo pages

I have not had a full photo page since I was in college working at The Daily Illini (it hasn’t been that long since I was there). Here in DeKalb, I have been given several photo pages by both the news and sports designers.
Here is when the Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team won the super [...]

Posted 12 March 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News § Sports ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Street numbers

I have said before, I am not a fan of shooting photo illustrations. Not only because I think there is always a better option, but also because they take a lot of extra time and planning that I don’t always have the resources for. But I did have some fun making this photo illustration:

Posted 10 March 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,

One too many choices

Job fairs have become a very common venue for photos to illustrate the struggling economy and job market. This is because it is an easy way to show unemployed people looking for jobs. We don’t have to hunt for a job seeker. We don’t have to get prior permission from an employer. They show up, [...]

Posted 27 February 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Keeping track of photo gear

Last October, when the officer asked what was missing from my trunk, I grabbed a loose piece of paper and began to write the huge list of gear that was stolen. After I gave him the list, I continued to remember the other pieces of gear I forgotten about. In fact, the next day I [...]

Posted 10 February 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Gear ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: ,

Boy wonder of popcorn sales

A week ago I was at my friend Nick Escobar’s apartment in Chicago and I noticed he had a huge bag of popcorn.
Cut to last Friday and I receive an assignment about a local cub scout who had won 1st place in popcorn sales for his district. The kid sold over $2700 worth of popcorn, [...]

Posted 09 February 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , ,