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My Best Photos of 2011 Part 6: Weddings

Best of 2011 Part 1: Technology, Part 2: Boy Scouts. Part 3: Personal, Part 4: Sports, Part 5: Occupy
Best of 2010, 2009, and 2008
I had a great year for documenting weddings. I got to shoot two weddings in Chicago which allowed me to work in a city I love, but I never got to explore [...]

Posted 10 January 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Weddings ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

A Groomsman’s view: John and Caitlin’s Wedding

The time I spent living in DeKalb wouldn’t have been the same without John and Caitlin. It took me a long time to “settle” into DeKalb. The condition of my first apartment in DeKalb was far from welcoming and I knew no one.
At the time, John was features page designer and occasional writer at the [...]

Posted 03 October 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Personal § Weddings ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Lisa and Jeremy

Big thanks to Lisa and Jeremy for having me photograph their wedding last month. This was the second wedding I was able to do in Illinois which gave me an excuse to hang out with old friends in Chicago and DeKalb. I had a great time shooting these two and I wish them the best [...]

Posted 02 August 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Weddings ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

2 IPPA Awards

It was a very difficult decision to not attend this year’s Midwest Photo Summit in Evanston, Ill. But thankfully I got some nice news out of it that I had won 2 awards in the Illinois Press Photographers Association Illinois Best of Photography contest.
Sports Action – Honorable Mention
Two Dekalb High School players collide during the [...]

Posted 28 April 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Awards ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

9 Illinois AP Awards

The Illinois Associated Press Editors Association awards were recently announced and I am very happy to say I brought in 9, including 4 first places in division C (under 15,000 circulation). You can read all about the 28 awards The Daily Chronicle raked in as well as a slide show of all the images Rob [...]

Posted 25 April 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Awards ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,