Here is another update of work from the last two weeks. Well, two or three may be older than that, but I still want to share them.
This kid had the most amazing emotions during his reading/writing tutoring session in DeKalb, Ill. This was how he reacted when he correctly wrote the letter “G.”
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Posted 29 July 2010
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Also tagged: baseball, basketball, ben bates, blood, buisness, coach, collison, dekalb, fortnight, sandwich, seniors, sycamore, update, wrestling
Portraits are so hit or miss for me. Sometimes I can walk away from a shoot more pumped than a documentary assignment. Others, I sweat bullets and get anxious before I am even done shooting. Thankfully, this season’s crop of portraits was mostly anxiety free.
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Posted 29 March 2010
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Personal § Sports
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Also tagged: Big Rock, dekalb, Genoa, GK, HBR, high school, Hinckley, kingston, poy, Sports, sycamore
For some reason I don’t like making a single portrait as the sole pupose of a post. So I tend to accumulate them in a folder on my desktop waiting to be posted as a group. Here are some portraits I’ve shot over the past few weeks. Nearly all of them are sports portraits (sportraits), [...]
Not many sports going on, so profiles of athletes are abound. Recently I shot the athletes of the year, which is different from the “seasonal players of the year” such as in Winter or Spring.
These kids may not be the best at their sport, but they demonstrated true athleticism and sportsmanship in multiple sports.
Tim Harrington [...]
To save on time, I decided not to shoot these on location like last time. Instead, I had each player meet me in my “studio.” By “studio” I mean a small open space in the warehouse of my office’s building.
Long distance runner of the year, Sycamore’s Hans Anderson.
