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Circus comes to town

My only memory of going to a traveling circus show is from when I was very young. Oddly, I don’t remember the animals, stunts or dancing dogs.
The only vision I have is walking on straw, strewn about outside the enormous tent. That’s it.

Another fortnight

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.”

Practice

It was my first time ever shooting rugby. Thankfully, this was a practice so the stress to produce was lower. Shooting an athletic practice, is a great time for me to practice.
For this, I laid down on the grass (common act of a photog) and continuous took pictures of the kids running the same drill. [...]

Winter sports portraits – 2010

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.

Let it brew

I like to let my photos brew in a folder on my desktop for a few days or weeks before I post them here. That’s because I don’t know if the images I like are actually any good. Without a photo editor, I am left with gut reactions when it comes to editing decisions for [...]