Kids and Flags

Today I shot the Memorial Day Parade in Colona, Ill. It was perfect Americana full of kids, flags, big trucks, and the like...

Graduation Season

Here's a shot from a graduation I did today. There were a total of eight students in this years graduating class from East Moline Christian School.

Internship Begins

So today I started my internship at the Argus/Dispatch newspaper here in the Illinois Quad Cities. I met most of the guys on the photo staff and everyone seems pretty cool. I mostly just shadowed today- assisted on 3 portraits in the morning and then shot some construction in the afternoon. Here's a random shot I took for myself while doing an assignment on 11th Street in Rock Island.

NZ Holga Shots

So I finally developed and scanned some stuff I took with my Holga while I was in New Zealand. It's all pretty random since most of the time I didn't have that camera with me. But yeah...

Rugby Audio Slideshow

Illinois Women's Rugby

Here is a link to the audio slideshow that I did for my coverage of the Illini Women's Rugby team.

Something from this weekend in DeKalb with the Rugby team.

The Illini Union Drag Show

7:30 PM on Thursday, April 3, 2008

More Rugby Practice

IPPA Weekend

It was a great weekend- we hosted the Illinois Press Photographers Association annual conference and clip contest at the Illini Media Company building in Champaign. So many amazing photographers were there and I learned so much just from hanging out all weekend.

I got 2 honorable mentions in the Student Best of Photojournalism contest- one for news and one for pictorial.

Here are those pictures...



Andrew Stoker, a American study abroad student, watches the sunset from a vantage point on the Hump Ridge track near the south coast of New Zealand's South Island on September 15, 2007.



Katie Elliott, a senior at Centennial High School, hugs her sister Elizabeth Elliott, freshman in Engineering, on the University of Illinois quad during a candlelight vigil on Wednesday night, April 18, 2007 in remembrance of the students slain in the Virginia Tech shootings. Elizabeth was a friend of former Centennial High School student, Austin Cloyd, who was killed during the shooting.

Rugby Women

So I went to the Women's Rugby team practice this afternoon. I'm going to try and follow them for at least the month of April- practice and home games. It should make a pretty cool audio slideshow, story, and photo story package when all is said and done.

One of my neighbors

Spring Break

So pretty much all my spring break plans fell through. I ended up going to Minnesota for a few days with some friends but other than that basically just sat around the house. Here are a few shots from my cousin Addison's 3rd birthday party.

Scott AFB

Trinity Parker and Troy Rudloff, both 9, bowl together at a family bowling night at Scott Air Force Base in O'Fallon, Ill. Organized bowling nights are a common activity for family members of deployed soldiers living on base.

I went to Scott Air Force Base last weekend with some other students working on the Department of Journalism's "The War Comes Home" project. I mostly shot video when we were allowed to shoot, which was pretty much never, but here is an interesting image from the family bowling night we went to. We did interviews with people at the bowling alley and there were some pretty compelling stories.

Power Plant at Sunset

Luckily this is steam coming out of the towers and not smoke.

Illtrix at Bitter Cold

So this weekend I went to Columbus, Ohio with Illtrix, the freestyle rollerblading club, for the Bitter Cold Showdown competition. Here are some out-takes from that.

UIUC Vigil for NIU

Renee Romano, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, speaks at a candlelight vigil in support of the Northern Illinois University shooting victims and community on the University of Ill. quad on Monday evening, February 18, 2008.



Katie Castree, sophomore in AHS, writes a message on a poster in support of the Northern Illinois University shooting victims and community in the south lounge of the Illini Union on Monday evening.

Champaign Skyline

Studio Fest

Some stuff from our DI lighting equipment training session, or as I like to call it, the photorgasm.

More Tennis

So lately when I'm shooting tennis I get my standard action shots first and then try and find a different view to show the game in a somewhat more creative way. Here's some out-takes and more unique shots from last nights women's tennis match.

More Fog

Here's another fog shot from earlier in the day yesterday- this one ran A1 in the DI today.

Fog

Some stuff from our foggy night here in Champaign-Urbana- specifically on my walk from the Illini Media Building to Greg Hall, where I'm updating my blog instead of reading for my quiz tomorrow.

Basketball

A few outtakes from the Basketball game at Assembly Hall on Saturday.

Snow

Champaign Construction

One of the new Green St. buildings that is being constructed casts a shadow on the apartment building at Wright and Green in Champaign.