National Day of Remembrance Memorial Ceremony

New Adventures: Bass Pro.

Growing up with a father that could be Jerry Garcia's twin, I had never been to a Bass Pro before.

 The Journal Star covered the soft opening of the new location in Peoria. 

Flags and one other photo I like.

The 6th Annual Morton Marching Band Invitational 

and 

The Children of the South Side Mission donate $80.50 in pennies to local Marines.

Morton Pumpkin Festival

CoMo Light.

Went down to Columbia...and saw the light.

(I couldn't help myself...sorry)

9/11 Memorial in Henry, Ill.

Attendees of the 9/11 memorial ceremony in Central Park watch footage 

from the attacks in New York and Washington D.C. ten years ago.

PJSTAR: Illinois State vrs. Morehead State football game.

I forgot how much I love shooting college football. 

PJSTAR: The YWCA closes.

This assignment was about the local YWCA closing later this fall.

 I had a lot of fun with these ladies; laughing about photographing them in their swimsuits. 

The first photo ran in the paper, the second one is an outtake. 

PJSTAR: Feature Hunting.

I made it! After 96 hours in Minneapolis, I have been in Peoria for almost two weeks.

 This fall, I am the photo intern at the Peoria Journal Star. So far, I have really loved the position. 

I get to work with a phenomenal photo staff, shoot a variety of assignments everyday and learn a lot! 

Here's a photo I took when I was feature hunting when my editor, told me to go drive around Peoria for a few hours and get to know the city. 

PJSTAR: Military Portraits-My First A1.

This was an assignment about two Peoria Military members impacted in their service by 9/11. 

I only had time to make a head shot with the first person, so I tried to make more of an environmental portrait with the second person. I got to climb into a massive army truck...I love my job. 

Dad.

On The Road.

Kit and I drove almost 1100 miles in 2 days. From Chautauqua, we stopped in Columbus to see the lovely Taylor Glascock and Andy Spear. From there we passed through Indiana, Illinois, (stopping for a necessary Jewish deli lunch with my family), Wisconsin and finally Minneapolis.

Goodbye Chautauqua:Farm to Table Dinner.