freezing soccer moms

spring showed up about a week or so ago, but didn't hang out for too long. the days were still sunny, but the air was cold. and the wind blew like crazy. especially on thursday. i was assigned to photograph a high school girls soccer game that evening. it was already cold outside and the over 25 mph wind made it even worse.

Jacobs fans Brenda Bishop, center, and Jane Mammoser, right, bundled up and braved strong winds and temperatures below freezing, on Thursday, March 25, 2010, while watching the girls' soccer game between Cary Grove and Jacobs high schools, at Cary Grove, in Cary, Ill.

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potty-training

Benjamin Gerhardt, 3, center, plays with a piece of toilet paper on Tuesday, February 17, 2010 during the Potty Training class at the Algonquin Public Library, in Algonquin, Ill.

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pitchers and tricks

the high school baseball and softball seasons have started, and i've photographed a few games so far. i'm not a big fan of these sports - mainly because i don't really know or understand their rules - but i'm trying to have fun while i'm covering them. here are some of the images that i took this week and the one before it. the one in which the ball is in focus is a veritable baseball cliche image, but i've never done it before, and i thought i'd give it a try. i wanted to see if i can do it. it didn't seem hard at all. in the end, it's just a trick.






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medieval americans

i took these photographs back in september 2009, in vermont, at an archery and history aficionados gathering.






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abandoned

it's been a year already

a little over a year ago i photographed a freelance assignment for the columbia tribune. it was the last evening of the true/false film festival. i saw pictures of this year's edition of the festival on some of my friends' blogs and i remembered about the ones that i took and i decided to post them.


Dusk falls on Missouri Theater one hour before the showing of The Yes Men Fix the World, the documentary film that closed out the 2009 True/False Film Festival.


A last minute spectator rushes to find a seat for the last showing of the Festival at the Missouri Theater.


Sour Mash Hug Band leader Fiddler Mickey performs inside the Missouri Theater lobby during Busker's Last Stand.


Movie goers converse as they enjoy free food inside the Missouri Theater lobby before the final showing.


True/False Film Festival co-founder David Wilson thanks the crowd gathered at the Missouri Theater before he final showing of the 2009 edition of the festival.

sled dawgs

from an assignment i shot a few weeks ago. the dogs in the first image look like they're fighting but in fact they were playing.




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last night, after work, in the parking lot