I’ve made mention to photos I’ve taken earlier this year that had not yet published. Well, now they’ve published.
Here’s a random selection of photos that I’ve been sitting on for a couple of months.

Andrew Mendoza, 9, does a cartwheel over an obstacle Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at Gymnastics Academy of Rockford South Trampoline Park in Cherry Valley. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Jeremy Klonicki, owner of MainFraiM, is known for using Edison bulbs in his artwork. Photographed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at the former Shumway Seed building in Rockford. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Emily Cooke, Rockford Dance Company executive director, instructs dancers Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, during a pointe class at the dance school. Cooke, a Boylan High School graduate with a marketing background, took the position in November 2015. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017
It was a different exercise for me as I usually try to shoot to fill the frame. This time, I had to shoot loose so we could crop for a magazine cover. I also would ordinarily try to create more variety between subjects, but the goal for this was to have similar lighting and poses.
Here are a few frames from the project.

Cory Bolduc of Winnebago on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Rockford Register Star. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Brandon Malone, 25, of Rockford on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Rockford. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Nathan Forrester of Machesney Park on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Rockford Register Star. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Chad Pickens of Rockford on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at the Rockford Register Star. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] ©2017

Calvin “King World” Jones talks about the gun violence in his neighborhood Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, at the corner of South Liberty Avenue and East Shawnee Street in Freeport. Jones, who lives on the block, washes cars at the corner for a living. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Cousins Camarii Barber (left), 8, and Miterriona Carter, 9, play basketball in the 400 block of South State Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Troy Brickhouse talks about being shot twice when he lived in Chicago. Photographed Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in front of his home in the 400 block of South State Avenue in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

A chained up dog sits in a backyard Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in the 400 block of South State Avenue in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Khaden Newton (from left), 10, Dahayvon Ishmon, 12, and Jaylen Smith, 12, play basketball in the street Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in the 400 block of South State Avenue in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017
I met Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson at the station and we headed out on patrol. Shortly after, he got a call that took us to the far opposite side of town on a domestic violence call.

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson acknowledges on his radio that he is responding to a domestic violence call Thursday, March 2, 2017, on Sheffield Drive in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson talks to a man while on a domestic violence call Thursday, March 2, 2017, at an apartment on Sheffield Drive in Freeport. The man was arrested for disorderly conduct. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Officer Steve Oldenburger (right) and Cpl. Ben Johnson place a man in handcuffs while on a domestic violence call Thursday, March 2, 2017, at an apartment on Sheffield Drive in Freeport. The man was arrested for disorderly conduct. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF]

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson takes notes while talking with a neighbor after responding to a domestic violence call Thursday, March 2, 2017, at an apartment on Sheffield Drive in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF]

K-9 Officer Matt Anderson takes Otto out of his squad car to sniff a stopped vehicle Thursday, March 2, 2017, while working a traffic stop on East Winneshiek Street and South Carrol Avenue in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson (left) and Officer Steve Oldenburger search two men after the K-9, Otto, alerted to the presence of drugs in their vehicle Thursday, March 2, 2017, while working a traffic stop on East Winneshiek Street and South Carrol Avenue in Freeport. After a search of the vehicle, nothing was found and the two men were released. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson works on his computer Thursday, March 2, 2017, after working a traffic stop on East Winneshiek Street and South Carrol Avenue in Freeport. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson talks to a driver on South Carrol Avenue near South Galena Avenue on Thursday, March 2, 2017, after pulling him over for running a stop sign in Freeport. The man was arrested for driving with a suspended license. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017

Freeport Police Cpl. Ben Johnson (left) and Officer Steve Oldenburger place a driver in the back of a squad car on South Carrol Avenue near South Galena Avenue on Thursday, March 2, 2017, after pulling him over for running a stop sign in Freeport. The man was arrested for driving with a suspended license. [MAX GERSH/RRSTAR.COM & THE JOURNAL-STANDARD STAFF] ©2017