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Blizzard 2011

Now that it is starting to warm up outside (a little bit), I decided it would be the perfect time to post photos from last month’s blizzard. After some banter back and forth between meteorologists, I think the storm total snowfall was 15.1″ making it the third largest snowfall total in Rockford’s recorded history. That’s a lot of snow. I started my great snow hunt before the storm started. I went to the Rockford City Yard hoping to find snow […]

Politicians and the POTUS

Every photojournalist has to photograph politicians at some point. It is one of the few things we newspaper folk can actually count on.  It doesn’t matter where you live and work. One day you can be out shooting a high school basketball game and the next you can be photographing the President meeting with the mayor of Small Town U.S.A. I’ve photographed my fair share of politicians over the past few months. While I was in between full-time jobs, one […]

The new job: Rockford

I’ve just about rounded out my first month at the Rockford Register Star in Rockford, Ill. This month has flown by. I love that I’m busy shooting again. The first day on the job was a little sluggish. Paperwork. And lots of it. That is until a vehicle rolled over on a snow-covered bypass. I rushed out there and got photos of the firefighters using the jaws of life to free the man stuck inside. And yes, that is snow […]

Eagle Cliff Cemetery and Miles Mausoleum

It’s not too often that I go wandering through cemeteries. They always give me a creepy vibe. I can’t help but notice the fresh dirt and wonder if something just went in or just came out. Earlier this week, my girlfriend (who doesn’t quite have an obsession with cemeteries) asked me to go with her to Miles Mausoleum (apparently known as one of the most haunted spots in Illinois, but I will get to that later). She actually found it […]