creepy

I just wanted a photo of someone's face in the mirror trying on jewelry, but instead I got this weird combination of one woman's face in the mirror and another woman's hair who was standing behind the mirror.

Leaning Tower at the Y

This thing is real, and it exists outside of a YMCA in Niles... not sure why.

Joliet Junior College culinary

I've always wished I had more of an opportunity to get into food photography.

cycling championships

I've figured out that if my photographic life could end up like Sol Neelman's sports blog, everything will be alright. So, with that, in the spirit of his blog, I tried to shoot a little more loosely while on assignment this weekend, and I decided to upload a lot more photos to this blog than I usually do.

mini triathlon

People eat this stuff?

Photographed a fishing derby over the weekend. This is one of the fish caught from what had to be a stocked pond. Still, looking at this thing close up, it amazes me how many people could eat something that looks like this.

Bearbonnais

Apparently, a record 12,000 people showed up to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais on Sunday to watch the Bears practice. From my limited view point, I wasn't able to get much more than a few running back drills and some handoffs from quarterback to running back, but a good time was had regardless.

Mulligan

I don't get to photograph golf often, which is too bad, really. Today, no matter how much I tried, I could not get a photograph of driver on ball with tee and dirt flying around. I was either too early, too late, or the tee shot was perfect and the tee was left sitting in its place. The top photo is as close as I came, but as you can see, it's missing two of my four requirements.

The bottom photo is three members of a foursome (or would it be foresome?) waiting for the people in front of them to finish the hole. This group kept bumping up against the twosome ahead of them, which makes little sense.

Calligraphy class

Shot a calligraphy workshop class for local newspaper Skyline.

America's rainy day

Shot a few 4th of July events this weekend, all in the rain. These are just a few of the images, and I may add more later.

Cigar break

I don't shoot a lot of weddings, and so far, of the ones I've shot, I haven't really been a big fan of wedding photography. Battling poorly lit banquet halls for proper lighting and decent composition is a bit of a drag. A wedding I shot on Friday, though, was a bit better as the reception was held at a nice Italian restaurant. Towards the end of the night, I was able to get this photo of the groom (center) and other wedding goers smoking cigars in the parking lot.

Graduation boredom

Got a little bored while shooting back-to-back high school graduations a few weeks ago, and found some people in the crowd as bored as me.

Regional softball championships

Riverside Brookfield high school beat Fenton high school 11-0 for the regional championship.