Best of Photojournalism: 2012
One of the last years I was sent out to cover a lot of community events. High school sports as always has a big showing in my best of the year.
Friday Night Lights After 9/11
On September 11th, 2001, I was just 2 years out of photo school, pretty much only shooting sports, and I don’t have a single picture from that day. However with the 11th being a Tuesday, that meant Friday night was only 3 days away. So as I headed off to shoot high school football, the events of earlier in the week were heavily on my mind.
How The Most Retweets I Ever Got Were On Out-of-focus Photos
When My Most Popular Photos Are Out Of Focus They say you rarely go viral for the the posts you want. To be honest I hardly consider the number of likes and retweets I received on one of my recent … Continued
Shooting High School Sports; Why You’re Not Always Going To See The Best Photos
In High School Sports, The Best Photos Don’t Always Make It To The Paper In the world of professional sports photography you live & die by your ability to get the pivotal moment of a game captured in your frame. We … Continued
Chicago Area High School Football 2016 – Week #2
South Side Catholic League and Me; St. Rita vs. Rich Central So being a near south sider and catholic high school grad myself I’ve ended up by luck, or design of my photo editors, shooting quite a bit of sports involving … Continued
High School Football Starts Again – 2016
Chicago area high school football 2016 – Week 1 It’s that time of the year again, high school football season. So of course 7 weeks into a 9 week regular season I’m going to play a little catch up this … Continued
Last of the Mud Bowls
Find a complete gallery of the Fenwick vs De La Salle game here. As the final game of the 2012 Illinois high school football regular season got underway, I knew it was something special and that in the years following … Continued