My High School T-shirt Collection
it’s not hard to see why my dresser is filled with high school tees.
A Look Back At High School Sports Travel in 2025
Another Year of Opening Day To State Finals While the year cuts through the middle of the high school sports season, I do keep track of all the high schools I’ve covered and schools I’ve been to. This past year, … Continued
Illinois High School Sports Uniwatch
This post will be continuously updated. Check back for more.The 2025-26 high school season started. Adding uni’s as they come. Basketball updates have started. If you’re a sports fan and haven’t checked out Uni-Watch, by Paul Lukas, you’re missing out. … Continued
Putting Myself & My Camera in Position for Defeat
What do you do when you’re covering both teams in a game that ends in a do-or-die shootout?
Concert Photography Does Not Make You A Good Photographer; Part 2
What happens when the lights don’t come up, the fog machine is obstructing your view and you have 9 minutes to make a handful of usable images for your editors?
You find out if you’re a good photographer or not.
IHSA Football State Finals Biggest Fan Section 2024
Who had the biggest crowds this past weekend at the Illinois High School Association football state finals? Photos from the 2nd quarter of each game reveal the crowds for each school.
Postcards From Friday Night Lights: 2024
A selection of picturesque and artistic photos from high school football games during the 2024 season in Illinois.
Throwback Photo Gallery: Football, Joliet Catholic vs. Mount Carmel, Aug. 26, 2007
Photos from the 2024 high school football game between Mount Carmel H.S. and Joliet Catholic Academy, on Aug. 26, 2007. Links to the story and past photo galleries too.
Never Before Seen Photos of Illinois High School Football, 1999
Photos that have never been seen before since I took them in 1999. A few were published online, most sat in a negative film holder for 25 years, until I scanned them in this summer.
Providence, Mount Carmel, Joliet Catholic, and Geneseo all have multiple game galleries.
What 9/11 Has Stricken Many of Us With
What are the hidden effects of 9/11 that many of us have? It’s been 23 years and I noticed that I’m not the only one who this is happening to.