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.
Illinois High School Sports Uniwatch
This post will be continuously updated. Check back for more.The 2024-25 high school season started. Adding uni’s as they come. Mostly football. If you’re a sports fan and haven’t checked out Uni-Watch, by Paul Lukas, you’re missing out. Occasionally on … Continued
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.
Throwback Gallery: Gordon Tech vs. St. Rita, Football 2000
Photos from Gordon Tech vs. St. Rita in high school football. A gallery of filmed scanned in from August of 2000.
Timothy McVeigh’s Execution
Looking for a chance to capture history as a young photojournalist. I can say, covering the execution of Timothy McVeigh, was not a portfolio builder. But it was a moment in history.