Capital City Celebration Fireworks
So how did you do? Like I mentioned before, sometimes ideas work sometimes they don't. I haven't decided if I think what I tried this go around worked or not. I wanted the street scene of Capitol...
View ArticleSpringfield-area fireworks rewind
Large explosives filled the night sky with color and sound all throughout the Springfield area over the Independence Day weekend. The experience doesn't have to end just because you're back at work. We...
View ArticleWorld Juggling Federation
[caption id="attachment_3836" align="aligncenter" width="650" caption="Competitors practice juggling clubs on the floor of the PCCC during the 2011 World Juggling Federation Convention at the Prairie...
View ArticleArabian Days
[caption id="attachment_3868" align="alignnone" width="650" caption="Linda Early of Joplin Missouri smiles at Especial, a 12-year-old Arabian after moving him into his stall before the start of the...
View ArticleMemories of the Illinois State Fair
If you noticed the photographs from today's Heartland have a different look to them, it's because they were all taken with a lens made out of plastic. None of that fancy glass from Canon that we...
View ArticleAirborne at the 159th Illinois State Fair
The 2011 version of The Illinois State Fair is now history. Here's my annual look at some favorite photographic outtakes. [caption id="attachment_3928" align="alignleft" width="650" caption="High dive...
View ArticleBeardstown outtakes
I want to share some outtakes from the two days I had working at Gard Elementary School in Beardstown, Ill. last week. The atmosphere of the school was very unique. Children will be children, but the...
View ArticleDecade gone: A photographic remembrance of 9/11 in the sixth borough
For 10 years, South Florida was my home. On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a working photojournalist for one of America's top photographic newspapers, The Palm Beach Post, based in West Palm Beach. For the past...
View ArticleLiberation and distraction: Volunteers are special at Sangamon County Animal...
Today's Heartland focuses on volunteers who tend to the many needs of the canine population at the Sangamon County Animal Control Center. I didn't want to leave the impression, however, the place is...
View ArticleThe Good Old Days were last weekend
The good old days. If you were looking to find them, the annual Steam Show and Fall Festival Days held on the grounds of South Jacksonville's Prairie Land Heritage Museum last weekend would most...
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