shooting from the hip

As my daily work continues to be for stories that won’t be published for awhile, I will once again dip into the past.

Earlier that year, I was sent to Hoopeston to photograph a corn farmer. As I chatted him up, he told me about his town. How Hoopeston used to be the Sweet Corn Capital of the World but now it was only known for the Sweetheart Pageant which was part of their Sweet Corn Festival.

As I was searching through my archive looking for my 1999 photo of Brittney Payton, I started feeling nostalgic for some of my older images.

I tried to photograph the team being introduced as they ran through the fog but my angle was blocked by other photogs and by the fog itself.

On that day, November 6, 1999, I made a photograph of Payton’s daughter Brittney as a lone tear hung on her cheek.

When I returned to the United Center court Thursday night after sending my images from the 1st half, all the baseline photo positions were being taken up by other photographers and the LuvaBulls cheerleaders.

His philosophy is that if the three most important things in real estate are location, location, location then the three most important things in sports photography are significance, significance, significance.

I also hate to admit it but when I am out running, one of my favorite songs to listen to on my iPod is Cyrus’ “The Climb”.

A little misunderstanding during the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild Monday night at the United Center.