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Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Sledding can be one winter contact sport that, like a wreck at a car race, you want to look away at the last second but can’t quite seem to avert your eyes to the unfolding mayhem. Perhaps I’m being a little dramatic here, but if you hang arou...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Sledding can be one winter contact sport that, like a wreck at a car race, you want to look away at the last second but can’t quite seem to avert your eyes to the unfolding mayhem.
Perhaps I’m being a little dramatic here, but if you hang arou...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
As I get older, (I turn the big three zero next year, yikes) my memory seems to fade, or if I’m being honest I’ve never had that great of one. The one thing that saves me from this predicament is my photography. If you asked me to remember wha...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
I took this photo of Charlotte Quinn, niece of Gov. Pat Quinn, on Jan. 29, 2009 – the day Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached. With all the hurry-up-and-wait, there was a whole lot of time to do what photographers love to do: observe.
There were many Qui...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
It has been a busy year for newspaper photography here at The State Journal-Register.
Among the memorable moments: the bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth; Gov. Rod Blagojevich being impeached; a heartbreaking scene of a family receiving ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
The demolition by explosives of the Hotel Abraham Lincoln, or the “Abe” as it was known, on December 17, 1978, is an interesting story to retell with dramatic pictures of the former landmark dissolving into a heap of brick and dust in just 10 ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Each year, Landmarks Illinois, which bills itself the “state’s leading voice for historic preservation” releases its list of the top 10 endangered historic places in Illinois. Greene County’s “Porthole Barns” made the 2...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Waldmire this morning. In 1991, I had the opportunity to photograph Bob as part of a feature story on Prairie Artists for this newspaper. Bob was one of the most unconventional people I had ever met up to ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Waldmire this morning. In 1991, I had the opportunity to photograph Bob as part of a feature story in this newspaper on prairie artists. Bob was one of the most unconventional people I had ever met up to that ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
These are the assignments that just flat out make you smile, and tear up if you’re not careful.On Saturday I had the joy of photographing around 20 members of the Illinois Army National Guard that were returning home from Afghanistan. The soldiers r...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Springfield’s Angel of Hope statue was formally dedicated in Washington Park’s Botanical Garden on October 4, 2008. This past Sunday evening, I attended a very moving second annual Candlelight Rememberance Ceremony-one of over 100 that too...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
The buildup for the annual Christmas parade in 1929 began early. In late November, the Illinois State Journal began publishing dispatches from Santa, who was reporting in from Seattle that he was on the way to Springfield for the December 5 parade.
“We ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Reading stories from the old Illinois Journal and Register newspapers can be entertaining. The flowery and effusive tone of writing and the dated vocabulary can be hilarious. As an example, here is the caption that ran with this photo in the Journal on No...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
I had a great time last week photographing a group of young violinists honing their art during a repertoire class held at the Fleming Academy of Performing Arts. Besides being a fine violin teacher, Director Trudy Fleming has a great knack at putting he...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Before the Illinois State Journal and the State Register merged into one newspaper, there was a spirited battle for newspaper subscribers. The State Journal was the most prolific at staging spectacular stunts in the community in hopes of boosting its circ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
This is what it looks like when Canon comes to clean all the photo gear we use here at the SJ-R
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
All I can say is, what a difference a decade makes. Our story on the ten year anniversary of Madison Park Place, a housing development situated on the site of the former John Hay Homes in Springfield, is an example of what good urban planning can ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Nobody ever likes to lose. It is however inevitable that someone must, it’s the essence of competition, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Today happened to be the latter for SHG, as they lost 29-20 to Peoria Richwoods in the quarterfina...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
Emeril, Adam Richman, Rachel Ray and Giada De Laurentiis, the stars of today’s cable television cooking shows, had not been born yet but people were already crazy about watching food being prepared. Beginning around 1940 and lasting into the 1950s, the ...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 years ago.
I had a lot of fun attending the fourth annual Halloween at the Market event this past Saturday at the Old Capitol Farmers’ Market in downtown Springfield. The children’s costume contest was my assignment, and it put to rest any lingerin...
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