A sampling of recent work with the Dispatch/Argus. I really enjoyed covering the Quad Cities Senior Olympics- I was inspired by Doris in particular, an 80-year-old woman who was voted “most athletic” in high school (in 1948!), but women were not allowed to compete because it would make their hormones “go wild.” Doris made up for it by running the 100- and 200-meter sprints in her orthopedic shoes. She’s sharp as a tack and more adventurous than most.
In the last week or so, I have been splashed by triathletes standing up to my mid-thighs in a lake, pet a baby raccoon, spent too much time following goslings, plopped my camera in a sand pit and covered politics in a Christian pizza parlor. I love this.
On my day off, I visited Wildcat Den in Muscatine, Iowa. I had heard it was a beautiful park, but after all of the flatness around me, I wasn’t prepared for the landscape I found. I overused the fisheye a bit, but 15mm was the only way to get the cliffs in.
Postseason softball and baseball filled my first full week at the Dispatch/Argus and I’m okay with that. I shot the Moline HS softball team as it got up to the state semifinals, but had to stay around town yesterday (7am-10:30pm, whee!) while a colleague did some incredible shooting in Peoria, IL as they won the state finals.
Beyond softball and baseball, I had an inspiring time shooting the Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for a Cure. The visual opportunities were rich and I met some incredible people. I tried on extremely heavy authentic (replica) medieval armor, shot some mediocre baseball in worse light (ISO 6400, f/4, 1/500…ew), and found the occasional feature.
Two days after finishing up at the Harvard Gazette, I found myself on a small plane from Chicago to Moline, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities in the far northwest on the border with Iowa. After a few days of acclimation to the humidity, slow pace of life, and incredibly kind people, I started today at the Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus, a 50K circulation paper with a great photo staff. I can already tell I’ll love it here.
Here are some images from the past few days. Thanks for looking!
