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After nearly 13 years, today is my final day as a staff photographer for my hometown paper, the Chicago Tribune.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2014/07/-a-final-thank-you.html
At my day job, I need my work to appeal to a wide range of photographic IQs. But, with my street work, I guess I am aiming to please the photo literate and when, I make an image that is too popular, in a weird way, I don't feel as good as when I make an image that only photographers like.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2014/05/embracing-the.html
I felt the image could be misconstrued, so, I decided that it would be reckless of me to transmit the photo and take a chance that someone who didn't see the play unfold would think that Jalen Brunson was flipping off the crowd or officials. A photographer from the Peoria newspaper decided to send his version of the image and it was published online with the caption- "Jalen Brunson of Lincolnshire Stevenson makes a gesture to the Chicago Whitney Young crowd." The Twitter-verse exploded. Brunson's historic game was now just a side show to an online circus.
The ad used a photo of a pot of gold, captioned with "Your pot of gold is right here baby. Report unlicensed software and GET PAID." The photo used in the ad was of a cake baked by Cakecentral user Bethasd
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2014/03/big-boys-basketball.html
As a newspaper photographer, each year takes a different path.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/12/my-best-photos-of-2013.html
I was assigned to photograph Dolores Pittman, a blind 67-year-old grandmother, as she spent the final days in what had been her home for the past 55 years in Cedar Lake, Indiana.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/12/blindsided.html
Despite its yellow bridges, Pittsburgh is well-suited to black and white photography.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/08/more-of-the-same.html
Besides the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup run, throughout the past month, my Common Ground personal project has been an almost constant thought in my head.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/06/gaining-common-ground.html
The vast majority of my successful diptychs have come about when I just shoot without looking to match farm photos. Only two of the pairings were planned before hand. One was the aerial comparison and the other was shooting out of a second floor bedroom window in the Grabenhofer home to match a photo I had from the second floor of the Cagwin farmhouse. The rest happen when something I shoot on Cinnamon Court reminds me of a farm photo or I make an image that I really like and I pore through my farm negs looking for a match. I don’t really put much thought into the project as a whole when I am shooting at the subdivision. I photograph there like I do when I shoot any other assignment.
Almost a month ago, Joliet resident Jeanie Parker was murdered by her son, Charles McCullum, and her body was dumped in the Des Plaines River.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/04/remembering-jeanie.html
This evening, I was sent to the Heart of Chicago neighborhood to photograph the aftermath of another senseless murder of a Chicago teen.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/04/the-bleeding-heart-of-chicago.html
I photographed the only Chicagoland team playing this weekend, Seton Academy, and Illini Central's Class 1A championship win over Madison.
Link:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/shooting-from-the-hip/2013/03/if-it-plays-in-peoria.html