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07/13/2017

PICTURE OVERLOAD! This is what happens when you don't update your blog for a few months.

Maybe I’ve been slacking with keeping my blog up to date or maybe I’ve been super busy. I’ll chalk it up to a little of both. I’ll start with some of my favorite frames from…

04/10/2017

I spent a lot of time in January and February shooting photos for projects that weren't running for a few months. Well, they've run and here are a few I enjoyed.

I’ve made mention to photos I’ve taken earlier this year that had not yet published. Well, now they’ve published. Here’s a random selection of photos that I’ve been si…

04/03/2017

Awards season has begun. I am honored to receive a first and third place award from my work in 2016 from the Illinois APME Newspaper Contest.

CHICAGO — Five journalists from the Rockford Register Star were honored today with awards in the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors 2016

03/27/2017

There's a first time for everything. And this past Saturday, I hung my first hockey remote. Here's how I did it.

There’s a first time for everything. Last Saturday, it was my first time hanging a remote camera for hockey. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no stranger to remotes in general. I’ve …

03/13/2017

The basketball season came crashing to a halt, but it was fun while it lasted!

March. Basketball tournament season. And it was a good one! The month started out with a couple really exciting regional games. Going into last week, our paper still had four local basketball teams…

03/02/2017

It seems like I've only been covering sports recently. And I'm not complaining.

The title says it all. I was inundated with sports coverage in February. I’m not complaining. Basketball. Wrestling. A little swimming. And a just a touch of other stuff. I stayed busy last m…

02/06/2017

January was a busy month for me. Here are some of the images I came up with last month.

January was a whirlwind. It was a very busy month for me, covering a wide variety of assignments. The month started off with a few very sad assignments. At the end of 2016, our community experience…

01/06/2017

Family members surround Jaton Watts, mother of the late Lavontay Allen, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, during Allen's funeral service at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Rockford. Allen was shot and killed in the back of his mother's car on Dec. 27, 2016. He was 15. MAX GERSH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/RRSTAR.COM

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