PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING

I went to The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) event held here in Chicago. These guys are tough. My favorite rider broke his cheek and his eye socket at the event. These events ooze great action pictures. It won't be my last.
Click here to see a photo gallery from the event

ROCKWELL & LAWRENCE

I snapped this picture a half a block from my house, through the windshield, while stopped at a stop light. Annete really likes it.
Click here to see a larger version

NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

I shot my last indoor lacrosse game of the season. Shooting the whole season was a great learning experience and I look forward to shooting lots of sports in the future. I decided to play around with a couple shots to give them a cool look. This was done in Lightroom using the develop sliders and nothing else.
Here is a photo gallery from the game

DEPAUL SOFTBALL

I accompanied my students to a DePaul vs. Illinois softball game. Live softball is surprisingly fun to watch.
Click here for a photo gallery from the game

STUDIO

I shot four different models under four different lighting setups. These are some pictures from that shoot. Galleries of everything I shot are listed on the right. No pictures have been altered in any way.

NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

Jamie Rooney of the Philadelphia Wings and Callum Crawford of the Chicago Shamrox try to score with the dive shot.
Here's a photo gallery from the game

SUBSTANCE NEWS
I've started volunteering my time as a photographer for Substance, a newspaper reporting on education what other papers won't. Substance bills itself as "...the only truly independent media voice reporting on Chicago's public schools, and one of the few trying to report more broadly on the threats to public education across the USA."
My first photo in Substance
Substance website

FISHEYE

These were taken a couple months ago with a fisheye lens. I just started using Nikon Capture NX and correct the images in that program.
Here are how they look before and after
Here's the older fisheye gallery

SKYLINE

Chicago Skyline from the Adler Planetarium 03/19/08
Here's the gallery

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Minnesota Swarm 04/26/08

DePaul vs. Illinois Softball 04/22/08

Anete 04/12/08
Beauty
Cold
Graceful
Intelligent

Bill 04/12/08
Charming
Delight
Mysterious
Strong

Katie 04/12/08
Aloof
Confident
Excited
Laughter

Meghan 04/12/08
Coy
Elegant
Playful
Sexy

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Philadelphia Wings 04/05/08

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Minnesota Swarm 03/29/08

Fisheye Correction Examples

Lacrosse Pictures Shown On Other Websites

Chicago Skyline After Dark 03/19/08

Paul Sullivan 03/14/08

War Pro Wrestling 03/07/08 Gallery One & Gallery Two

Hammond School Students

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Rockester Knighthawks 03/01/08

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Buffalo Bandits 02/24/08

Juan Alvarez 02/17/08

Museums and Millenium Park 02/19/08

Katie & Boylan Poms 02/15/08

Hammond's Choir at Cultural Center 02/15/08

Museums with JR & Maura 02/04/08

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Edmonton Rush 01/26/08

Grandma's 80th Birthday Weekend 02/02/08

Chicago Shamrox Vs. Toronto Rock 01/05/08

Family Christmas 12/24&25/07

Hammond Christmas Gallery One & Gallery Two

Zach and Chris Basketball 11/23/07

Chris and Zach St. Peter's Play 10/27/07