Kids playing baseball at Nike Park isn't exactly big news, that is unless they are from Dubai.
This week, Nike played host to the Dubai Falcons were are in town to play in the Firecracker classic tournament.
I had a chance to spend some time with them as they practiced earlier today. Here is one that didn't make the paper...

A young players mantra: "Put a Band-Aid on it and get back out there."

This past week I was sent to the home of Holly Kammes to photograph chickens. Backyard chickens to be exact. In fact, Kammes has the first legal backyard chickens in the city of Batavia; the ordinance finally passed. This is a good thing for Kammes, since she has been raising chickens for many years and absolutely loves these two-legged animals. Kammes, who has three boys, refers to them as "her girls." While I was running around her backyard trying to capture pictures of these fast moving hens, Kammes announced that three of them needed baths. My ears perked up. Did she say baths? Yes, she did. The hens were pretty dirty and Kammes is bringing them to this weekends Batavia Green Walk as a kind of show and tell about how to raise backyard chickens. And she wants her girls to look their best. So here are a few photos that didn't make it into the paper from bath time.

A Press Conference, or "Presser" as they are more commonly called in this industry, is always a visual challenge. Not only are they usually held in spaces with poor lighting and bad backgrounds, but there are always people there trying to control every motion to create what they deem an acceptable "photo opp".
Today I was sent out to the Dupage County Airport to photograph a presser that Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was speaking at.
Luckily, there wasn't a ton of media there to jockey for position with, so knowing the shots I needed for publication could be had rather easily, I decided to play with the reflections in the windows as Secretary LaHood walked in.

One of the less than glamorous parts of life as a Photojournalist is the countless hours spent waiting outside area courthouses.
Today, I found myself on the steps of the Kane County Courthouse with a few hours of time on one hand and a camera phone in the other.