West Aurora High School hosted its annual preseason kickoff for the linemen of area football teams, "The Battle of the Big Butts."
On most assignments my flash stays tucked away in my bag, as I prefer to take advantage of the natural light surrounding the events I am there to cover. This time though I wanted to change it up a bit and light the players. I used my flash aimed straight ahead and zoomed all the way in to extract as much power from it as possible. The photos came out with a completely different feel than what the previous years photos had, which was my goal, and it was fun experimenting with the natural and artificial light sources.
Steve Buyansky is the photo editor for the Sun-Times Media West Group which includes The Beacon-News, The Courier-News and the Naperville Sun. He started as a photographer for the Beacon-News in 1983, became photo editor for The Herald-News in Joliet in 2000 and moved to the Sun-Times Media West office in 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Columbia College in Chicago.
A native of the western suburbs, Brian Powers attended both the College of
DuPage and Western Kentucky University for Photography and is continuing his
education at the University of The Aurora Beacon News. His professors
continue to push him (See Marianne Mather), but he considers himself one of
the lucky few who loves going to work everyday....well, ok, most days.
Michael Smart has been a photographer at The Courier-News/Sun-Times Media for over ten years. Smart grew up in Elgin before heading West to pursue adventures in photography and zoology, earning a bachelor’s degree in both fields. Upon returning to Elgin, he decided to pursue his true passion of photojournalism.
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