Sharkmaul

Some from May

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:06:53 +0000

Davenport Fire Dept. engineer Kurt Blackburn, left, firefighter Ryan Iossi and Scott County Sheriff's Office deputy Mike Erwin stand outside the Davenport Police Station before the start of a police memorial service on Thursday May 13. Police and other civil service departments memorialized fallen brothers with a playing of Taps and grave site ceremony. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Chris Adams holds his wife Audra during a birthing class at Genesis East Hospital on Sunday May 9. The Adams are expecting their first child on June 29. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Alleman senior foreign exchange student Felipe Ortega from Santiago Chile has gone 19-6 in tennis this year. The 18-year old has worked with teammates this season to raise money for victims of the February earthquake in his home country of Chile. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Joseph Daniel, 16 of Davenport fights Koty Baetke, 16 in a bugil stick fight during a military appreciation even at Brady Street Stadium on Saturday May 15. Different military personnel and the public were able to meet veterans and see different military events. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Vietnam era veteran Chuck Roeder of Davenport talks to a group of Navy reservists from the Rock Island Reserve Center during a military appreciation event at Brady Street Stadium on Saturday May 15. Different veterans, MJROTC students and visitors mingled and looked at older military vehicles and boothes for the different branches. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Arieon Oliver, 10, left, Jozette Lopez, 9 and teacher Stephanie Regur at Rock Island Center for Math and Science blow on a pan filled with water and oil to simulate wind before testing to see pantyhose filled with human hair will soak up oil. Rock Island Cemter for Math and Science will be moving into it's new building on June 3. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

State representative Cindy Winckler tests out the 767 cockpit demonstrator during a press briefing held by Boeing at John T. Blong Technology Center in Davenport on Wednesday May 12. Boeing wants to bring their NewGen Tanker program to Iowa and Boeing estimates 800 new jobs and a $40 million economic impact. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

Daniel Foulke, of Geneseo, left talks to Bill Lundy of Colona before the start of the sendoff ceremony for the Illinois National Guard 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment. The Milan based unit will go to Fort Lewis, Wash. and then be station in Sinai, Egypt as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)

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Random Stuff from Lately

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:07:13 +0000

Sometimes I see the assignment information and I just laugh. So when I saw lawn mower racing I chuckled and looked forward to a Sunday afternoon at the races.

In the past couple of weeks I've shot multiple theatre events. Usually not the most appealing so when I showed up to shoot a drama group and found a group of break dancers I got seriously excited.

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Track

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:50:06 +0000

Couple weeks ago Iowa actually thawed out. The snow disappeared and people started going outside. Track has started up and I've shot at least 4 meets.

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Portraits

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:04:18 +0000

Lately there seems to be a strong emphasis on seeing a face. Images without faces are usually canned. I didn't shoot this specifically to not have a face, but when I got there I saw what he was wearing and immediately knew what I wanted to do. Caption: Vincent Howard's sister was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2006 and his cousin was recently shot and killed when with some friends. (I was trying to convey a moody feel to the situation)

As many of you know I love food. I like cooking it, eating it, and photographing it, so when an assignment to photograph a blind chef came up I was looking forward to it for a week. Unfortunately I couldn't do my normal diptyche of a chef and the food they enjoy cooking because she cooked lasagna and no matter my abilities I can't make lasagna look appetizing. Caption: Laura Martinez is blind but has landed a prestigous job at Charlie Trotter's an exclusive restaurant in Chicago. Martinez overcame obstacles getting into Le Courdon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago, but excelled and was offered the job at Charlie Trotter's.

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Hockey

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:58:56 +0000

I shot some hockey when I first got to the Quad-Cities and for the most part I was rather underwhelmed. All my sports stuff seemed rather unremarkable and boring. One night a couple of weeks ago I was shooting the local IHL team the Mallards and I realized I wasn't going to get a good shot from behind the goal. So I looked around the rink until I found a spot I liked. Within one period I had one or two images I was happy with. So now I actually have a few sports images to show off. I never like my sports stuff so for any of it to leave the archive is somewhat remarkable. These are a loose edit of just stuff that has run in the past couple of games I've shot.

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MMA Cage Fighting

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:04:49 +0000

Friday night I got to shoot an MMA cage match fight. Here in the Quad-Cities MMA is a pretty big deal since Pat Militech is from the area and runs a gym. I spent my evening watching guys beat each other to a bloody pulp which was rather interesting, hopefully I'll get to shoot the 2 upcoming matches in April.

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Beer!

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:33:38 +0000

From an assignment at Bent River Brewery in Moline, Ill. I had high hopes for this assignment, I'd swung by the night before and was going to get a growler and glass. The bartender would let me use a glass or take one home saying it could break. So I go in today and am standing talking to the manager and the bartender says "That'll be $3.75." Manager stops and looks at her and says..."He doesn't have to pay for it." I was hoping to do it in a homemade studio in my apartment but instead I had to work there in the bar.

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Wallyball

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:07 +0000

The view from outside the racquetball court during the 5th Annual Iowa State Wallyball Tournament in Eldridge on Saturday. The sport which got it's start in 1981 is similar to volleyball but lets players use the walls to bounce off of. Steven Fuhrman of Minneapolis one of the Minnesota founders of the sport said that clubs around the country have slightly different rules and he is working to codify the rules to be standard for the whole sport.

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Grease

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:19:34 +0000

Autumn Loose, 16 and Kaitlyn Wehr, 15 of Moline laugh right before going into audition for Grease at the Prospect Park Auditorium in Moline. The Quad-City Music Guild's performance will debut in July.

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Rock Island Wins

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:07:48 +0000

Rock Island guard Chasson Randle celebrates with teammates and fans Friday after the Rocks’ 63-58 victory over Galesburg in an Illinois Class 3A regional final. The junior scored 36 points to help Rocky advance.

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