Battle of the Romans

As rain threatened to cancel Lawrence's Fourth o' July fireworks display, I went out around town to pick up a weather feature. This fella, and his friend, were shooting roman candles at one another. I think this guy got hit a couple times, burning a few new holes in his t-shirt. Definitely good times.

Tomorrow

I start a new job tomorrow. Kansas, Lawrence is home now. I've got the license plate to prove it.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Here is a picture from the park. In Metropolis. Pictures of kids. Pictures of kids for friends.

Luminaria

Haven't shot a portrait for the paper that I liked in a long time. But I like how this one came together. Didn't have a whole lot of time for planning, but got a few minutes to work with her and figure out the composition and lighting. Plus, she was very willing to be there and make it work, which was a plus.

This is Carla. She lost her mother and grandmother to cancer and has beaten a bout of it herself. She's a co-chairperson for the Craig Relay for Life and in charge of these luminarias, which are lit during the walk in recognition of people with cancer and remembrance of those who have lost the battle. This is the first relay in Craig's history and response has been great, except people haven't been buying the luminarias, and it's a very big part of the ceremony. We were trying to get the word out that it's a very important part of the ceremony to support.

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Willie

This is a story about Willie. He's five and he has a disease no one knows anything about, let alone fix. It's called XIAP and basically it's an immune deficiency disease. He's one of about 10 documented cases in the world. Certain blood cells in his body reproduce to no end and start dying off. The dead ones collect in his liver, spleen and lymph nodes. It puts him in high risk for cancer, gives him frequent fevers in the 104-105 range and robs him of a normal childhood. He misses school and can rarely play in sports. He likes having blood drawn, actually watches the needle go in, multiple times because his veins are scarred over and the nurse misses, because he's in the doctors office at least once a week. I spent some time with him over the past week.

Josh did a fantastic job on the story:

http://www.craigdailypress.com/section/archive/story/26732

Willie

the fair

pissed

i know sometimes crowds are too much for me to handle:

07-02-07
correction: emo

man with green shirt and hat

Gymnastics