(Virginia, IL) A crowd waits at night at the courthouse square in Virginia Illinois at the 2011 annual BBQ to see country music entertainer Marty Stuart and his Superlatives. A storm had just passed that almost destroyed the stage and tents.
(Jerseyville, IL) While sitting in Elmer Heafner's barber shop, I watched as three young boys had their hair cut. Their mother makes a monthly trip to the shop with all three of them.
I ran out to my car as Elmer was almost finished on the last boy to get a camera. I estimated the focus, stood up, shot 3 frames and got this image. The boy looked my way as Elmer finished.
A few days later I gave Elmer a print of this image and his response was, "I look old."
(Carlinville, IL) Pitcher Sam Coonrod sits on the bench and tries to cool off on an extremely hot day during a sectional Baseball game held at Blackburn College. Coonrod was a member of the Carrollton IL Hawks team that eventually won the Illinois High School Class A Championship.
Coonrod will attend Southern Illinois University in Carbondale as of the fall semester of 2011.
I shot this as I walked by him in the dugout. He was stripped to his underwear trying to get cooled off.
(Jerseyville, IL) This is the color guard of the 2010 Jersey County Veteran's Day parade getting prepared to march down State Street. There are very few WWII veterans that participate now and most are Vietnam era vets although Middle East vets are becoming more common.
(Elsah, IL) A woman plays the piano inside the Christian Science Church during Elsah's annual holiday celebration. Elsah is the home of Principia College.
(Jerseyville, IL) A member of the Staunton Bulldog track team starts to jump a hurdle at a spring 2011 co-ed track meet at the Snyder sports complex. I was so close to the track I could have reached out and touched her as she jumped.
(Jerseyville, IL) Runners are coming off the starting blocks for a race at a spring track event at the Snyder sports complex. The look of the image reminded me of something from the 1930's.
