Category: events, people, & family

Kyle Wiese • 2018 Elgin Fringe Festival

September 14th, 2018

see more photos of Kyle Wiese spinning fire in the slideshow

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Creative Moves • “Shell” • 2018 Elgin Fringe Festival

September 14th, 2018

see more photos from Creative Moves’s “Shell” in the slideshow

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see more photos from Elgin Fringe Festival’s 2018 Opening Party in the slideshow

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see more photos from Elgin Fringe Festival’s Family Fringe 2018 event in the slideshow

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Going Dutch 2018

May 26th, 2018

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Elgin’s historic buildings set it apart.  Elgin was prosperous and large enough to support a booming downtown in the late 1800’s until the mid-1900’s.  The buildings that once housed dozens of downtown shops and the historic churches are just as impressive today as they were 100 years ago. As I’ve walked around downtown, these buildings have gathered my attention; and I wanted to document the names, brickwork, and cornerstones on a few of them … which then turned into this black & white poster.

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Normally, I reserve my blog for still life or wild animal artistic photos; however, this is the 100,000th photo that I’ve taken with my Nikon digital SLRs.
But there’s another reason that I love this photo: Sally and her husband Gene have almost 20 horses that they own or board; they love horses. Cynthia, my daughter, loves her toy horses; but, other than a few pony rides at the fair, she’s never around horses. Sally enjoyed seeing Cynthia’s fascination with horses turn into a love for them today. I’m certain that both of them will remember today for quite a while.

Now, back to that 100,000th photo:  I’ve had 4 Nikon SLR’s now – D50, D80, D90, & the D7000. They’ve each had their own personalities, and I’ve sold each one to friends who’ve enjoyed using them as well. In fact, my first Nikon, the D50, was sold a second time to another friend.  I love photography; and, like Sally, I love seeing others learn to love photography too.

“In Remembrance”

February 16th, 2011

…thank you Adrian for your thoughtful help, but more than that, Thank You for your sacrifice for our nation…

…thank you Adrian for your thoughtful help,
but more than that, Thank You for your sacrifice for our nation…