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National Day of Remembrance in Peoria

Marion English looks skyward as she tracks the flight path of her balloon as it sails southwest over the Interstate 74 bridge during a launch as part of the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. English was on hand to remember her 19-year-old niece Jasmine Brittine who was fatally shot on March 21, 2010.
Marion English looks skyward as she tracks the flight path of her balloon as it sails southwest over the Interstate 74 bridge during a launch as part of the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. English was on hand to remember her 19-year-old niece Jasmine Brittine who was fatally shot on March 21, 2010.
A message is seen written on a balloon before a launch during the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. The day is for grieving families and friends of people who were killed through violence.
A message is seen written on a balloon before a launch during the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. The day is for grieving families and friends of people who were killed through violence.

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Hey! That guy (Rivers Cuomo) took my camera

Something pretty cool happened to me Saturday night. And by cool I mean awesome. My assignment on Saturday was to cover Weezer’s performance over at Bradley University for the Peoria Journal Star. I kind of figured I’d be way in the back with a telephoto lens if it’s like most concerts I photograph. That wasn’t the case. I had to run back to my car and get different lenses after the guy at will call said I’d be up in front of the stage (in the buffer as we call it). I ended up shooting everything with a 24 mm lens since I was so close. At one point Rivers Cuomo, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, leans over me and calls for my camera as he’s singing. I handed it over to him and he shot a few shots of the crowd and a couple of me down in the buffer. I grew up listening to Weezer, which made it really cool. Below is the sequence including a couple of his crowd shots (the photo of me should be at the end of the sequence):

Photo by Rivers Cuomo
Photo by Rivers Cuomo
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo performs on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Bradley University.
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo performs on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Bradley University.

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West Peoria’s favorite trash collector

As a photojournalist, you get to experience and photograph a wide variety of things on a daily basis. Today was no different as I shadowed West Peoria’s trash collector, Jeff Reagan. Reagan is well known and liked by the community. In fact, he’s liked so much so that the mayor is trying to resign with Waste Management (the company Reagan works for) just to keep him as the local trash collector.

West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan, left, shares a laugh with local customer Ron Eckstein as Reagan works his shift on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. "He's probably the best garbage man we've ever had," Eckstein said of Reagan. "Don't tell him that"
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan, left, shares a laugh with local customer Ron Eckstein as Reagan works his shift on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. "He's probably the best garbage man we've ever had," Eckstein said of Reagan. "Don't tell him that"
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan hops off his truck at a stop to collect the garbage on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Reagan has worked the job for 13 years, and he is well liked amongst the neighborhoods in West Peoria where he collects trash.
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan hops off his truck at a stop to collect the garbage on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Reagan has worked the job for 13 years, and he is well liked amongst the neighborhoods in West Peoria where he collects trash.

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