Features

Lucked out and found a feature in downtown Mishawaka on my way into work on Wednesday afternoon. Really liked the quote this gentleman gave me about his kite flying hobby: “My wife’s careful not to tell me not to go fly a kite because she knows I will”

I was pretty desperate for a feature on Thursday. We’ve had some unseasonably warm temperatures in South Bend as of late so I wanted to shoot some people out and about. Luckily my fellow button-pusher Robert Franklin mentioned that the local kayaking club was planning on taking to a stretch of river in downtown. Three members made runs down the river, and I got a few decent action shots of them hitting some waves along the way. One frame from that ran on the front page of Friday’s Tribune, but I liked this frame better as a sort of juxtapose. Hopefully I’ll get another feature out of them before fall, but I imagine I’ll have to avoid kayaking features for a few weeks now.

In South Bend, the people here take St. Patrick’s Day very seriously. So seriously that I need to remind myself to check later to see if I get holiday pay for working on Saturday. On Thursday some of the preparations started for what should be a fun weekend in South Bend although I’ll be down in Huntington, Ind. shooting a couple semi-state basketball games. Alas, I will miss out on festivities such as the little leprechaun contest.

This photo was taken as part of a series the Tribune is running profiling the plight of some unemployed folks in our area.