Music

Adios Peoria

January 2, 2011

Today is my last day as an intern. Next week, I start my first full-time job as a staff photographer at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This internship has been a great learning opportunity, but now I’m excited to be heading west soon for my next adventure. Before I leave, I thought I’d take a look back at a few of my favorite images from my internship in Peoria.

Ongina reacts as a man stuffs money down her bra during a drag performance of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at the Peoria Pride Festival on the Riverfront. — Ongina reacts as a man stuffs money down her bra during a drag performance of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at the Peoria Pride Festival on the Riverfront. (James Brosher/Peoria Journal-Star)

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. (James Brosher/Peoria Journal-Star)

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Don Williams

November 7, 2010

Hail, hail rock and roll

October 22, 2010

It seems like I end up photographing concerts and musicians quite often. In Austin it was pretty typical since the city is the Mecca of live music. But I have been surprised to have the opportunity to photograph a number of shows here in Peoria as well. I’ve found that it’s something I truly enjoy, and it would certainly be a dream job to be able to photograph musicians for a living. On my day off this week, I put together a music portfolio. Here are a few frames from that portfolio:

John Wesley Coleman poses for a portrait at his Austin home on Monday, July 12, 2010.

LL Cool J performs during a concert on Sunday, April 4, 2010, at White River State Park in Indianapolis.

Gospel singer

October 17, 2010

Sophia Jefferson performs a gospel song during the Gospel Jubilee on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, at the Riverside Community Church. The program, sponsored by the Peoria Area Community Events, featured local musicians and speakers.

Hey! That guy (Rivers Cuomo) took my camera

September 26, 2010

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):