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Another Kind of Magick guitarist Taylor Scott

James Brosher — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:30:03 +0000

Had the opportunity to shoot a few portraits of local blues guitarist Taylor Scott for the paper’s weekly “Plains People” feature. I had a bit of time to scout locations and work the portraits. As a result, the portraits turned out well. Amazing how that happens. Scott, who is an 18-year-old senior at Cheyenne’s Central High School, was pretty cool and easy to work with on the shoot. Being that I’m a huge fan of the blues, it was easy to strike up a conversation with him on the shoot as we talked about Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Eric Clapton among others. If you haven’t heard him, check him out playing with his group, Another Kind of Magick.

Taylor Scott, the 18-year-old guitarist and vocalist for the Cheyenne-based blues band Another Kind of Magick, poses for a portrait with his Gibson Custom ES 345 guitar on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Cheyenne. Scott, who owns 12 guitars, is set to record a live album with his group on Nov. 11 at The Plains Hotel in downtown Cheyenne.

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Wagon doctor Tom Watson

James Brosher — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:00:08 +0000

Tom Watson, the head wagon doctor, shares a laugh as he leans on one of several antique wagons in the shop on Friday, June 17, 2011, at Frontier Park. Watson has been a wagon doctor for 23 years. The wagon doctors restore and maintain antique wagons that are used in the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade each year.

Tom Watson, the head wagon doctor, stands in the middle of several antique wagons in the shop on Friday, June 17, 2011, at Frontier Park. Watson has been a wagon doctor for 23 years. The wagon doctors restore and maintain antique wagons that are used in the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade each year.

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Cheyenne history buff Rolf Skoetsch

James Brosher — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:22:33 +0000

On Thursday I was assigned to photograph a portrait of Rolf Skoetsch, a local history buff who volunteers at the Wyoming National Guard Museum. Rolf is a really nice guy. After I took his portrait, I ended up having a conversation ranging from antique tractors to Germany with him in his driveway for another hour. This might not be the world’s greatest portrait, but it was a nice assignment for me because I got to get out of the office and have a conversation with someone. Connecting with people is a part of photography that is absolutely essential for good community photojournalism. You have to be able to get to know folks and have a conversation with them. As I was told once: always look for the lowest common denominator when working with folks you don’t know.

Rolf Skoetsch poses with a 1930s era John Deere row crop cultivator that adorns the yard at his Rucker Road home on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Skoetsch, who immigrated to the United States from Germany as a teenager after World War II, has a collection of antique farm equipment.

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Cheyenne geneologist Lesley Vosler

James Brosher — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:00:09 +0000

Lesley Vosler, a genealogist volunteer at the Laramie County Library, holds one of the library's hundreds of genealogy books on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, in the genealogy room. Vosler has been volunteering at the library's genealogy room since 1997. "It's an addiction," she said of her work.

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Volunteer Harold Green

James Brosher — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:28:41 +0000

Harold Green, a long time volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club, poses for a portrait in an activity room on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Cheyenne. Green is affectionately known as "Grandpa Harold" at the facility.

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Cheyenne painter Carleen Williams

James Brosher — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:17:20 +0000

I’m back in the saddle. Maybe it’s more accurate to say I’m in a new saddle. Today was my first official day of work at the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. After a whirlwind of a week including a two-day move from Peoria to Cheyenne, it is finally time to get back to picture making. My first assignment was a portrait of Carleen Williams, a 97-year-old artist who has painted some 5,000 pictures. I shot a few looks of her in front of her paintings before she asked that I come down to her basement to see more of her paintings. I immediately liked a corner where several of her paintings were sitting on the floor.

Painter Carleen Williams, age 97, poses with a small portion of her paintings on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in her Cheyenne home. Williams, a native of Lincoln, Neb., started painting when she was bed stricken with asthma as a small child. From her bed, she started sketching people. "Each day when the doctor would come, I'd have a new picture," she said.

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