Last summer, a team of reporters from the Chicago area spent several days in Oregon exploring the effects and impact of a recently-passed law, which essentially makes the penalty for possession of small amounts of drugs similar to a traffic citation. This law is the […]
One of my goals this year is to experiment with different lighting setups and to make more portraits. I feel like for a while now I’ve been using the same basic umbrella or softbox as a main light with the occasional second light thrown in […]
In preparation for Halloween last week, I made the rounds looking for folks getting into the holiday spirit. The ScareGrounds, a local haunted house production, let me watch as they transformed their space and as the actors prepared for a night of frightening visitors. The […]
It’s hard to sit inside when it’s 50 degrees and sunny in March, so I took advantage of a beautiful Sunday and went out to a local sno-park to watch some dog sled racing. A local organization hosted a weekend of races of varying length […]
For several years now, I’ve photographed All-Area high school athletes of the year for work. It’s usually a collaborative project between photographers and sports writers where we brainstorm a theme/idea/concept and illustrate it through portraits of athletes picked as the best in the region. Last […]
One of the cool things about being a photojournalist is that you meet a lot of interesting people, but it’s frustrating that often you only have a few minutes with them. This was the case when I went to photograph Dwaine Anderson, a WWII vet. […]
JOE KLINE 