Monthly Archives: July 2013

A real man!!!

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Monday morning greetings to one and all!!!

I was down in West Texas this past week on a shoot and it was hot, but it was also fun! I was shooting some oil workers in Big Spring, Tx. and this is real work! I can’t even begin to imagine what the conditions are like when the temperature is 100 degrees as it was for our shoot and these guys are out there giving it there all. I wasn’t doing anything and I was still roasting in the sun!!!! I guess that’s what you call being a real man!!!!! I’m very grateful that these men and women are out there getting the oil and natural gas that we need!!!

Here’s one of my shots of my buddy Mike who took good care of me while we were shooting 100′ up in the oil rig!!!

I hope that you have a great week as always and thanks for taking the time to check out my work!!!!!

Kev

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Where has the summer gone?

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!

Where has this summer gone? It seems like just yesterday it was Memorial Day weekend and here we are and July is almost over! I guess it’s better when time is moving faster then slower!!!

One of the annual summer events here in Peoria just wrapped up this past Saturday night and I was able to get out and grab a couple of snaps! The 64th Annual Heart of Illinois Fair is one of those Peoria events that kids of all ages (mostly the under 16 crowd) looks forward too with all of the games, food and rides! There was a pretty good crowd for the last night of the fair and the weather cooperated and it was a lot cooler then it’s been the past week! Here’s one of my snaps from Saturday night!

We all better get out there and enjoy the rest of the summer before Labor Day weekend hits in just five weeks!!!!

Have a great rest of the week and thanks as always for taking the time to check out my work!!!!

Kev

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AMA Flat Track Racing

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Monday morning greetings to one and all!!!!!!

If you know me, you know that racing is in my blood! No, not as a driver, but as a fan and a photographer! For me it’s so much fun to go out and shoot whatever form of racing there is from bikes to cars to boats to camels!!!! There’s just something about the speed that is like a drug to me and pulls me in. I guess I just love being around it!!!!!

I was out yesterday at the Peoria Motorcycle Club’s track in Western Peoria for their June race. Yes, the June race had been postponed, so they had it yesterday! It was a great day despite the heat and there was a lot of great racing going on!!!! Here’s one of my snaps from the day and I just loved the motion and speed that I was able to create in the camera.

Thanks for checking out my work as always and I hope that you have a very wonderful week!!!!!

Kev

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Sculpture Park

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!!!!

Hopefully for my friends here in the USA you were able to have a safe and wonderful 4th of July weekend! It’s always nice to have a bit of a break and get a few days off to spend some time with family and friends!

I was able to get out of town for a couple of days and make a quick trip over to Kansas City. It’s one of those cities that I’ve been to before, but it’s been a number of years and I didn’t really remember too much about KC. I knew that we had a great time, so it was easy to want to go back and check it out again! Besides getting lots of great food and some incredible barbecue, we also had the chance to get out and see some of the city and all that it has to offer! One of those spots that we got to check out was Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The thing that’s really fun about Sculpture Park is that it’s all outside and you can walk around and right up to each piece of art!!!!

Here’s a few of my snaps from a day spent at Sculpture Park!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great week to come!!!

Kev

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Independence Day

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Monday morning Peoria greeting to one and all!

For my friends here in the USA, this is going to be a “short week”. Thursday is the 4th of July and that means that a lot of people will be taking time off to spend with families having picnics and cook-outs or traveling and making it a long weekend. It’s a great time to leave town and there will be a lot of people on the roads with a four day weekend in mind. With all of the fun, food and fireworks, it’s easy to not think about the 4th and what it means. It’s all about our independence and our freedom and just how lucky we are to live in a free country. Despite some of our problems as a country, we still have a pretty darn good one to live in and we are all blessed!

Enjoy the 4th and your freedom and fly free!!!!

If you’re going to be traveling this week and weekend or you’re going to be out and about, make it a safe one!!!

Have a great week and thanks for taking the time to view my work!!!!!

Kev

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