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August-September 2009

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Stacie and Quionne's two, 11 x 13 custom designed, proof book covers are illustrated directly above and to the above left. The eight hour coverage resulted in 850 images!

The ceremony took place at Gayles Memorial Baptist Church in Aurora and the reception took place in Oswego at the Fox Valley Kickers Banquet Hall.

The proof book covers combine symbols off a table decoration and the stain glass windows at the church. Located at the bottom of this display are a few of the many close up images I took using a long telephoto lens. I bring three cameras to every job with lenses 28-70mm zoom and 70-200mm zoom along with back-up equipment as well. I also brought with me beautiful weather, once again.

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Yoeshua and Kenneth were married at the Chicago Heights Park District, West Golf Course Banquet Hall on 9-26-09. Although the wedding was changed from an outdoor venue to an indoor venue after weather predictions called for rain, as usual I brought beautiful weather, as you can see on the outdoor image on the right.

The image on the left is one of the two 11x13 proof book covers featuring an image of the wedded couple, a table center piece, text, and the portrait of the couple enhanced with a painting software. The two hour, standard coverage resulted in 240 images and two 11 x 13 covers for the proof book which was split, as usual, into two sections.

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One day a couple years ago, while watching a Chicago Bears game, a CBS commercial came on promoting the show, Two and a Half Men, which I actually never watch, but I was amazed when I saw the moment on the left where Charlie Sheen was holding a copy of American Turf Monthly, with a cover photograph that I took at Arlington Park in 2002. In July I finally decided to get a DVR, and I noticed I could record "all episodes" of any program so, I programmed the DVR to record all showings of this program and so far, while fast-forwarding each episode in only 1.5 minutes using the 60x, fast forwarding speed, and pausing whenever Charlie is holding a magazine, I found Charlie to be using as props yet another two issues of American Turf Monthly, as shown below, again featuring my photographs. Charlie also likes to read Card Player, Casino Player and a few other magazines that represent his character and lifestyle. Nice to see he enjoys thoroughbred horse racing!
WGN presentation of Two and A Half Men, Starring Charlie Sheen
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WGN presentation of Two and A Half Men, Starring Charlie Sheen
WGN presentation of Two and A Half Men, Starring Charlie Sheen
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WGN presentation of Two and A Half Men, Starring Charlie Sheen WGN presentation of Two and A Half Men, Starring Charlie Sheen
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The Grade I, 2009, Arlington Million was won by,
Gio Ponti
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The image made the October cover of American Turf Monthly.
The race was also a "win and you're in" guarantee to the 2009 Breeders' Cup Turf, and Gio Ponti's fourth straight Grade 1, turf winning race this year.

To see more images from Arlington Million Day including the Secretariat Stakes and Beverly D images, click on the following link.

Arlington Million Day 2009

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The entire proof book of images from the events on this page can be found at the following link for 90 days once they're posted;
View Event Proofs


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