IEN State Finals

I certainly wouldn't have thought when I started my photography business a decade ago that I would be photographing an esports event.  However, in the last couple of years, Joe started the esports program at Snider (which has been incredibly successful), joined the Indiana Esports Network board and quickly became the director, and has become a prominent voice and expert of sorts who has traveled around to speak about the benefits of esports for students.  In case you can't tell, I think Joe is pretty dang amazing!  So this year when IEN had to start from scratch to create their plan for State Finals, I knew I wanted to help.  In a lot of ways, it was a lot more difficult than I expected (my body was not physically prepared for how much walking it would be...😅), but overall, everything went so well!  It was a joy to see these kids working together so well and being surrounded by so many families who were there to cheer them on.  We are incredibly grateful to Ball State for hosting this wonderful event!

afO's A Peculiar People

I finally took some time to go through my pictures and pick some of my favorites from this show to share with you.  I really, really enjoyed this show!  All of the cast members were so very talented!  When I was going through the pictures today, I was reminded at just how physical this play was.  I was especially impressed with how well done the choreography was for the fight scenes.  It felt so real and intense!

afO's A Peculiar People Cast

I really enjoyed watching this!  As I mentioned in my last post, I have seen and photographed this play before.  So I was actually surprised that I didn't really remember anything at all.  I truly thought it would come back to me as I was seeing it, but for the majority of the performance, I didn't recognize anything.  I did kinda remember the ending though, which was so well done.  Anyways, this cast did a wonderful job!

This weekend is your last chance to see this!  If you want more information on this or want to purchase tickets, check out https://allforonefw.org/a-peculiar-people/.

afO's A Peculiar People PR

I meant to post these so many weeks ago... Haha!  Anyways, I'm excited to see this tonight at their final rehearsal before opening weekend!  I know I've seen this before the last time that afO did this production, but I honestly don't really remember it, and I can't seem to figure out when that was.  But I'm sure it'll come back to me as I'm photographing it again.  😂

I think it's really sweet that it's a married couple performing the lead roles.  😊  If you want more information on this or want to purchase tickets to see it this weekend or next weekend, check out: https://allforonefw.org/a-peculiar-people/.

 

Kasey's Maternity

I really enjoyed meeting Kasey and Jacob!  Although I thought Jacob looked familiar, and I was right because we apparently had some overlap in the same circles when we were kids, so this wasn't actually my first time meeting him.  Gotta love that small town feel of Fort Wayne!  Haha!  Anyways, we had  lovely weather (except for some chilly gusts of wind) and the whole park to ourselves.  Unfortunately most the flowers weren't quite ready to bloom yet, but that just made Kasey and Jacob pop even more among the greens and brown.  😊