Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series highlighting how local business, organizations, churches and schools give back this holiday season. The series will run every Tuesday in the Community section through Dec. 25. Related: Giving Eastern Iowa veterans a hand – literally New beds, linens donated to Eastern Iowans in need IOWA CITY [...]
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Photography, paintings and ceramics will be featured in the upcoming Coe College art show, featuring the work of James Snitzer, Susan Coleman and Doug Hanson. The artwork will be on display in the Marvin Cone and Eaton-Buchan Galleries of Sinclair Auditorium, with an opening reception in the Sinclair lobby on Friday, Feb. 17 from 5 [...]
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Half the people in the wide photo have their backs to the camera, so we can’t see their faces. But some of the others on the far side of the long line of people, turned toward us, appear to be smiling. At first that seems odd. A human chain passes sandbags as they work up [...]
continue »Oxford, IA – The Conservation Education Center (CEC) in F.W. Kent Park, located three miles west of Tiffin just off of highway 6, will be open weekends 12 to 4 p.m. beginning May 28th and continuing through Labor Day. The Education Center will also be open Memorial Day, Monday May 30th, from Noon to 4 [...]
continue »By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS — Photographer George Henry, 87, has built a 60-year career on artistry and luck. When a female loon rose from her nest to roll her eggs, Henry was quick with a click to capture the seldom-seen scene. Another time, he spied a beaver flapping its tail. Click. The biggest challenge [...]
continue »With the Fourth of July Holiday rapidly approaching we thought it would be good to provide a quick tutorial on how to photograph your local fireworks display. The most important piece of equipment you will need to bring with you besides your camera is a tripod. The tripod is necessary because long slow shutter speeds [...]
continue »At an event like the finals of the NCAA D1 Wrestling tournament there are a very limited number of shooting positions available to photographers so the NCAA mandates that media outlets that are only covering certain wrestlers rotate out to the mat only when their athlete of interest is wrestling. This can present and interesting [...]
continue »As part of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art reopening, an exhibit entitled The Year of the River: Flood Photography from The Gazette will be on display from August 30, 2008 until February 22, 2009. 83 large prints have been made of images created by The Gazette’s staff during June’s flooding. I have seen [...]
continue »Porter’s store locations in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls. From eMediaWire: Porter’s Camera Store (www.porters.com) announced today that it will provide free photo reprints for those affected by last week’s catastrophic storms. Porter’s Camera will also donate a percentage of its profits to help residents of Parkersburg and other affected communities with food, shelter and [...]
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