Recent Work (7/26/13)

This is just a collection of some of my favorite photos from the last week or so. Enjoy.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tim Burton, with Emporia Construction and Remodeling, plugs in a fan to blow out concrete dust while working on a remodel for the new location of Sweet Granada at 803 Commercial St. Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Emporia, Kan.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tim Burton, with Emporia Construction and Remodeling, cuts concrete while working on a remodel for the new location of Sweet Granada at 803 Commercial St. Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Emporia, Kan.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Emporia State University Student Manna Shintani, of Tokyo, Japan, plays "Cantabile" by Niccolo Paganini on violin Thursday, July 25, 2013, along side Wooster Lake on the ESU Campus in Emporia, Kan.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette  | Kyle Deets hits the ball on hole 12 of the Emporia Municipal Golf Course south of Emporia, Kan., Saturday, July 20, 2013, during a golf tournament as a part of Clint Bowyer's Support Emporia 2013 Charity Event supporting the Emporia Community Foundation 79 Fund.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Kyle Deets, left, and Scott Crawford inspect the green on hole 12 of the Emporia Municipal Golf Course south of Emporia, Kan., Saturday, July 20, 2013, during a golf tournament as a part of Clint Bowyer's Support Emporia 2013 Charity Event supporting the Emporia Community Foundation 79 Fund.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Ed Moyer weighs an onion for a customer Wednesday evening, July 17, 2013, at the Emporia Farmers Market in downtown Emporia, Kan. Moyer has been coming to the Farmers Market for 31 years, he said.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Harold Brenzikofer, left center, and his wife Naoma Brenzikofer help customers at their produce stand Wednesday evening, July 17, 2013, at the Emporia Farmers Market in downtown Emporia, Kan.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Lorrin Ochs, 19, of Emporia blows up inflatable cows Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the Emporia Granada Theatre in Emporia, Kan., for their presentation of the movie, "Twister" as a fundraising event for  the Lyon County, Kan., and Hill County, Mont., 4-H Exchange Group. The cows will be handed out to everyone who buys a ticket for the movie, Ochs said. Movie-goers will then be allowed to toss the cows during the movie. "You have to give people more than just a movie ticket and popcorn," said Bryan Williams, executive director of the Granada Theatre. The movie will start at 7 p.m. Thursday and the doors will open around 6:15 p.m., Williams said.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Ira Francis, of Emporia, Kan., cuts hay at the Welsh Farmstead outside the Richard Howe House Friday, July 19, 2013, in Emporia, Kan.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Cristopher Hernandez, 3, of Emporia, Kan., builds a fortress out of LEGO Duplo Thursday, July 18, 2013, at the Emporia Public Library in Emporia, Kan. "We usually come here at least once or twice a week," said Carlos Hernandez, the boy's father. "He just loves coming here to play," Carlos explained. 

Sean and Samantha

Today when I got off work I headed to Winona Area Beverage (the liquor store I go to) to pick up some beer, and when I pulled in I noticed two people outside playing music.

I couldn't pass that up.

After I went into the store and picked up my beer, I asked if I could talk to the two people and photograph them.

Their names are Sean and Samantha Barrett, and they're from Middleville, Mich.

The two are traveling and living out of their van with their dog. Both Sean and Samantha seem like very nice people.

It was a nice change of pace to meet some new, interesting people playing music outside the liquor store.

The music was nice too.

This is a prime example of the photos you are able to make just by having your camera with you. Had I not had my camera I most likely wouldn't have stopped to listen to the music, hear the stories or make any photographs.

Thanks for looking!  

All photos ©Joe Ahlquist

Road Trip Pt. 1: Downtown Chicago

Yesterday my girlfriend, her brother and I started a road trip from Winona, Minn., to Ann Arbor, Mich., with a stop in Chicago.

Chicago was awesome. We walked around downtown, saw the bean, saw Navy Pier, the Art Institute of Chicago, and got some deep dish pizza from Giordano's, which was awesome.   

Today we're finishing the driving part and we'll end in Ann Arbor.

There's a lot of photos, which seems to be becoming a bit of a habit, thanks for looking.  =]

All photos ©Joe Ahlquist

It's been a while...

Man, I have been busy this last week or so.  I worked a ton at the Winona Daily News and haven't been shooting tons for myself lately, which is alright because I love my job.  There aren't really any special stories about any of these photos they are mostly just some streehotos from around my apartment and what not, so enjoy!

 All images ©Joe Ahlquist