Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Jenna's first day of school

Jenna Montoya waited until the first day of kindergarten to break into her brand new pink sneakers.

"Is kindergarten hard?" she asked her grandmother, Flora Martinez, whom Jenna lives with and calls "mom."

"You'll love it," Martinez replied. 

Jenna picks out her socks for her first day of kindergarten.


Jenna packs her own lunch. She is eating a Lunchables chicken nuggets meal. Next week, she will start making her own sandwiches.

Jenna and her brother, Kristopher, head out the door to the bus stop. Jenna is excited but also a bit nervous because her brother's third-grade classroom is in a different building.


Bonus scene: Coloring chameleons on the first day of second-grade


Second-graders Sidney Carter and Jacob Kmoch muse over the art of drawing chameleons on the first day of school. It is also the first day of teaching at Rawlins Elementary School for their teacher, Kada Williams. 

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

postcards from new york

 
I had my first NYC meal at the Jackson Diner, an Indian buffet in Queens. This area is home to a plethora of ethnic groups.


 
Marianna "Telemarketer" Kadlecova is a mad court jester. She likes wearing cowboy hats when she isn't a jester.


 
Joshua and Feiona are always playing games on their cellphones – even when they are at home watching a movie. Feiona is addicted to the game, Plants vs. Zombies.


 
Getting down with Kallarje, my old band, on a Sunday afternoon at the New Amsterdam Music Association in Harlem. The association was founded in 1904 as a union for black musicians that weren't allowed to join the white union.


 
Andrea watches me eat curry through a 50mm lens. She was visiting from Slovakia to attend our friend Sam's wedding. She bought a pack of party horns for the wedding but forgot to open the package. So we took them to the park and made obnoxious music.


 
I used to visit Bleecker Street Records every now and then. In January of this year, reports surfaced that the store would be closing its doors in April as the landlord was planning to jack up the rent to $27,000 a month. I am glad it is still open.


 
Andrea and I were plundering the streets of Greenwich Village when we saw this priceless display. 


 
This guy was hawking newspapers in Washington Square Park. He is from Barbados and has been in New York for 37 years. "It's hard to leave the city," he said. He cut the conversation short and said he had to keep working.


 
Good ol' Chinatown never changes. 


 
Jason. I've known this guy since 2001. We were waiting in line for Shake Shack after hitting up the Chelsea galleries. After taking this picture I half-drunkenly said, "This is the best shot I've taken all trip. It's a masterpiece. I'm putting it my portfolio." Jason thinks I have an awesome portfolio. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

A tiny May selection

A tiny selection of decent photos from the month of May:

Lizbeth Guzman performs a Mexican folklorico dance during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Rawlins Elementary School.


A 23-year old performer for the Jordan World Circus fell face-first from over 18 feet in a rigging accident. She was rushed to the Carbon County Memorial Hospital and discharged the next day. 



Jim Ainsworth teaches Brianna Black how to properly handle a rifle at a Rawlins Middle School event designated to promote healthy choices.

Friday, May 10, 2013

May the Force (Fourth) be with you


Morgan Bouley (right) engages in a lightsaber duel against Dakota Tompkins in the Rawlins Library Courtyard. Whitney Walker, teen services librarian, organized the event and served blue milk, Wookie cookies and Yoda soda.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hip Hop and Ballet

Photographed a hip-hop concert and ballet in one weekend.

(From left) Laci Landry, Mia Calabrese and Erin Benson from Ballet Emmanuel perform a rendition of the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, Wyo.
A member of the Denver-based rap group Fresh Breath Committee high-fives the audience during a show at the Rawlins Historical Depot. Students from the Rawlins Cooperative High School organized the concert.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

rawlins boxing tournament



Mychael Mascarenas of Cheyenne, right, gives Robert Flores of Rawlins a friendly pat on the shoulder after a bloody fight.

Ty Ramirez of Cheyenne pops Jojo Schuelle of Rawlins in the face.

Dallin Taylor of Rawlins anticipates a punch from Leo Ojeda of Rock Springs.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Stranded



Tom McVicker has been stranded in Rawlins for the past three days because of a snowstorm. He has been living out of his truck and spending most of his time at the TA travel center south of town.

"I've never been stranded for so long before," the truck driver of 33 years said.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Pinewood Derby











Cub scout Chad Hansen reacts when his pinewood car loses the race Saturday at the annual Pinewood Derby, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Rawlins.

Hansen eventually won the championship.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Pictures of the week, Feb. 8 – Feb. 15


Tina Hill, director of the Wyoming Frontier Prison looks at a piece of the south interior wall that had just been repaired. Hill is seeking more funds to repair other walls in the historic lock-up.


Rawlins-based artist Joshua Ray Smith places one of his wind-catching sculptures in a field near his studio. His sculptures will interact with the wind and snow and he will document the resulting snowdrift.


Rawlins Middle School and Lincoln Middle School players scramble for the rebound.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Blocked

Got my best basketball shot so far... too bad it was of a player on the opposing team so our paper couldn't use it.

Greg Vandeventer rejects Jalen Krening's shot in the third quarter of the Rawlins High School basketball team's 57-53 victory against Douglas.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Rewind Rawlins – brand new historical feature series

Photo comparisons for my historical feature on the Wyoming Bar, the oldest bar in town.

Here's the onilne article.



Thursday, January 31, 2013

Rawlins High School Swimming

The Outlaws swam against Lander on Thursday. They were short-handed, fielding only 7 swimmers to Landers' 23.



Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Boxing with D700


 Tried out the D700 in the worst lighting ever - the boxing gym. 

Monday, January 28, 2013

girls basketball, again

got some better shots this time. definitely improving. 



Once upon a time in Shangri-La

2012 was a crazy year. This was part of it.





Monday, January 21, 2013

ice fishing

Annual Ice Fishing Derby on Saratoga Lake, Wyoming... people weren't having particularly good luck but the weather was great.



Friday, January 18, 2013

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Two days of Outlaws basketball

Shot Rawlins High School basketball two days in a row. Definitely getting the hang of it, I think. Tried different angles, tried going into the PA booth to shoot from above.

Most of these were shot with the office's 70-200mm f/2.8.

The Outlaws won both games.







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Han Cheung is a reporter / photographer for the Rawlins Daily Times. Check out more work at www.hancheung.com