14 Feb 2020
I had the opportunity to develop my product photography skills by photographing the John Deere Classic Champion Commemorative Tee Markers. Starting in 2004, the tournament champion signed a limited series of special tee markers.
This is the entire set.Tags: JDClassic
20 Dec 2019
Quad City Storm Hockey versus the Peoria Rivermen and it's Radar's Birthday!
Check out my photos of the night's festivities.#QCStorm
#QuadCityStorm
#TaxSlayerCenter
#GetOlympus
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: TaxSlayer, QCStorm
11 Dec 2019
Quad City Storm Christmas at The TaxSlayer Center in Moline, IL.
#QCStorm
#QuadCityStorm
#TaxSlayerCenter
#GetOlympus
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCStorm
22 Nov 2019
Quad City Storm host the Peoria Rivermen on John Deere Night.
Please browse my photos from the evening.#QCStorm
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#TaxSlayerCenter
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCStorm, TaxSlayer
06 Nov 2019
Quad City Storm Paint The Ice for Veterans.
The Quad City Storm have their fans out to Paint The Ice with veteran names this week. I had the pleasure to capture the result with some drone images and some panoramas.
The above image is a Little Planet Projection of a 360 Panorama.
Click here to see the full 360 Panorama. This was made with a Nodal Ninja Panorama head and an Olympus OM-D M1X in Hi Res mode with an 8mm fisheye.
I also flew my Mavic 2 Pro drone inside the TaxSlayer Center to capture overhead shots of the ice. I stitched 34 images together to get the following result. The final image is 20,000 x 10,000 pixels and shows incredible detail.
#QCStorm
#QuadCityStorm
#TaxSlayerCenter
#GetOlympus
#dji
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCStorm, TaxSlayer, Panorama
26 Oct 2019
Lagomarcino's Cocoa Beano 5k, 10k and kids races.
There are several photo albums of the Cocoa Beano event.
First, I created an album of highlights of the event. I selected a number of photos that I thought represented the event.
The following albums contain many photos. You may want to check these out if you were there that day.
Feel free tp download full resolution digital photos for your personal use. Jost click the download link (down arrow) underneath any photo.
Photographic prints are also available for a reasonable charge. Any profits will go to the Boys & Girls Club of the Mississippi Valley.
#CocoaBeano
#Lagomarcinos
#BGCMV
#GetOlympus
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: BGCMV
04 Jul 2019
Firecracker Run in East Moline, IL.
#FirecrackerRun
#GetOlympus
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: Firecracker Run
26 Jun 2019
#GetOlympus
#DJI
#Drone
#Mavic2Pro
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: The Rust Belt, Firecracker Run
21 Apr 2019
I had the pleasure of photographing the Mitsubishi Electric Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA. This is a PGA TOUR Champions event and gave me the opportunity to photograph some of the icons in the game. It was also a great trial to prove out my new Olympus OM-D E-M1X Camera System - silent, fast, light, and weatherproof. Perfect for golf. Click on the image for a set of Highlight Photos from the tournament. Daily Albums are below.
Friday RoundSaturday RoundSunday (Final) Round#PGAChampions
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#HowellPhotographicArts
09 Mar 2019
It was KISS night for the Quad City Storm. Gwen Tombergs and her team put together quite an event for the Hockey Game the night before KISS is to play at the Taxslayer Center in Moline. I offered to do a fan panorama. Needless to say it all didn't go off without a hitch. When it came time for my 90 seconds on the ice, the focus on my camera drifted off :-(. Fortunately Gwen and her staff arranged a retake in the second period to save the day. Thanks gang.
Here's the final product.
Check it out.Zoom in to see the fans with their KISS masks.
#QCStorm
#QuadCityStorm
#TaxslayerCenter
#KISS
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCStorm, TaxSlayer
23 Feb 2019
BHAEC Celebrity Basketball.
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Tags: BHAEC
07 Feb 2019
Quad City Storm Paint The Ice for Hockey Fights Cancer Night.
The Quad City Storm have their fans out to Paint The Ice with names of those who fought cancer this week. I had the pleasure to capture the result with some drone images.
I flew my Mavic 2 Pro drone inside the TaxSlayer Center to capture overhead shots of the ice. I stitched 34 images together to get the above result. The final image is 20,000 x 10,000 pixels and shows incredible detail. Click through to download the full resolution image.
#QCStorm
#QuadCityStorm
#TaxSlayerCenter
#dji
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCStorm, TaxSlayer
30 Dec 2018
The 2019 Running USA Conference will be held February 2019 in Puerto Rico. I put together some 2018 Quad Cities Marathon material for the event. Click the photo above for a 2 minute video or
here for a set of photos and video clips.
#QCM2019
#QCMarathon
#RunningUSA
#HowellPhotographicArts
Tags: QCMarathon
21 May 2016
A number of great photos by my friend Erling Larson.
27 Feb 2015
The senior Contemporaries are accompanied at their final performance at Wharton Field House during half time of the Moline / Rocky Basketball game.
Click through for photos of Basketball, Dancing, and Basketball player, cheerleader and contemporaries senior pictures.Tags: MHS
19 Jan 2015
Another great MLK weekend basketball tournament. Moline really pulled off the last game with a come from behind win. Way to go Maroons.
Check out some photos from today.Tags: MHS
19 Oct 2014
Here’s the final match of Short Hills’ season long Member / Member match tournament. I couldn’t be happier since these are the buddies that I golf with every Wednesday and Saturday. This final match went the entire 18 ... and ... an extra hole before it was final. It the end, Mark Parkinson and Greg Ricke came from behind to beat Marty Davis and Pat Brorby on the 19th hole. Then ... we went straight to the 19th hole to celebrate! :-)
Check out these photos from the back nine during this hard fought match.Tags: SHCC
17 Oct 2014
It was a blustery day and the girls played tough. I stopped by Moline High School and grabbed a few photos of Sectional Tennis. Even though the title says “Moline”, there are some photos of girls from Geneseo, Alleman, and Galesburg.
Take a look!Tags: MHS
03 Oct 2014
Quite the brisk night and Moline got off to a slow start falling behind 49-0 at the half. They did come back and scored 28 unanswered points in the second half. Made it a good showing .... great character.
Here are a few photos of the game and photos of the homecoming court.Tags: MHS
02 Oct 2014
I finally made it to a Moline Volleyball game. This was a hard fought meet and Moline was in the first game at the end and way ahead in the second game. Unfortunately they lost both :-(.
Take a look at some of the photos I captured.Tags: MHS
28 Sep 2014
It was a beautiful day for the annual Quad City Marathon. I always enjoy shooting this event as it is such an accomplishment for everyone that finishes. Thanks go out to Ken Arevalo for including me on the photographer team. I shot some pictures of the start, went to downtown rock island to shoot a few with the Centennial Bridge in the background, then back to the finish line for the leaders and the rest.
Here are a couple hundred of my “picks” of the day.Tags: QCMarathon
21 Sep 2014
Did a little road trip to St. Louis for the Cowboys / RAMS game.
Only had a little camera, but still had to capture a few photos.19 Sep 2014
It was a heartbreaker for Moline. They dominated Alleman for most of the game, but somehow let them escape at the end.
Check out the photos I captured.Tags: MHS
31 Aug 2014
Brian Soucinek tees off during a 4 team playoff to determine 3rd place at Short Hill’s team play event. Ben Hansen’s team won the event going away ...
The extended playoff delayed the annual cardboard regatta. It was a beautiful day so no one minded. Another great fun event at the pool.
I grabbed a few photos of golf, cardboard boat races and people around the pool.
Take a look.Tags: SHCC, Friends
13 Jul 2014
The John Deere Classic kicked off this week … and I had the pleasure of helping the John Deere Classic Tournament with a few photos. Hopefully you’ve seen a few of these on the John Deere Classic Facebook and/or twitter feeds.
The John Deere Classic has really made a name for itself as the tournament to give young golfers their start. Jordan Spieth last year and now Brian Harman this year. Brian's win marks the 20th time a player scored their first PGA win at the Quad Citiesbased tournament.
Check out my photos on the links below.
Wednesday.Wednesday is the John Deere Classic ProAm.
Thurday.Round 1 of the John Deere Classic. I spent the entire day at the tee box on number 2 to capture the entire field.
Friday.Round 2 of the John Deere Classic.
Sunday.Final Round of the John Deere Classic.
Tags: JDClassic
11 Jul 2014
Iconic Steve Stricker at the JohnDeere Classic.
Tags: JDClassic
31 May 2014
It was a beautiful day for a very successful Color the Quads 5k race! A big thank you goes out to Mel Foster and race director Sarah Johnson for bringing this great event to our area.
As you can see from my photos, this is all out fun for the participants.31 May 2014
It was a great morning for the kids races at the Bandshell in Bettendorf for Color The Quads.
As you can easily see from my photos, they had a great time! What a great event!
27 May 2014
The Volunteers came by to signing, pick up their shirts, and get a little training. We did get rewarded with dinner at Azteca and a couple “Adult Beverages”!
I captured a few photos ....10 Jan 2014
A slightly abstract photo of the Moline High School Girls Basketball team charging down the court on a fast break. They played a hard game and came back from behind to almost pull it out in the end. Good game girls!!
I used the game to try out some new lighting and a remote camera. I now have four Strobelights (Canon 580EX), one at each corner of the field house, with extra battery packs, and triggered with Radiopopper PX’s. My main camera is a Canon 1DmkIV and I’m using a 50mm f1.4 lens for most shots. I’m typically shooting at 1/500th of a second shutter speed, f/2.8 aperture, ISO 1600 and using ETTL for the fill in flash. This game I also used Radiopopper JrX’s to remote fire a camera on the baseline. That is my new “travel camera”, a Canon SL1 that I set up with a 16mm lens on the floor under the basket. It uses the same 4 flashes as well and I was shooting at f/4 for a little more depth of field. There are a few good photos from here, but the flashes didn’t fire all the time ... still a few kinks to work out.
Take a look.Tags: MHS
26 Oct 2013
I recently traveled “Down Under” and had the opportunity to take in one of their premium horse races, the “Cox Plate”. This is a legendary horse race in Melbourne, Australia that has been running since 1922. As you may imagine, it has a lot of the “pomp and circumstance” of the Kentucky Derby with a little bit of a “down under” flair.
Here are a few photos of the horses, the race action, the people and the fashion.05 Oct 2013
Stopped by Wharton Field House this morning to grab a few photos of Moline Volleyball.
Take a look.Tags: MHS
27 Sep 2013
Lots of excitement at Moline’s Homecoming game Friday night. It was an exciting, up and down, drawn out, hard fought football game against UTHS. And it was so much more … what a great day of celebration:
See my photos for shots of:
I hope you like them.Tags: MHS
22 Sep 2013
I had the opportunity to shoot the Quad City Marathon again this year. It was a blast! The theme that I’d say was predominant this year was “EMOTIONAL”! I spent a lot of time at the finish line shooting finishers. The Relay Teams were excited and full of energy. The marathoners were different. A number came in completely spent and exhausted. Some had some left and had a kick to the end. The thing that got to me the most was the emotion of the first time marathoners when they came across the finish line. After all, they’ve been training for this moment for most of a year and a number of them just broke down. It was really touching and I really felt proud for every one of them. It’s so great to be close to the action.
I tried to capture a little of it in photos.Tags: QCMarathon
20 Sep 2013
It was a beautiful night in Augustana’s new stadium as Moline took on Alleman. Or should I say Alleman took it to Moline? I did get a few photos …
check ‘em out.Tags: MHS
14 Sep 2013
Seems like we’re coming up with all kinds of excuses to party. Here’s another one. The “Glow Run” in downtown Moline. The race started fairly informally with three waves of runners. Wave 1 - “Runners”. Wave 2 - “Walkers”, and Wave 3 - “Partiers”. I was surprised that anyone started in wave 1 or 2 since they all seemed to be “Partiers”.
Check out a few photos of the evening.13 Sep 2013
Moline High School Football! This is one of the few moments of celebration from Friday's game as the Maroon's just recovered a fumble. I uploaded a ton of photos. Enjoy!
Tags: MHS
06 Sep 2013
It’s fall, the nights are starting to get cool, and it’s time for Moline High School Sports! This year I had the privilege of designing the cover for the Booster’s Sports Program. Hope you like it.
I plan to get out to a number of games again this year. Come back here to see photos of your favorite Moline High School stars.
If you have a special request, drop me a note from the contact link above or direct to my email at JRHowell@me.com.
You can always click on the MHS “Category” to get a list of all the Moline High School events I’ve photographed. I hope you enjoy them.
And … the committee was generous enough to publish an advertisement for me in the program.
See you at the game … I’ll be the one with the big camera ;-)
Tags: MHS
14 Jul 2013
Watch the entire final day of the John Deere Classic from the edge of the 18th green in 4 minutes. I had a camera set up on one of the red stakes marking the water hazard and created a time lapse of the entire day. I interspersed a few photos from that area aswell. Enjoy!
Tags: JDClassic
08 Jul 2013
The John Deere Classic kicked off this week … and I had the pleasure of helping the John Deere Classic Tournament with a few photos. Hopefully you’ve seen a few of these on the John Deere Classic Facebook and/or twitter feeds. Check out my photos on thelinks below.
Monday.Monday included the “John Deere Pro Am”, the Executive Women’s Day, and the John Deere Classic ProAm Pairing Party.
Tuesday.Tuesday included practice rounds, Callaway Club Fitting for Wounded Warriors, and the Youth Day Clinic.
Wednesday.Tuesday is the John Deere Classic ProAm.
Thurday.Round 1 of the John Deere Classic.
Friday.Round 2 of the John Deere Classic.
Saturday.Round 3 of the John Deere Classic.
Sunday.Final Round of the John Deere Classic.
Tags: JDClassic
17 May 2013
Congratulations to Justin Rumey and the teams of Derrick Stabler & Will Wallace and Jed Wood & Puri Pranav for advancing to State. I was fortunate enough to capture some photos of their matches at sectionals.
Check ‘em out.Tags: MHS
18 Mar 2013
Congratulations to the Moline High School Basketball Seniors celebrating their season this evening.
- Drew Owens
- Bryan Brinker
- Vashaun Newman
- Jake Viaene
- Josh Larsen
- DeCarlos Flores
- Devin Struble
- Derrick Stabler
- Jed Wood
I am proud to have produced the “posters” for their banquet this evening.Here are the Moline games I shot this year:
Tags: MHS
17 Mar 2013
Congratulations to the Moline members of the Boys Metro Basketball All Stars:
- Tyler Boscontine - Sophomore Guard
- Drew Owens - Senior Guard
- Brandon Vice - Junior Forward
- Jed Wood - Senior Guard
- Derrick Stabler - Honorable Mention
This year I had the pleasure of shooting at a few Moline Basketball Games:
and … I am proud to have produced the senior posters.27 Feb 2013
Moline advanced to the second round of the Regional Playoffs to meet Big 6 Champion Rocky. As you can tell from the photo above, it was a pretty physical game.
Here are a few photos of the evening.25 Feb 2013
The scoreboard is a little confusing as Moline is the home team and UTHS are the visitors in this first Regional Playoff game. So … as the cheerleaders and students celebrate the score is 50 to 47 Moline over UTHS with 20.1 seconds left to play. Moline came out victorious in this very competitive, exciting game. As a result Moline advances to play Big 6 champion Rocky next … now postponed to 2/27/2013.
Here are a few photos of the Moline / UTHS battle.Tags: MHS
22 Feb 2013
It was Senior Night at Wharton Field House for the Moline vs UTHS Basketball game. And … ofllowing the theme, it was “Senior Citizens” Night for the SuperFans!
Browse through my photos of the game, cheerleaders, and seniors and their parents.
Tags: MHS
16 Feb 2013
The Moline Maroons take the floor of Wharton Field House to take on Rocky. Moline was dominating for most of the game although they somehow let Rocky tie it up in regulation and go on to win it in overtime. It was a heartbreaker for the Moline crowd, but it was a great game.
Here are a few photos.Tags: MHS
01 Feb 2013
One of my favorite basketball photos of the year …
Moline takes on Alleman at Wharton Field House. I also captured a few shots of the Dance performance at half time and a few cheerleaders.
I hope you enjoy these.Tags: MHS
19 Jan 2013
Moline is hosting the Martin Luther King Tournament this weekend at Wharton Field House.
Here are a few photos of Saturday’s games. And …
a few photos of Monday’s games.Tags: MHS
11 Jan 2013
Friday Night Basketball in the Quad Cities. Moline takes on Rocky at Rock Island. The Sophomore game was a great game with many lead changes and was decided by a basket as Rocky came out ahead. Rocky dominated the Varsity game. Still, a fun evening and an opportunity for a few action shots.
Check ‘em out.Tags: MHS
07 Jan 2013
My friend Ricky is coaching the Moline High School freshman Basketball team, so I thought I’d stop out and take some photos of tonight’s game. They pretty much dominated the game and I came home with a few keepers … I think.
Here’s a few shots of the evening.Tags: MHS
23 Sep 2012
The Quad Cities Marathon started at 7:30 AM this morning and 2 hours and 19 minutes later the winner crosses the finish line. More photos later …
That’s how I started off the blog entry this morning …
After hanging out at the finish line watching all the marathoners, 1/2 marathons, and relay teams come in … I discovered that the story today isn’t about the winner, the women’s winner, or even the finishers. Today’s story is really about Joe Moreno. I haven’t been around this event much before, but I had a blast today. There is just a whole lot of energy and feeling of accomplishment here. And the energy seems to flow from Race Director, Joe Moreno. This photo shows him congratulating and cheering on the women’s winner. He did this for every single finisher … and he seemed to know everyone by name. Every finisher got a personal “high five” and “great job” from Joe. You can tell he just has great passion for this event and is really, really enjoying himself today.
Great event Joe! Thank YOU for all of your passion, energy, and hard work that made this such a successful, and truly enjoyable event.
And … a few photos of the day …Tags: QCMarathon
16 Sep 2012
Jared Requet makes a good gain early in the Moline High School Homecoming Football game Friday night. Moline scored on their opening drive and then had some challenges until late in the game. They almost pulled it out.
Here are some photos of the evening.Tags: MHS
31 Aug 2012
The Moline Maroons took on the Dunbar Mighty Men and dominated in both the Sophomore and Varsity contests. While the Sophomores had the offense going from the beginning, the Varsity turned a 1st half defensive struggle into a second half offensive display. Unfortunately the reporter from channel 4 missed all the action as he had to leave to make deadline by 9:10 PM.
The highlight of the evening were the
Superfans … they were
Off The Hook.
Here are a few photos of the evening.Tags: MHS
05 Aug 2012
It was quite the dog fight. Clay Lee and Adam White battled it down to the final hole of a 36 hole match to determine the winner. In the end Adam White was victorious as our Short Hills Country Club Champion … now two years running.
The match was tied “all square” after the first 18 holes. Then in the second 18 holes Adam White built a commanding lead to be three up with five to play. Clay had a few great holes and battled back to one down with one to play, but ran into some tree issues on 18.
All the while our Club Pro was tweeting the status of the match. At least a tweet a hole. This made it very easy to follow and the current status was always clear. Nice addition this year Brian,
Congratulations to
Adam White, our
2012 Short Hills Country Club Champion. Here are a few photos of the Championship Match.Congratulations also go to our other flight winners:
Championship B Flight – Will Wallace
Directors Flight – Robert Wunder
Professionals Flight – Pat Brorby
Superintendents Flight – Ron Williams
Managers Flight – Dean Bull
Women’s Flight – Patti Lee
Tags: SHCC
22 Jul 2012
The Short Hills Member Guest was another great event this year. We had 27 teams battle it out and just plain enjoy themselves over 3 days of golf. In the end Team Venderbeke came out victorious.
Here are a few photos of the shoot out and the evening dinner.Tags: SHCC
15 Jul 2012
Rory Sabatini walks up number 9 fairway during a practice round at Deere Run.
It was a full week of events at Deere Run for the John Deere Classic highlighted by a fantastic playoff finish where Zach Johnson emerged as the 2012 John Deere Classic Champion. I spend a few days taking photos … take a look by clicking on the weekdays.
MondayThe John Deere Pro Am was held with the sponsor exemption golfers: Jordan Spieth, Patrick Rodgers, John Peterson and Luke Guthrie. I also caught a few shots of John Daley and David Duvall.
TuesdayYouth Day Activities in the Family Zone
Wounded Warriors Club Fitting
First TeeYouth Clinic w/ Pat Perez and Jason Gore
WednesdayThe John Deere Classic Pro Am. John Deere’s CEO, Sam Allen and the John Deere Classic Board President, Todd Raufheisen, played with Steve Stricker.
SundayFInal Round of the 2012 John Deere Classic
Tags: JDClassic
09 Jun 2012
132 of the nation’s best junior’s golfers came to Short Hills for a week full of golf. It was pretty humbling to see these kids with the grooved swing throwing darts at our greens. I loved the buzz.
Here are a few photos of the second round.Tags: SHCC
03 Jun 2012
Short Hills Country Club’s Sunday Team posing with the Velie Cup. They started the day six strokes ahead and finished with a resounding 21 stroke victory. Congratulations!
Feel free to peruse the photos of the day.Tags: SHCC
03 Jun 2012
The Sunday Mueller cup team gets ready to tee off at Davenport Country Club. It was a challenging course for coach Lewis’ first outing.
Here are a variety of photos from the day.Tags: SHCC
15 May 2012
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Peter Reed Miller Sports Photography Workshop. There were some great photographers in the workshop and of course we had some great instructors. One of images (above right) was described as a potential “Sports Illustrated Cover”. I was honored …
This past weekend I noticed the USA Today Sports Section had a very similar photo on the front page. I know it’s not humble to say, but I think my photo is even better.
13 May 2012
The John Deere Classic is now just 56 days away. I thought I’d stop out at the golf course and grab a few photos of the clubhouse and course.
Take a look.07 May 2012
The John Deere Classic is now a short 2 months away and I thought it’d be appropriate to share a few photos from previous John Deere Classic Tournaments. This photo of Steve Stricker with the John Deere Classic trophy was from 2010 when he scored his 2nd John Deere Classic win. Last year he won again and I’m sure he’ll be gunning for his 4th straight John Deere Classic victory this year.
Here are a few of my favorite John Deere Classic photos.And … of course … a few panoramas of Deere Run decked out for the John Deere Classic. Just click on these and “tour the course”.
Deere Run- 18th
Deere Run - 16th
Deere Run - 17th
Tags: JDClassic
16 Apr 2012
I had the great pleasure of attending the Peter Read Miller Workshop on Sports Photography this past week. This was a full 7 days of presentations, critiques, shooting, and editing. As part of this workshop I shot 10 different sports, thousands of frames, and had 62 images critiqued. Needless to say I put in a lot of time and effort and was really rewarded as I learned a lot, met a bunch of very talented individuals, and greatly improved my photos. While I learned of lot, the single most important thing was what makes a great sports photo. This shot of the baseman running drew great praise as Peter suggested it could be a Sport Illustrated magazine cover. He should know as he has more than 200 covers to his credit!
One of the photographers sharing instruction duty with Peter was Grant Leighton who specializes in Portrait Photography. I took the opportunity to have him review some of my Portraits and he generously gave me a number of suggestions for improvement. I can’t wait to put them to use.
I shot somewhere between 500 and 1,000 frames of each sport. The motor drive on my camera was humming right along … I reduced this to my favorite 5-10 for each sport for the critique session. Take a look:
Mountain Biking
Roller Derby
Softball
LaCrosse
Tennis
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Track & Field
Boxing
07 Jan 2012
The Augustana women celebrate their win at the buzzer.
It was an evening of up and downs as the Augustana Vikings took on the North Central Cardinals at home in Carver Center. First, the women put in a 3 pointer as time expired to pull out a 66-65 squeaker. Unfortunately the men could keep their winning ways alive and fell 67-62 in only their second loss of the season.
I had my Radiopoppers with me and two Speedlites to try to get a little better light here. This allowed me to shoot at 1600 iso, 1/250th, and f2.8 for most of these photos. I put the strobes on the balcony railing and they provided mostly fill in light.
Here are a few photos of the evening.
