Office for the afternoon: Showed up for an assignment in one of the offices at @uiresearchpark and the guys at @airscoutinc asked if I wanted to go out to the airport where they keep their plane. That answer is always ‘yes.’ #NGMedia #chambana #airplane (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2EhKnMJ )

Office for last night: Spent some time on an overpass to make this photo for a story about @ilstatepolice investigating several reports of vehicles having their windows shattered on Interstate 74 between Champaign and Ogden. I called the dispatch center ahead of time to let them know I’d be up there in case anybody called to report me. #Chambana #CUTraffic #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2rjSrI8 )

Office for the afternoon: Stood in the rain for almost an hour while waiting for a train to come through a railroad crossing in Savoy... definitely expected to hear a suspicious person report on the scanner for the creepy guy by the tracks. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2J162vQ )

Office for the morning: Enjoyed the fog while driving between assignments in Bondville and Sadorus. #chambana #NGMedia #fog #cILwx (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Hji6YT )

Office for the day: First day of my new job at the @news_gazette ! #chambana #ngmedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2k0O84i )

Office for the afternoon: Went over to Westville for a fire in a downtown apartment. Firefighters from several area departments responded to the scene. #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2BWfpNl )

Office for the morning: It’s Monday and it’s raining so I went driving around the @illinois1867 campus to look for weather photos. #Chambana #NGMedia #Illini #cILwx #ILwx #wx #weather #rain (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2ECGHKp )

Office for the afternoon: After covering the Countryside School Color Run today, I’d like to officially propose that all school events include giant clouds of colorful dust. Track meets, musicals, PTA meetings... all of them. #Chambana #NGMedia #colorrun (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2jVeIZz )

Office for the day: I spent the whole day outside on the its-kind-of-warm-but-still-cold-outside-weather photo beat today... guessing I’ll be doing it again tomorrow. #NGMedia #chambana #fog #cILwx #ILwx #weather (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CS9I2R )

Office for the day: Can’t believe it’s a week until Christmas and it’s warm enough for these guys to work outside without a coat at the new @lazboy location on Town Center Boulevard. The @nws forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny, with a high near 54. #cILwx #NGMedia #onassignment (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2kIVTcc )

Office for the day: It’s a beautiful day to be down at @eiu for the first day of the @ihsa_il Girls Track & Field State Finals. #NGMedia #track #ihsa #running #preps #statetrack #EIU (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IpJPLu )

Office for the day: Back on campus to shoot photos at @illinimbb media day. #illini #chambana #NGmedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2xA1kmO )

Office/fun fact for the morning: I’m terrified of horses, but I’m glad I got a selfie with Dakota during an assignment out at Healing Horse Stables... also glad I made it out alive. #NGMedia #chambana #horses #horsesofinstagram #therapyhorse (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2q38OZN )

Office for the night: Just leaving work to go get the kids when I heard a fire call at a church in downtown Champaign. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2n4B8cC )

Office for the morning: Heard a call on the scanner for a crash on I-74 between Mahomet and Champaign... Pulled up to find the roadway covered in cash and one of the drivers, who was carrying the money for a video-gambling terminal operator, trying to pick up all the wet bills. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2n6WUwJ )

Office for the day: That’s not #Santa driving a @cumtdbus around the @illinois1867 campus, but driver Dave Hissong sure looks the part. #chambana #NGmedia #onassignment #christmas #holidays (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2AURWsw )

Office for the day: Watching the company’s radio stations get ready to go live in their new studios at the @news_gazette building downtown. #chambana #radio #NGmedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2gghVRz )

Office for the day: “Cold enough for you?” asked Stan Shobe as he went past me on cross country skis at Hessel Park. #Chambana #NGMedia #cILwx #winter2017 #crosscountryskiing #xcskiing (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2E0GM6y )

Office for the afternoon: The @news_gazette ‘s new summer interns are here and ready to work, but apparently our studio lights aren’t quite ready. #NGMedia #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2LY9Lff )

Office for the evening: Sledders enjoying the last minutes of daylight on top of the big hill at Colbert Park in Savoy. #chambana #NGMedia #sledding (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CcgkZA )

Office for the afternoon: I found Lady, a Yorkie mix, during a rally for @daniel.biss on the @illinois1867 quad. "Yesterday she was a dog for DACA and today she's a dog for Biss", said her owner, Amy Thoren, pastor and director at the St. Andrew's Lutheran Campus Center. #chambana #NGMedia #dogsfordaniel #dogsfordaca #election2018 (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2nSQPDu )

Office for the day: Covering St. Thomas More in the @ihsa_il state volleyball semifinals. #ihsa #volleyball #preps #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2AzA6uD )

Office for the afternoon: Went home to let the dog out and spotted Randy Rodefer, a technician with Premium Quality Lighting, fixing a light in the parking lot outside of @acehardware in Champaign. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2rBnH8N )

Office for the day: Watching 6-year-old A.J. Benjamin peek up from the jury box at the Champaign County Courthouse while his mother, Anna Benjamin, was being sworn in as Champaign county's newest associate judge. #NGMedia #chambana #onassignment (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2iWPD00 )

Office for the day: Driving around town taking pictures of potholes, like this one on Kirby Avenue between Memorial Stadium and the @statefarmcenter on the @illinois1867 campus. #chambana #NGmedia #potholes (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2BlanVQ )

Office for the morning: Champaign Parking Officer Anthony Lewis removes the parking ticket he had just issued after finding out that the SUV parked on East Main Street in front of the @news_gazette building was @govrauner ‘s official @ilstatepolice vehicle. #chambana #NGMedia #elections2018 (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2G2XItd )

Office for the day: Spent the day in Charleston to cover the 2A and 3A prelims of the @ihsa_il Boys Track and Field State Finals at @eiu. #NGMedia #track #ihsa #running #trackandfield #preps #statetrack #eiu (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2GOkJAl )

Office for the day: Olivia Elam, 2, of Urbana, accidentally pulls out too much tape while making cardboard dice with Library Associate Esther Yi during DIY Kids at the Douglass Branch Library. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2z7ebJb )

Office for the morning: Got to see this injured snowy owl at the @illinois1867 Wildlife Medical Clinic. The owl, which was likely hit by a vehicle, has fractures in her wing, leg, shoulder and hip. #chambana #NGMedia #owl #snowyowl #birds #bird #birdsofinstagram (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2EANEYV )

Office for the morning: Yellow chair and yellow wall in one of the exam rooms at the new OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois Multi-Specialty Clinic. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2LPFi1Y )

Office for the afternoon: Brian Spainhour jokes around with his coworkers as he uses his body to roll over the tape seams as @illiniathletics facilities crews prepare the @statefarmcenter floor for the @ihsa_il state wrestling tournament on the @illinois1867 campus. #Chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Hh56mc )

Office for the day: It’s hard to be grumpy when you’re at the @juniorleaguecu Festival of Trees. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2yRTrWl )

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Photo: Sunset shadows

Date: 29.09.2011

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Office for the day: Got to help @rockdanzl photograph all of this year’s @illinoismarathon medals in the @news_gazette studio. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2qpQqKK )

Office for the day: Chasing the last bits of daylight while exploring the @illinois1867 campus. #Chambana #NGmedia #uiuc #illini (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2lkwclR )

Office for the day: 35mph wind gusts are kind of terrifying when you're 75 feet in the air on top of a farmer's grain leg out in the middle of nowhere. #farm #cILwx #ilwx #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Feslzf )

Office for the morning: I was supposed to be taking pictures of a farmer, but my new friend Oliver, the farmer’s Airedale terrier, had other plans. #NGMedia #dogsofinstagram #dog #farmdog #airedaleterrier (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CmjqWW )

Office for the morning: Covering @tuscola_football in the @ihsa_il 1A state football finals at @northern_illinois_university . #NGMedia #football #preps (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2hNMpuZ )

Office for the day: Flying with the @armygoldenknights 12,500 feet over Danville for the @news_gazette . #ngmedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2wpnGmC )

Office for the morning: Got to watch Jason Bohm spend time with his family right after being sworn in as Champaign County’s newest circuit judge and I really, really hope his family calls themselves the Bohm (pronounced bomb) Squad. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FJLoCy )

Office for the day: Covering @tuscolacusd301 vs. Carrollton in @ihsa_il playoff football. #preps #football #ngmedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Aw1TLG )

Office for the day: Found this snow pile in the middle of the Main Quad at @illinois1867 during the first day of spring semester classes. #chambana #illini #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2DFQPym )

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Photo: Sunset shadows

Date: 29.09.2011

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Office for the morning: Getting a first look at the giant steel menorah that was installed on the @illinois1867 campus this morning outside of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life to replace the previous menorah that has been vandalized four times in less than three years. I can’t wait to see it lit up. #illinichabad #chambana #uiuc #NGMedia #onassignment (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2AtmKUi )

Office for the afternoon: Went over to Westville for a fire in a downtown apartment. Firefighters from several area departments responded to the scene. #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2H95oMd )

Office for the afternoon: A pair of firefighters from the Champaign Fire Department are surrounded by smoke as they respond to a car that caught fire after going off the ramp going from eastbound Interstate 74 to southbound Interstate 57. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2DXyZWT )

BREAKING: It’s cold outside. At least I think I’m outside... I can’t really see. #chambana #NGMedia #cILwx #weather #winter2017 (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CdyPKW )

Office/fun fact for the morning: Today I learned that a group of geese on the ground is a flock or a gaggle, but when in flight it’s called a skein. #chambana #birds #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2D3mqwM )

Office for the morning: Brushing up on my cursive Js while photographing a handwriting lesson in Ms. Johnson’s 3rd grade class at Lincoln Trail Elementary School in Mahomet. #NGMedia #mahomet #onassigment (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2zSMSHL )

Office for the day: Got to watch Champaign firefighters do an ice rescue training exercise at Kaufman Lake. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CWywH3 )