December 25th, 2010 | by Kristin Eberts | published in Blog, Events
Every year before Christmas, my mom and I designate a day for a holiday baking extravaganza. We spend the entire day making an absurdly vast array of sweet treats. There are a handful of signature items that we repeat annually: buckeyes, truffles, chocolate covered pretzels, church windows, butterscotch haystacks, and chocolate jam bars. We usually [...]
December 23rd, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
In the early morning of this past Tuesday, December 21, 2010, Kristin shot the lunar eclipse in various stages from the warmth of my parents’ attic via skylight in Arlington, Virginia. The eclipse, which lasted from approximately 1:33 a.m. to 5:01 a.m., occurred when the moon passed through the Earth’s shadow. We were lucky to [...]
October 5th, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
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Friday I covered the 14th annual River City Music Festival held in downtown Cape Girardeau for the Southeast Missourian. Held every year on the streets and in the bars of downtown Cape Girardeau, the River City Music Festival brings together musicians [...]
September 17th, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
Kristin and I were driving back to Ohio from Missouri last night to attend a friend’s wedding when suddenly our phones started ringing off the hook. What we learned on the phone was shocking – an unconfirmed tornado ripped through The Plains, Ohio Thursday Sept. 16, 2010, causing downed power lines, uprooted trees, overturned mobile [...]
September 16th, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
Since Kristin was shooting the SEMO District Fair for work, I decided to go explore the fair myself. Not as big as the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, which I’ve had some experience covering with my friends in Elkhart, the SEMO District Fair still manages to hold its own. Missing a gorgeous sunset Tuesday night, I [...]
September 13th, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
It’s been nine years since the tragedies of September 11, 2001. To honor the day here in Cape Girardeau, uniformed members of the Marine Corps League, Corporal Mason O. Yarbrough Detachment, walked continuous sentry tours around Freedom Corner near Capaha Park and conducted a ceremony honoring the fallen men and women who have lost their lives serving [...]
August 31st, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
This past week, I was searching Twitter and stumbled upon a link to creativeLive’s wedding photography course with Jasmine Star, one of the top 10 wedding photographers. CreativeLive, the brainchild of commercial photographer Chase Jarvis, is a great concept – they broadcast free, interactive workshops to the masses. During this 5-day-long workshop, Jasmine held class with the [...]
August 11th, 2010 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
I drove down to Nashville to cover flood relief. Residents sure lived up to Tennessee’s motto of being the volunteer state.
After the water level reached to over 20 feet in intersection of Todd Preis Drive and Sawyer Brown Road in the Nashville suburb of Bellevue, the area was evacuated by boat on Sunday, May 2, [...]
