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Behind the Lens: Underwater shots managed with a little ingenuity: By Richard Gwin; July 20, 2008; All the staff photographers at the Journal-World are always trying to make the things we shoot on a daily basis look different.
Behind the Lens: Crime scene tough assignment for any photographer: By Richard Gwin; June 15, 2008; Taking photos at crime scenes is one part of the job no one likes, because you deal with a lot of emotions — not only yours, but family members, law enforcement and other media as well.
Behind the Lens: Various photo gear helpful to storm chasers: By Richard Gwin; May 4, 2008; One very interesting part of photography is when the weather changes quickly in the spring and one is called to head out into Mother Nature’s wrath.
Behind the Lens: Photographer catches cat fever: By Richard Gwin; March 2, 2008; Call me crazy, but the idea of photographing a cougar, a puma — a mountain lion — would be one of the most exciting subjects for my lens.
In Castro’s shadow: Photographer tells about his love of Cuba and life under its leader; By Richard Gwin; February 20, 2008; Until my first visit to Cuba in 1990, all I knew about the tiny island country I learned during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the weeklong event I witnessed in 1962 on a fuzzy, black-and-white TV in western Kansas. But during a trip to Jamaica I saw an advertisement for flights to Cuba, and I was intrigued. Being a journalist, I was able to legally get into the country. The next day I was in Havana.
Behind the Lens: Investing time, patience pays when shooting wildlife: By Richard Gwin; January 27, 2008; I remember sitting in the Pratt High Library in the ’60s and looking through Sports Afield and Outdoor Life, just to name a few outdoor magazines. Plug that into becoming a photographer, and you have someone who not only loves the outdoors but gets paid to make photos of it.
Retracing trail resurrects history: By Richard Gwin & Joel Mathis; September 29, 2007; You know about the horses. You know about the wagons. What you may not know is that many settlers crossed the Oregon Trail in the 1800s on their feet. But Karen and Dave Vixie know it all too well. Last week, they joined a wagon train that followed the Kansas portion of the trail, both of them walking stretches that covered 13 or more miles a day. The trail goes through Lawrence.

Recent photos

Robert Rowland, chairman of the communication studies department at Kansas University, high fives KU communications studies professor Mary Banwart as she's presented with a Kemper fellowship Thursday during the first day of classes at KU. The Kemper award is for excellence in teaching.

Fans line up for autographs from the Jayhawks.

KU's Micha Brown signs a autograph for Brett Stineman, 9, as KU fans came to Memorial Stadium to get a good view of the 'Hawks on their last day of open practice before the season starts.

KU quarterback Todd Reesing talks to KU fans at Memorial Stadium.

Haylee Johnson 4, gets a boost from her dad, Chad Johnson, to get a glimpse of and cheer for the Kansas University football team. The Johnsons were among the hundreds of fans in attendance at Fan Appreciation Day on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium.

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