Images: The Week in Pictures
After shooting pictures and video for a recent story about an Elburn familys Christmas light display that has over one million lights, I began to wonder if I should bother to put my several hundred up at all. After a couple inches of snow covered the lights on my bushes, I thought it looked like an overhead view of a technicolor brain. Now it was worth it. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A large dog paw print makes its mark on the snow on the River Walk in Naperville Thursday. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Santa Claus works with volunteers and staff of the Prospect Heights fire and police during a delivery of Christmas gifts to families of the 600 block of Piper Lane in Prospect Heights on Monday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Haley Latona, 15, of Beach Park, wears Santa hats with her Boer goat, Cally, at Santas Farm during the Holiday Hoedown Monday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The indoor winter festival included a Magical Midway with carnival rides, Santas Farm, and holiday crafts.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
When I went out to take pictures of Christmas lights being put up on trees in downtown Wheaton, I decided to make a silhouette tell the story. I was struck by how the cherry picker was reaching up toward one of the branches which seemed to angle down to the worker. The clouds worked to add a nice backdrop. This sort of photo was more graphically interesting than a ground-level shot which would have had complicated and distracting backgrounds. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Ruth Ciamarra and her daughter Anna, 4, took part in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church family Christmas Eve service Tuesday in Lombard.
PAUL MICHNA/PMICHNA@DAILYHERALD.COM
Noch Lao, of Chicago, cleans ice from the inside of his car window while in Naperville Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
I left my gloves in the car, said Greg Clark of St. Charles. I was thinking it wont be that bad, but its cold. Clark was doing last-minute shopping in downtown Geneva Wednesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Rob Szymkowski, with Burke Transport Service in Libertyville, places a gas line hose back onto his truck after delivering diesel fuel to the Illinois Department of Transportation on Christmas Eve in Arlington Heights. Szymkowski said unloading the fuel is the coldest and most dangerous part of his job.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Megan Roberts, 8, left to right, pours an ingredient into a meal-packet, as Davis Hillback, 6, Abbie Hillback, 8, and Jonah Roberts, 8, all of Libertyville, wait their turn during a meal-packing event at Feed My Starving Children on Christmas Eve morning in Libertyville.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
First grader Emily Psyhogios, left, and her fifth grade book buddy Payton Rodriguez, build gingerbread houses at Rockland Elementary School in Libertyville Thursday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Recruits from Great Lakes Naval Base are greeted by volunteers during a Christmas day event at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights Wednesday morning.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Jean Lundquist of Aurora, left, and Alice Glavin, of Naperville, chat during the 30th annual Christmas Seniors Luncheon hosted by the Naperville Park District and Naperville YMCA. The luncheon was free to seniors.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Napervilles Century Walk public art group has hired Naperville resident and artist Paul Kuhn to create a sculpture called Tragedy to Triumph to memorialize the 47 victims of a train wreck on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line in 1946. The sculpture is set to be dedicated this spring, the day after the 68th anniversary of the crash. Kuhn is pictured working on his sculpture.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Des Plaines City Clerk Gloria Ludwig, left, serves a plate of food to Marta Androne, of Schaumburg, and Hilda Hoffmann, of Des Plaines, as about 100 seniors were treated to a Christmas dinner at the Frisbie Senior Center in Des Plaines Wednesday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Alex Tang, of Naperville, left, and Zach Adcock, of Woodridge, right, play hockey with their friends at a downtown outdoor Lisle ice rink off Burlington and Main Streets. Other friends playing include: Kit Benson of Naperville, Joe Lange of Naperville, and Ryan Adcock of Woodridge. We dont play competitive hockey, so we are just out here having fun as friends, said Tang.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Maxx Garcia, 10, of Sugar Grove, races against fellow basketball campers during a dribbling drill at John Shields Elementary School in Sugar Grove on Thursday. The three-day park district camp, run by All Stars Sports Instruction, included basic mechanics with concentrations on shooting, ball handling, and passing.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Jesse Walker, of Libertyville, sleds down the hill with his son, Joey, 7, at Adler Park in Libertyville on Thursday. The park features two sledding hills, an ice rink, and a warming house during the winter months.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Eric Williamson helps his son Oslo, 4, around the ice rink in Nike Park in Naperville on Friday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
8-year-old Logan Kim, of Lincolnshire, cuts out a snowman as kids made cards to send to Ann and Robert H. Luries Childrens Hospital of Chicago during an art program at Vernon Area Library District in Lincolnshire Friday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Kane County Forest Preserve naturalist Barb McKittrick, left, identifies raccoon tracks in the snow during a tracking and scavenger hunt program at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve in Sugar Grove on Friday. Lisel Ulaszek, of Campton Hills, points out the tracks to her son, Oliver, 4, next to Pat Schaefer of Elburn and her granddaughter Shannon Dame, 9, visiting from Michigan.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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