Fox Valley photojournalists pick their favorite images of 2015
It's a little bit amazing in an age when everyone and everything seems to be captured on video that the power of a single, well-crafted image still can move us.
It can make us laugh or cry. It can make us angry. It can amaze us. It can make us pause.
Through all the clutter of an endless news cycle, it can remain etched in our memories.
We asked our photographers to share some of their favorite images of the past year.
Spend a little time examining these photographs and you'll get a feel for the talents of our shooters and their ability to bring you the awesome power of a still image.
Ballet Folklorico Huehuecoyotl artistic director Cynthia G. Hernandez of Elgin, left, dances and teaches simultaneously during the adult class. The adult class competes in folkloric competitions in the United States and Mexico.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Ice sculptor Mark Mayzik, a Wisconsin native, works on the head of Abraham Lincoln. In celebration of Lincoln's Birthday and Valentine's Day, the village of East Dundee put a snowfall to good use in a "Love and Lincoln" event.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Hailey Kornak, 8, of Glen Ellyn tries to get a selfie as a great southern white butterfly lands perilously close to her face at the butterfly house at Peck Farm Park in Geneva. She and a couple of friends had cameras out and ready taking pictures of butterflies when Hailey became part of the composition.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Early morning sun highlights the colorful swim caps of competitors as they approach the start of the Naperville Sprint Triathlon at Centennial Beach in Naperville in August. .
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Alexander Sandrok, 2, of Geneva gets a bit wrapped up in his two piece T-Rex kite during the Geneva Park District's kite festival at Peck Farm Park in Geneva in September. Alexander, a big dinosaur fan, picked out his own kite for the event and attended it for the first time with his family this year.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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