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Nathan and Carolyn get Hitchens(‘d)

Swikar — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:33:48 +0000

Brian and I want to thank you so much for having us out to spend the day with you. Congratulations and hope you’re having a blast in Florida. Here is just a few of my favorites from the day and it was way easier than uploading one by one to your facebook I wish you both the best!

Power Nap

Swikar — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:34:26 +0000

Just a quick feature shot from a routine sports assignment.

A young spectator takes a little nap Monday night during Homestead High School’s hockey practice at Lutheran Health SportsCenter. Photo by Swikar Patel/The Journal Gazette.

Indiana Sunrise

Swikar — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:15:27 +0000

Dakota treks through the yard // Sunrise // Columbia City, Indiana – February 13, 2012

Indiana Sunset

Swikar — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:42:13 +0000

Sunset// February 12, 2012, Columbia City, Indiana.

The Smoker Farm…

Swikar — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:18:36 +0000

Side of the Road series heading to a location in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Party on Wayne…

Swikar — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:54:18 +0000

More than 300 people from all over the world gathered at the Grand Wayne Center to honor Keith Busse, who’s retiring as long time head of Steel Dynamics Corporation. I love it when I get to work on with the BFA team of shooters. I’ve never seen the GWC dec’d out like it was the other night. It was feature photo heaven. It feels good to finally start getting back to work after the holiday break. Finger lickin’ finger lickin’ good y’all.

Help Portrait – Fort Wayne, Indiana

Swikar — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:11:21 +0000

Behind the scenes at Help Portrait at the Boys & Girls Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Big thanks to all who helped out on this day and also a big shout out to Lucas Carter and Eric Pennycoff for help on filming.

Happy New Year!

Smokey Eyes – Rumble Racing Series

Swikar — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:49:32 +0000

This ends another year of rectangles. Cheers to the end of 2011 and looking forward to more great assignments in 2012. The above images are from Tony Stewart’s Rumble Racing Series last night at Memorial Coliseum.

50K Huff Portraits

Swikar — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:33:34 +0000

INMedia shooters Chad Ryan, Aaron Suozzi, Lucas Carter and myself layered up armed with two-way radios and cameras and headed to Albion, Indiana to cover the 50k HUFF Trail Run. With the all star cast out on the trails shooting the racers I decided to setup a seemless and do some portraits of the runners. Here are some of my favorites from the day.

You can check out all of the photos HERE at the INMedia Source site.

Thanksgiving

Swikar — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:58:34 +0000

It’s just not Thanksgiving without a nap. Gobble Gobble.