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Five Killed, Six Hurt In Separate Northeast Iowa Accidents
The Memorial Day weekend has gotten off to a deadly start on northeast Iowa highways.
Accidents in Bremer, Black Hawk and Fayette Counties during an 18-hour span have killed five people and injured six others. According to the Iowa State Patrol, one of the crashes was a triple fatality near West Union.
Authorities said 71-year-old Evelyn Rogers of Denver died in the most-recent crash, which happened Friday around 5 PM north of Waterloo. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Rogers was ejected when her pickup collided with another vehicle at the intersection of County Roads V-25 (Wagner Road) and C-57 (Cedar-Wapsi Road) in Black Hawk County. Troopers said Rogers stopped at the signed intersection, then pulled into the path of a van driven by 48-year-old Brian Moulds of Dunkerton.
The outdoor portrait, which is the subject of the latest Readers Photo Challenge, should be in the repertoire of every photographer no matter what their skill level. It’s not only essential to portraitists but other photographic disciplines as well. It’s a staple of vacation and travel photographers and I can’t tell you how many times I’m asked to shoot an outdoor portrait for the newspaper. Even sports photographers are called upon to the occasional portrait outdoors. Eight readers sent in 45 photos. Here are the top picks.
Carrie Walker of Stockton photographed her two nieces Billie Walker, 10, and Aleah Bush, 7, in her yard in Stockton. With an Apple iPhone 8 Plus she shoots them from above as they lay on blankets on the lawn. Walker gets in close and fills the frame with both of them with Billie coming in from the bottom and Aleah from the top. She used some open shade to provide even lighting to create a nice portrait of cousins together.
“The Ex Talk” by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Berkley, 352 pp.
This satisfying romantic comedy tells of two 20-something radio producers in Seattle. Shay already has 10 years of experience while Dominic, fresh out of grad school, is certain that he knows more. Natural adversaries, they’re assigned to host a program that offers relationship advice from the vantage point of two exes. Of course, they scramble to maintain the ruse when the animosity melts and their romance begins.
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by Keisha Bush
Keisha Bush weaves an “Oliver Twist”-like tale of pain and faith drawn partially on her experiences living in Dakar, Senegal. Ibrahimah is a boy living an idyllic life with his family. That all changes one day when he and his cousin are sent to Senegal’s capital to study the Quran. Bush poses essential questions about free will and liberation. Full review here.