I’m going to let you in on a little secret of mine.

Years before I was enrolled in Illinois’ College of Communications – years before I decided to be a journalism major – I ran an entire city newspaper.

The “Adamsville Gazette” had a circulation of one. The townspeople of the my Lego city shared the only copy. It only ran for about five issues. Most of the articles were breaking news – although I had no idea what breaking news was.

The ongoing story was about a war between a neighboring town. Sometimes there would be a plane crash or traffic accident. Occasionally we’d hear news from a neighboring city. There were also recaps of the latest basketball game.

The town’s mayor, Adam (coincidentally), was always the hero. He also was the star of every sporting team.

In 2001, the city disappeared into a box (three boxes, actually).

Not that I’ve announced my nerdiness to the world, I can get down to business

The first version of the Daily Nekola launched in 2006. It has changed a lot over the years. The blog was discontinued, it turned into a portfolio.

Now I’m excited to announce the return of my photo blog. Here you’ll be able to see the work I’ve been doing at the Morris Daily Herald, as well as other photos I take in my free time and images from client shoots as well.

I’m going to do my best to keep up the ‘daily’ part of the title, but let’s face it – with dipping profits and rising costs, most daily papers are no longer 7 issues a week. Lets ignore the differences, I am only one man.