Elliot Sutherland is photographer for The Ottawa Herald and an award winning photographer with honors from the Kansas Press Association and The Associated Press.
February 4, 2009 – 2:47 pm
Trish Peterson, property manager at Washburn Towers Apartments, recently had a master key made to open the lockers in the old school building. The building used to house Ottawa High School and Middle School. At the time it was abandoned it was being used as Ottawa Junior High. In 2006 the building was repurposed as [...]
January 5, 2009 – 3:23 pm
Elliot J. Sutherland
Sometimes it pays to be a photographer. Today I had the opportunity to take a ride in the fire department’s new ladder truck. It was a really great experience. Here are some of the photos.
November 18, 2008 – 9:40 am
The word “Photographer” means painter of light. Sometimes light makes the best subject.
I was out on assignment yesterday looking for deer crossing signs. I didn’t find any signs but I did find the perfect light.
The word “Photographer” means painter of light. Sometimes light makes the best subject.
I was out on assignment yesterday looking for deer [...]
November 4, 2008 – 12:19 pm
I recently covered a mock election at a local elementary school. I was pleased to see the enthusiasm of the students casting their pretend votes. I couldn’t really tell if they were excited to cast their vote or just excited to be out of class. Either way, it was nice to see the kids getting excited [...]
November 3, 2008 – 10:18 am
Last week I needed a wild art feature for the paper. I never have any idea what I’m going to shoot so I usually just drive around. Today was no different. After an hour of driving around town I still had nothing. So I decided to fall back on an old photographer’s standby: Kids playing [...]