Updated Dec 11, 2012 @ 04:04 PM
I have been looking back at a few photos that I have captured over the past week or two and realized that I am very fortunate that I am able to do this job everyday. I get to explore and learn, be creative and most importantly to me, I get to share with others through my photographs. Whether I am at Fort Scott National Historical Site on a candle light tour or back stage at Colonial Fox Theatre documenting the restoration work going on there or standing on Engine 1023 for the same reason or in the middle of Broadway Street covering the annual Christmas parade or at Greenbush learning as I photographed students learning. I am thankful for the many opportunities and look forward to what my next assignment might be and the challenge of letting people know what is going on through my images.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
Reenactors depict Fort Scott residents in this scene from the 31st annual Fort Scott Candlelight Tour at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Theme is “The Challenges of War,” and scenes depict how the Civil War impacted civilians as well as those in the military. The tour will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. today, with tours running every 15 minutes and lasting about an hour.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
More than 700 candle lanterns illuminate the grounds of the Fort Scott National Historic Site Friday evening during the 31st annual candlelight tour.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
Work is progressing on stage five of the Colonial Fox Theatre restoration project. The current phase includes removing the HVAC units, replacing the electrical system with temporary outlets and light fixtures, as well as renovating the lobby and box office and putting up a new glass front.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
Larry Spahn of the Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Museum stands in the cab of Engine 1023, the only surviving Kansas City Southern Railroad steam engine. On Saturday the cab ceiling, which had been black, got its first coat of green paint.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
Pittsburg State University’s ROTC Gorilla Battalion military color guard leads the annual Christmas Parade through downtown Pittsburg Monday night.
SEAN STEFFEN/THE MORNING SUN
R.V. Haderlein Elementary School third-graders Raelé Smith and Madelyn Knopp learn how to find directions using a compass Friday afternoon. Haderlein third graders spent the day at the Greenbush Science Center learning about magnetism and dissecting frogs as part of their science curriculum.
