The best shots from Lawrence Journal-World photographers during the month of April.

photo by: Nick Krug

Nati Zicker, 13, Lawrence, peers over the railing in the rotunda of the Kansas Statehouse as he listens to a performance by the KU Brass Ensemble on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The Brass Ensemble played over the noon hour for passersby and visitors to the capitol. Zicker was able to break away from his duties as a legislative page to listen to the concert.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Eight-month-old Ryan Eiberger, of Liberty, Missouri, enjoys the company of the Easter Bunny, Saturday, April 4, 2015, at the Indoor Aquatic Center.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Anna-Marie Ortiz, of Lawrence, picks asparagus Monday, April 13, 2015, at Pendleton's Kaw Valley Country Market, 1446 E. 1850 Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

Eighty-year-old Herman Edwards, a Jefferson County resident, sits on a bag of feed as he waits for a tire to be repaired by Midland Farm Store tire shop employee Bruce Romero on Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Midland Farm Store. Store owner Jill Tregemba explained that her older customers often appreciate the nostalgia that the store creates.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kansas men’s basketball junior Perry Ellis, right, illuminated with a projected logo of the Jayhawks' 11 straight conference championships, is shown a photograph by an attendee at the team's postseason awards banquet Monday April 13, 2015. Ellis received the Danny Manning - Mr. Jayhawk award at the banquet.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Free State High School tennis player Erik Czapinski returns the ball during a doubles win against Lawrence High School on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at LHS.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas sunset silhouettes a row of diesel pumps outside the Midland Farm Store on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Bob Wandel, of Lawrence, walks in the rain through Oak Hill Cemetery on April 18, 2015, during a Daughters of the American Revolution remembrance service honoring three veterans of the Civil War in this Journal-World file photo.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University freshmen from Overland Park, Noah Welty, left, Cole Bunker and Nick Robison stand along the right field wall as they watch a KU baseball game against Wichita State, April 21, 2015, at Hoglund Ballpark

photo by: Mike Yoder

A female collared lizard puts a bite on the hand of Grace Anne Johnson, Overland Park. Johnson found the lizard during a herpetological survey near Russell, KS, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Lawrence High's Jacob Unruh slides over home plate head-first, scoring a rim against Leavenworth on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at LHS.

photo by: Nick Krug

Lawrence photographer and artist Rachael Perry stands among a handful of the 650 portraits of local residents she photographed for the Lawrence Inside Out community photo project. Perry set out take black-and-white portraits of anyone who considered themselves part of the arts community.