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Nick Krug (Photographer)

Nick Krug was born and raised in St. Charles, Missouri.

Long college days spent at the University Daily Kansan helped Nick develop a love for photojournalism. In May of 2001, Nick graduated from KU with a bachelors in journalism.

Since graduating, Nick spent a year freelancing for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, followed by three years as a staff photographer at the Topeka Capital-Journal before being hired by the Lawrence Journal-World.

Like the rest of the staff photographers, Nick is responsible for photographing news, features, sports, and also gathering video and audio to accompany online slideshows. Once monthly he substitutes his camera for a keyboard to contribute a column for the Behind the Lens series.

From late summer to spring the majority of his time is spent covering both KU football and basketball. Although only 29, he believes that covering this year's Orange Bowl victory and the NCAA basketball championship team will stand throughout his career as two of his most memorable experiences.

Recent stories

Behind the Lens: The uses of rim light: By Nick Krug; September 20, 2009; Nothing highlights a side spike or a mullet, or even a mullet and side spike combo better than a perfectly placed rim light.
Behind the Lens: Create your own home studio: By Nick Krug; August 23, 2009; If I were asked to make a guess on the total cost of equipment used in a sufficiently outfitted photo studio, minus the cameras, lenses and rent, I’d pin it down somewhere around $3,000.
Behind the Lens: Flickr fast answer to family demands: By Nick Krug; August 2, 2009; I’ve spoken at length before in a column or two about my disdain for playing the role of the official family photographer. Far too often, the family photo enthusiast is saddled with the burden of documenting the big reunion or grandma’s 133rd birthday, and if you aren’t speedy about making them viewable, you’re likely to hear some serious whining.
Free State students to unveil mural: By Nick Krug; February 25, 2009; From the top of a scaffolding, Free State High School sophomore Amy Stahl helps finish a mural painted by a group of Free State students in the commons area of the school.
Behind the Lens: Sports photographers require arsenal of defensive moves: By Nick Krug; February 1, 2009; It’s a popular belief among many that the sports photographer has the best seat in the house when it comes down to the full experience.
Behind the Lens: Opportunities at Media Day pass in a flash: By Nick Krug; October 26, 2008; To look at the portrait of the Kansas University men’s basketball team hanging in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, it’s easy to imagine a day when the coaches and players of one of the most storied college basketball programs gathered together at the center of James Naismith Court for an official record of unity before the season commenced.
Photographer Daniel Coburn offers tips on shooting landscapes: By Nick Krug; September 14, 2008; Recently I was able to catch up with Topeka landscape photographer Daniel Coburn and had the opportunity to chat with him about his approach.
Behind the Lens: Professional photographers bane for airport security: By Nick Krug; August 3, 2008; Imagine, if you can, the looks on the faces of Travel Security Administration folks at the airport when all of these wires, cords, batteries and intricately designed and compact pieces of steel and aluminum roll through their metal detectors and flash up on their computer screens.
Saying ‘I don’t’ to family weddings: By Nick Krug; June 29, 2008; Consider this column a fair warning to anyone with a decent camera or a mediocre ability to use said device. Someday down the road one of your cousins will get engaged. Although you haven’t seen this bride-to-be since she convinced you to get your head stuck in a metal St. Louis Cardinals trash can when you were 4, your aunt Margie, her mother, thinks that you would be the perfect wedding photographer for her daughter on the most important day of her life.
Behind the Lens: Patience with ‘light painting’ creates special effects: By Nick Krug; May 11, 2008; It’s a rare occasion when a photographer can take complete and total control of a lighting situation without some sort of interference.

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Recent photos

Kansas running back Jake Sharp looks for a hole during the first quarter Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Injured Kansas running back Toben Opurum walks slowly to the training room shortly before halftime at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing throw, pressured by Texas defensive tackle Lamarr Houston during the second quarter Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Kansas University athletics director Lew Perkins looks up at the scoreboard from the sideline during the fourth quarter Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Kansas cornerback Calvin Rubles trails Texas receiver James Kirkendoll, who stretches the ball over the goal line in the fourth quarter Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

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