Shooting on our own time An annual peek at the pictures Daily Herald staff photographers have in their photo albums.(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2004

They call it "whale soup," says Fox Valley chief photographer Dave Tonge of this picture taken in Hawaii. In January, off the coast of Maui, there were more than 5,000 humpback whales diving in the warm waters before they set off for the swim back to Alaska. Dave Tonge/Daily Herald Of this photo, chief photographer Dave Tonge said his youngest grandson, 1-year-old Jacob Rizzo, learns how to yell from his Dad, Humberto.

Dave Tonge/Daily Herald Michelle Gosser, daughter of photographer George LeClaire's significant other, swims on her high school's swim team. The ...