Chris Ortiz

Phoenix, Prescott

Photographer at Reuters

Photographer at The Pitch (Kansas City)

News Editor and Photographer at The Daily Courier (Prescott, AZ)

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Articles

Peter Frampton: A lifetime of music

2 weeks ago | verdenews.com | Chris Ortiz

Peter Frampton grew up in a world that not a lot of people from the United States can relate to. However, growing up in his humble beginnings in what was still a bombed-out London after World War II only gave the young musician the motivation to do what he would come to call his life work. “I do remember playing in bombed out buildings, they were everywhere. I didn’t understand what it was but I think it was one of the best times to be born, for me it was,” Frampton said with a laugh.
A lifetime of music

2 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz

Peter Frampton grew up in a world that not a lot of people from the United States can relate to. However, growing up in his humble beginnings in what was still a bombed-out London after World War II only gave the young musician the motivation to do what he would come to call his life work. "I do remember playing in bombed out buildings, they were everywhere. I didn't understand what it was but I think it was one of the best times to be born, for me it was," Frampton said with a laugh.
A childhood pastime and the effects on today

2 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz
A childhood pastime and the effects on today

2 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz
A childhood pastime and the affects on today

2 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz
Sting played his music book during Sting 3.0 tour

3 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz

On an unusually cool and rainy evening on June 1, the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix hosted the rescheduled Sting 3.0 Tour stop. The original date of Jan. 24 was canceled because of illness of the rock star.
FAQs I get on photography, addressed

3 weeks ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz

Hello Quad Cities folks and happy Wednesday!So this week, I want to branch off a little more as it comes to art and photography. It seems that after each time I write a column about the topic, I get a few emails from fellow residents asking for some advice for themselves or someone who they know is interested in photography; either trying to take it as a full-time commercial career or maybe a little more on the artistic side of things. Chris Ortiz is the news editor for the Prescott News Network.
Fourth Fridays and art

1 month ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz

So yes, I am back from my little trip back to the Kansas City metro area, and I will say that it was enjoyable. I got to visit with friends and family, and even had the time to stop by the beloved Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
What's the difference?

1 month ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz

By CHRIS ORTIZ, The Daily Courier Hello quad-city people and happy Wednesday. As I write this column, I am sitting in a living room in my home city of Lawrence, Kansas. When you will be reading this, I will most likely be back in Prescott and getting ready to return to my desk in the newsroom. This is after a little vacation here to see two family members graduate - one from college and the other from high school.
School's out for summer

1 month ago | dcourier.com | Chris Ortiz