Photos provided by Jimmy Doles Jimmy taking close up pictures of the varsity boys basketball team. dad. Film has always been important to Jimmy’s family. His dad, Jeff Doles, is the teacher of the TV Production Class at Barrington High School. “When I have days off, I’ll go to his high school and I work with the students [there] to get better at what I do,” Jimmy said. Jimmy’s dad, Jeff Doles, started videography and photography because of his mom. His mom’s use of art to express her creativity inspired him to get into film and take classes at his high school. “I took a photography class back in the ‘90s when I was a student at Palatine High School with a great teacher named Craig Anderson,” Jeff Doles said. Jeff used his photography and videography skills from over the years to teach Jimmy but also Jimmy’s sister, Bella Doles. Bella has taken footage of the football team since her freshman year. She has since graduated from high school after her junior year. S. Laput FEBRUARY 17 ISSUE2022
“I worked with the football coaches so I would send all my footage [taken from the game] to them. So, if they wanted to, they could look it over and rundown plays,” Bella said. Bella used to be in HHS TV Production as well. She was in the class for her entire high school career and she was on the board for her last two years of the program. “It’s nice because my brother took over my position. I was the original Sports Content Creator so now my brother does that. It kind of just goes down the family name,” Bella said. Bella’s main focus in high school was not the account, but she was still involved in sports media. Jimmy ultimately started the account with his own creativity coming to life. More recently, Jimmy has started to post more individual pictures of players with edited backgrounds of the final score or teasers for upcoming games. He is currently going to girls and boys basketball games, but, previous-
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ly, he has been known for his football highlight reels. The account’s recent main focus has been football and basketball videos, but Jimmy is hoping to expand. In fact, his most recent shoot was for the girls and boys basketball teams. He did individual and group photos for the varsity basketball teams in a more creative background than just the average basketball court with fluorescent lights. Jimmy plans to do lacrosse and baseball as the spring approaches. He is not sure where he wants the account to go in the future, he just knows that he wants to keep on filming and posting. “I am impressed by the time and effort Jimmy dedicates to the @redraiderhighlights account,” Jeff Doles said. “I think he loves using photos and videos to showcase all of the incredible athletes’ accomplishments and he really enjoys being a part of the athletic community [here] at HHS.” HUNTLEYVOICE.COM
