Just wrapped up a wild week back home in Kansas. It was part vacation, part work and a lot of fun. I spent three days teaching photography at the Flint Hill Publication Workshop. I helped as a counselor at this workshop as a student in 2001-2003 so it was fun to be back as the instructor. I had […]
I guess if I’m going to wait this long between posts, I should probably make it grand. See what I did there? Laura and I spent two nights at the Grand Canyon before driving to Albuquerque for a friend’s wedding. It was a mixture of hiking, sightseeing, photographing and waking up way to early because […]
Just like we always do this time of year… here are my top photos from 2015. It’s a mix of what I thought were my best images, what I thought were the important images and images I just thought were fun. A few of the highlights include… Protests over a Confederate statue (and the Confederate […]
What started as a nice letter to the editor turned into a really fun assignment. I contacted Dr. Bonde in Sept. to say thanks for the nice words in the letter about one of my football photos. He replied saying I should come along with his group as they capture manatees. Consider it done. A few […]
I really should do a better job of posting here. Sorry about that. I should also do a better job of keeping track of what all I saw while shooting high school football this season. But by the end of the year it all kind of blends together. Between game-winning field goals, last-second touchdowns, playoff upsets […]
One of the best parts about traveling to cover football games is experiencing the traditions of other teams. Right before kickoff at Kentucky football games, they play the Call to Post. Not what you’d expect at a football game… unless you’re in Kentucky. I got goosebumps seeing this sky and hearing the call. Pretty awesome […]
When I got back from evacuating after Hurricane Katrina I had a roof, electricity, running water, air conditioning, food… and I knew the whereabouts of my family. So many people lost all of those after Katrina made landfall. A lot of those people wound up in Houma, the small town where I worked just outside […]
My friend and former co-worker Jonathan Cohen and I used to trade stories about our home states. I’d fill his head with stories about K-State and the Konza Prairie. He’d call Kansas a fly-over state and bust out a story about the Eagles or Bon Jovi. Last week, Laura and I headed up north to the City […]
For the fifth year (fifth already?!?!?!) I teamed up with Herff Jones and The Yearbook Connection to help teach at their annual camp. Middle and high school yearbook staffs from around the area come to Gainesville to get a jump start on their year and learn all things yearbook. As you can guess, I handle the photo […]
After watching the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest with some friends, I headed up to Alachua to shoot “The Largest Small Town Fireworks Display in America.” (Self-described) To stick with the American tradition of stuffing your face with food on the 4th, the celebration included a rib-eating contest. After the contest I asked one of the […]