
Scout DeBartolo’s Chihuahua-terrier mix Walter Stanley Garcia, appropriately clad for the snow storm, is taken on a walk down the (more…)

Scout DeBartolo’s Chihuahua-terrier mix Walter Stanley Garcia, appropriately clad for the snow storm, is taken on a walk down the (more…)
I know this sounds like I’m bragging — and well, I guess I am a little, but not in a cocky way. It’s more like a “super excited” kind of bragging.
I did really well in the recently judged September clip contest. The monthly clip contest doesn’t really go in order. December’s already been judged, for example, and we’re still waiting on results from November, August, and May.
So, In addition to winning 1st and 2nd in Feature/Multiple, I also placed first in Sports, and third in Feature/Single.
It was a good month for some of my friends, too. Fellow PPC co-worker Sarah Nix-Pastranna won 2nd in Feature/Single. Patrick Smith landed second in Sports, and Drew Anthony Smith grabbed 2nd and 3rd in Illustration. I’m 100 points — or two first place wins — away from tying with Kyle Green, the regional clip Juggernaught from The Roanoke Times. Fingers crossed!

Shawn Goldfaden, from Sparks, right, owns Sparks Cleaners, a Green Earth Cleaning Affiliate, where the dry cleaning chemicals are better for the environment. Josh McMillan, center, from Hereford, has worked the garment press at the cleaners for approximately 2 weeks.
As always, the 10am Update is a regular update of some of my best archived photos.

Jason “Horns” McComsey, from Thaddeus Stevens College in Pennsylvania, warms up, wearing a kilt, before the Javelin toss event in the 2007 Division III Outdoor Track & Field National meet held at Howard Community College Friday May 11, 2007. He threw the third farthest distance, 50.48 meters.

Branches protrude form the frozen waters of Lake Kittamaqundi during the preliminary snowfall Friday, February 5, 2010.
Lake Kittylitter is what my old boss Tenney Mason would call Columbia, MD’s Lake Kittamaqundi. …because, lets be honest, it’s a (more…)

“Neighbor Cats” paw prints, Thursday, December 31, 2009.
As a rule I don’t like cats. …mostly because they make it hard for me to breathe.
Admittedly, I enjoy watching cats from a far. And my favorite kind of cat is ferrel. They keep the mice away. We’ve got a family of 4-6 cats living in our alley and, to be honest, I worry about them when it snows.
Right now we have two-plus feet blanketing Baltimore. They’re smart cats. I hope they find a nice place to hole up.

Snow in the city Friday night, February 5, 2010. I shot this waiting for a parking garage elevator.
This is what I said: ”Oh f’n my God! — Nick! I’ll have to call you back. There’s a Storm Trooper walking down the Avenue.”

As always, this is my 10am update — good stuff from my archives.


Lauren Greenfield, back when she was a member of VII, during the 2005 VII conference in NYC.