Saturday, September 26, 2009.
My assignment was to shoot the football game. But this kid was too cool to ignore.
The 10am Update is a regular feature showcasing some of the best images from my archive.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009.
My assignment was to shoot the football game. But this kid was too cool to ignore.
The 10am Update is a regular feature showcasing some of the best images from my archive.
Monica Lopossay, in early morning fog, while arriving at the Eddie Adams Workshop Barn in Jeffersonville, NY, for the Black Team pre-workshop clean up.
For all you newcomers to the professional photo biz, The Eddie Adams Workshop is now accepting applications. May 28th is the application deadline.
Stay posted for more images from my time as a student and as a Black Team member.
Jean Tansey stands amid a canopy of trees lining Sycamore Lane she maintains for the Cedacroft community. Her work has impressed the Baltimore Rec and Parks so much that they are using her program as a model.
When I was an intern I was a more anit-portrait than I am today. In fact I’m decidedly pro-portrait these days. That’s not to say I hated the idea of portraits. Truthfully, they intimidated me a bit. Theoretically, they’re easy to make. Bare minimum, all you have to do is take a picture of someone looking into the camera. Well, I wasn’t interested in bare minimum. The real trick I realized is to consider how the image will come across to the readers. And this image is testament (not in a big amazing way) that “feeling” trumps composition. Like any shoot, I made multiple frames. I have a bunch where her head is placed in the middle, and she is looking right at the camera. But we started talking, she started moving and her personality started showing. At first I placed more importance on the symmetrical photos during my edit. But this one kept intriguing me. Her face, her expression, her joy, was something I could relate to. It was so human. The other images, while technically closer to “perfect” felt stale in comparison. What it all boiled down to, was that I just liked looking at this image the most.
The 10am Update is a regular blog feature showcasing some of the best work from my archives.
I was building my lighting set up for a recent shoot and it resulted in a really cool, dark, creepy image.
The best thing about it, is that it gave me lighting ideas for my upcoming Athletes of the Year shoots. Sunmee Huh is lit with two gridded alien bees to her right and left.
An ensemble of french horns and bassoons will be competing with jet engines at BWI and last minute shoppers at the Westminster Mall in the coming weeks. Phil Hooks, instructor for the french horns, peers over sheet music and excitedly conducts his pupils at Westminster Baptist Church Sunday December 12, 2004.
I love this image. But about a week after making this image, after the now defunct Westminster Eagle came out, I got a phone call from a perfect stranger congratulating me for making, and I’m paraphrasing here, not patting myself on the back, “such a good image in such a rinky dink paper.” As it turns out he was visiting Westminster from Atlanta (where I’m from!). And I guess he wasn’t used to seeing good photography in hyper local newspapers. Obviously, I wouldn’t say the Eagles, both Westminster and Eldersburg, were by any means rags. Patuxent does community journalism really well. And of course, these days they have to do it really well, what with next to no budget. The funny thing is, if the publishers and bosses of all the community newspapers gave photography more of a lead visually and invested a bit more time and money into their photo departments, I think they’d A.) be taken more seriously B.) well liked by the community they cover C.) end up in more scrap books than bird cages. Lets be honest, most people want to get in the newspaper at some point in their lives, right?
The 10am Update is a regular feature on the blog showcasing some of the best photos from my archives.
A fox family member sits by the Owings Mills 7-Eleven it frequents on a regular basis
I made these images back in 2004, when I was an intern at the Patuxent Publishing Co. I was filling up my car with gas after an assignment, and I looked over and saw a fox. I looked around to see if anyone else pumping gas was phased by this. Come to find out, they’re regulars. These guys like people — well, at least they’re not too (more…)
Reservoir’s David Kuper, bottom, lost to River Hill’s Evan Shebel 11-2 during the 140 weight match. Reservoir defeated guest River Hill 42-16 Tuesday, January 5, 2010.
Here’s the Howard County Times story.
Lesson learned: when the winning team is depicted by one of the kids who lost their match, there’s a good chance the sports editor will get yelled at by a mom, coach, or dad. Then that wrath, more than likely, will get deferred to me. In Howard County, River Hill is the school to beat. The school’s been open for, I think 12 years, and already half of their gymnasium’s wall is practically covered with Sate Championship banners. I don’t think there’s been one year when they haven’t won at least two State titles. So, when a school like Reservoir demolishes them in wrestling, the parents and coaches want to SEE (that’s what I do. I show.) VICTORY.
I get that. I know that. But the image above met two criteria. (more…)
CAPTION: Tri-legged “capture the pumpkin” teammates Nick Schoch, middle , 13, and Ben Stevick, 15, right, mingle with other classmate who wound up in “jail.” Ben, who has Downs Syndrome is able to play PE games and attend class with his peers because he has been included into normal 8th grade classroom settings at St. Mary’s Catholic Middle School. However, Catholic High Schools are typically geared towards college preparation which may order difficulties if Pallotti High School attempted to include Ben.
This was from a story about inclusion. …inclusion of kids like Ben Stevick who have Downs Syndrome in classroom activities at private schools. Specifically, what happens to the children who are included after middle school.
I made this image back in 2004, when I was an intern, and to this day I’m still in awe of its symbolism. Even though his classmates accept and like Ben he’s still not included socially. Nick Schoch, on the left, in the foreground, is paired with Ben. If I remember correctly, they were paired together often. But Nick has friends. Acceptance of peers has a strong gravitational pull. So, I wasn’t too surprised when I saw Nick turn his back on Ben to talk with his friends. Ben was just left all by himself.
Now, having said that, I’m a big fan of these kinds of programs. — as long as the kids being included aren’t dangerous. I think both the classroom majority and those being included can learn a lot from each other, but I think this picture really captures the reality of the social dynamics at play. Middle schoolers are gonna be middle schoolers.
The 10am Update is a regular feature highlighting some of the better work from my archives.
Retired Richmond police officer Bill Lightfoot, photographed at his Richmond home, ended his 36-year career in law enforcement with the elder abuse unit, much of which (more…)
Codiac Bolton shows off his funny face skills for a Maryland Family article about old wives tales, specifically about how childrens’ faces are apt to stick if they keep making faces. He is photographed at the PPC studio Friday, January 29, 2010. Below is a gallery of his face-making gamut. (more…)