10am Update: The 2005 Presidential Inauguration
I guess you could say this was my first “important” assignment. The Howard County Times, being hyper-local, wasn’t interested in covering George W. Bush’s inauguration unless there was a local hook. So, I found some. …and what kind of photographer would I be if I didn’t look for non-assignment images? So, there are a few [...]
10am Update: The Lizard Guy
“This house is like Jerassic Park North,” kids Gordon Hyssong, a 65 year old self-proclaimed herpetologist who shares his Parkville home with almost 40 reptiles, a fish tank full of hissing cockroaches and an ornery parrot names Caesar. This guy was intense! I met him back in November, 2004, while I was an intern at [...]
10am Update: I heart snow.
This is from December, 2008. Jess drew the heart, and our upstairs neighbor’s dog, Josh, was looking to make some yellow snow. I just got my new full-frame D700 and I was making as many night photos as possible. The drawback — which doesn’t really bother me in this image — is that all my [...]
10am Update: Fashion Battle
Reigning Fashion Battle Champs, Laurel High School, hand over the crown during the 2nd annual contest held at the University of Maryland College Park’s Tawes Theatre Saturday January 15, 2005. These photos are from way back when… 2005. This was one of my first assignments as a STAFFER for The Patuxent Publishing Co. As always, [...]
10am Update: Compassion for an Opponent
I love this photo. To this day I kick myself for not getting their names. The Milford Mills wrestler, foreground, is all tore up after losing the 160 weight match against the Hereford wrestler in the background. This is all taking place during the Baltimore County championship meet Saturday February 23, 2008 at Parkville High [...]
10am Update: Leaving Mom
(October 24, 2007) After we finished eating brunch at J. Christopher’s, I left for Baltimore. Grandmommy learned the virtue of not snapping into “pose mode” when I tried making a picture of her. Mom, cried. I knew she would. The day fit the mood. Georgia was going through a horrible drought, so the drizzle was [...]
10am Update: Ray Lewis for The Sporting News
Back in October, 2009, I got the opportunity to photograph one of the greatest defensive players ever, the
10am Update: Ceiling Leak
Dripping water from my kitchen ceiling leak. The water is shot against an underexposed fluorescent light. This was made in my old house in SoWeBo, Baltimore, Maryland May 11, 2006.
10am Update: A mother’s comfort.
Keirsten (she didn’t want to give me her last name) comforts her son Isaiah Moon after he “ran over” another concert goer’s foot with his toy truck — the incident startled the two year-old. Both of them, along with Keirsten’s husband/Isaiah Moon’s father, are “touring” or following Widespread Panic.
10am Update: Calvin Gholston, Jr
Nineteen year old Calvin Gholston Jr, just received his 25th and last leg lengthening surgery at Sinai Hospital Monday February 20th, 2006. The four-year anniversary of his life-changing surgery is coming up on the 20th. So, lets all collectively wish him well! Here is a link to the Catonsville Times article. We also did a [...]
10am Update: Juggling Club
Maddy Hall, age 17, from Washington DC, foreground, and Russ Kaufman, from Owings Mills, practice juggling routines during the Wednesday juggling club meet up January 16, 2008 Chatsworth Elementary School. The club, a division of part of the Baltimore Jugglers Association, was founded by Michael Rosman, a professional juggler who lives in Reisterstown. I’d actually [...]
10am Update: Hat and Gun
The Almshouse in Cockeysville held ground for some Civil War reenactors, Saturday afternoon April 21, 2007. According to Civil War reenactor Ralph Aitkin, from Lewistown, PA, during the Civil War times, embalmers, were members of the upper class and doctors, by trade. They brandished fancy pistols to ward off thievery, and wore expensive hats to [...]
10am Update: Smoking from a Sprite Bottle
So… this is our China Bus Driver. He’s smoking “something” out of a Sprite bottle. Most of us on the bus think it’s pot. This other modern dancer we met at the bus stop, Andrea, worried it was opium. Maybe this guy just likes the way Sprite makes his tobacco taste. right? Well, we didn’t [...]
10am Update: Sara from the Collective
The Collective’s modern dancer Sara Few. We had this shoot in my basement, Monday January, 22 2007. and no! it wasn’t creepy. This is part of a photo series featuring The Collective Dancers. I’ll post more in future 10am Updates.
10am Update: Green Cleaners
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 [...]
10am Update: Horns
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.
10am Update: Stormtrooper
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.
10am Update: Paine Street Fire.
A small child watches fire fighters extinguish a house fire on Paine Street Monday, October 26, 2009. This is part of my regularly updated blog post from the archives.
“We’re trying to hit that blue building over there.”
Dewayne Evans hits golf balls with his dad William Evans, and uncle William Evans, both out of frame, at Central City Park under an ominous sky mid afternoon Wednesday November 19, 2003. When asked what they were doing, Dewayne responded, “We’re trying to hit that blue building over there.” Up to that point, none of [...]
In Training.
Boxing trainer of 8 years Flex Stephens, left, demonstrates to Jamual Devero, 13, right, the motions of an uppercut during mirror exercises at the Middle Georgia Boxing Club Tuesday night November 25, 2003.
Pipe Dreams…
The twinkle of a dream fades as reality settles in. Playing ball in the Major Leagues is a pipe dream. Most high school players never play on a college diamond. But what if your dad did? What if your dad was the starting second baseman for the Twins and held the highest batting average, .487, [...]
Don’t Step to this!
(L-R) Marty Day, Nick Borkowicz, and (cough cough) Me. This was shot this back in May, 2006. We got a wild hair up our asses one night. cheap sunglasses, headbands, and novelty gold medals… boom! Believe it or not, the structure behind us is — check this out — made of styrofoam!!!!! Marty’s step dad [...]