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Sports Up Part 4! …and a little bit about the “other” image.

Sports Up Part 4! ...and a little bit about the "other" image.

For last year’s Manchester Valley football preview photo illustration the football player scheduled to ride the horse in full football regalia wasn’t too used to horse riding. So… he had a stunt double fill in. I was sworn to secrecy. I wasn’t allowed to tell who the actual rider is. So… let your imaginations go [...]


Long Overdue, Spring Preview

Long Overdue, Spring Preview

CAPTION: Last year River Hill center fielder Christian Laidley batted .448, leading the Hawks with both 30 hits and 27 RBIs. He also made the game winning hit in last year’s 2A State Championship game. He is photographed in the River Hill Dance Studio Saturday, March 27, 2010. As some of you might’ve noticed, I prefer


Repelling for Kidneys!

Repelling for Kidneys!

The National Kidney Foundation of Maryland is using


Player of the Year outtakes

Player of the Year outtakes

Jordan Maisel: Howard County Girls Tennis Player of the Year

Glenelg junior Jordan Maisel was undefeated throughout the year, clenching the county and Region V  


Kory Britton: Howard County Baseball Player of the Year

Atholton junior shortstop Kory Britton is the


Jim Marlatt: Howard County Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year

River Hill senior Jim Marlatt led the Hawks with more than 70 goals and well over


Casey Schmidt: Howard County Softball Player of the Year

Casey Schmidt: Howard County Softball Player of the Year

Glenelg’s Casey Schmidt is one of those powerhouses at the plate and on the pitching rubber. To clench the 2010 county championship she


Beth Glaros. Howard County Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

Beth Glaros. Howard County Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

Wilde Lake lacrosse player Beth Glaros scored 85 goals last year and will play for


10am Update: Memorial Ceremony

Members of the Howard County Police Department Command Staff stand by during a memorial service honoring five fallen officers at the Howard County Police Headquarters Wednesday May 18, 2005. The 10am Update is a regular blog feature showcasing some of the better work from my archives.


10am Update: The saddest day.

With tears in his eyes, Matt Porter sits in a squad car under arrest as the suspect in an accidental shooting incident Tuesday September 2, 2003. Porter’s close friend, Rob Brickle, 21, below, a local late night DJ, was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where he later died from his wounds. Porter [...]


10am Update: Roller Blade Limbo

Third, fourth, and fifth graders from Seventh District Elementary School partake in a popular after school skating program Friday February 11, 2005.


10am Update: My First Baltimore Snow!!!

Andrew Nuckolls, age 14, from Towson, catches air from a snow ramp on the side of the Greenwood Board of Education hill during and after snowfall Saturday January 22, 2005. Coming from Georgia, we usually only got icy rain. So, I was super-stoked when the snow was fluffy. The worst part about shooting in the [...]


I can’t wait! I love baseball season.

Calvert Hall short stop Christian Burton offers the ball to the umpire after closing out the inning by tagging Perry Hall’s Justin Zeglin on a steal attempt. Calvert Hall beat Perry Hall 19-0 in five innings during a scrimmage game at the Cardinals’ Carlo Crispino Stadium Thursday, March 11, 2010


10am Update: The 7-Eleven Foxes

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 [...]


Under the light

Under the light

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 [...]


10am Update: Playing Horseshoes

10am Update: Playing Horseshoes

A shoe flies through the air during the


10am Update: Curtsy

The Catonsville Historical Society celebrated this year’s Founder’s Day by historically re-enacting Catonsville during the Civil War at the Townsend House Saturday September 25, 2004. Back in September, 2004, when I shot this, I remember getting peeved at the little girl in the middle for breaking the third wall. All these perfect active layers were [...]


10am Update: Chimney Sweep

Quddus Snyder sweeps chimneys to pay his way through graduate school, exploiting the trade he learned from his father to persue a Ph.D in International Relations and Constitutional Law at the University of Maryland. I shot this as an intern with the Patuxent Publishing Co. This was one of my first major attempts at location [...]


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: 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, [...]


Three Dunks!

Three Dunks!

River Hill senior forward Davis Ancona drill his third dunk on Hammond of the night over Hammond’s James Turner (24). River Hill snapped guest Hammond’s 14-game winning streak Thursday, February 18, 2010, beating them 43-37. Both teams are now tied for first. Here are a few shots from the River Hill vs. Hammond high school [...]


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.