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10am Update: Trees n’ feelings.

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 [...]


10am Update: Cute ol’ Man

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 [...]


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 editor will [...]


10am Update: Inclusion. …sorta.

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. [...]


Careful, or your face is gonna stick like that.

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.


10am Update: Playing Horseshoes

10am Update: Playing Horseshoes

A shoe flies through the air during the


Maryland Regional Championships

Thursday night I shot the southern regional cheerleading competition at River Hill High School. Only three of the teams were from our coverage area, River Hill, Marriotts Ridge and Long Reach. Long Reach who placed third in the county, went on to place second in the region. Most of the teams weren’t in our coverage [...]


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 unfolding [...]


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 lighting. [...]


From the 2010 Timonium Motorcycle Show

Keith Kluge, 11, from Forest Hill eyes a


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 [...]


2010 State Duals Meet

Reservoir 103 wrestler Brian Clinton looks like he’s in a pickle against La Plata’s John Paparicolas, but he goes on to dominate the match, winning 4-0. Reservior High School beat La Plata 32-31 to win the 3A/4A State Duals Championships held at North County High School Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Glenelg defeated defeated South Carroll [...]


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 the [...]


The Mutiny! Co-ed Roller Derby

The Mutiny! Co-ed Roller Derby

A skater launches onto the track to warm up before


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, the 10am [...]


2010 Baltimore County Track Championships!

2010 Baltimore County Track Championships!

Pikesville pole vaulter Sasha Smallwood reached 11-07 during the Baltimore County Indoor Track Championships, held at the Fifth Regiment Armory — which has the grossest


Off Season OC: the touristy stuff

Off Season OC: the touristy stuff

Jess ambushes me with a snowball on the Boardwalk. Awesome!


10am Update: Compassion for an Opponent

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 [...]


Off Season OC: Day Scapes

Dinosaurs seemingly try to escape the Ice Age at the Old Pro Golf course on the 6800 block of Coastal Highway in Ocean City in the off season Sunday, January 31, 2010.
This is the second of


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 boys [...]


Off Season OC: night scapes

Off Season OC: night scapes

Snow falls in front of the Dunes Manor Hotel. Rates for the ocean front hotel are as low as $71.00/night in the off season.
Jess and I went to Ocean City for her 27th birthday at the end of January. For some reason, I decided to incorporate


Spro Down!

Spro Down!

Espresso drips from Spro’s espresso press.
Closing out the day-long Barista Jam at the soon-to-be-opened


Howard Cup Championships

Howard Cup Championships

Glenelg senior Chris Ricciuti is tripped up by a Marriotts Ridge player during the


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 follow up [...]