John Healey: Howard County Boys Tennis Player of the Year
Atholton graduating senior John Healey was
Kelli Pease: Arbutus Times Female Player of the Year
Left-handed lead off hitter for Lansdowne High School Kelli Pease maintained a .500 batting average during the season. The two-sport junior also played volleyball for the Vikings in the winter. She is photographed at her school’s softball field Friday, June 11, 2010. A little about how this photos was made, for all you nerdy types. [...]
Paige Hanson: Baltimore Messenger Girls Athlete of the Year
Bryn Mawr graduating senior Paige Hanson played top-level field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse for her school. She chose lacrosse as her collegiate sport of focus. Next year she will play for the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is photographed at St. Paul’s School Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Andrew Barton: Towson Times Boys Athlete of the Year
St. Paul’s graduating senior Andrew Barton is the boys athlete of the year. He will be playing lacrosse for Providence next year. He is photographed at St. Paul’s School Thursday, June 10, 2010.
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
Joe Meurer: The Towson Times Lacrosse Player of the Year
McDonogh senior Joe Meurer is the Towson Times boys lacrosse player of the year. He is photographed at Boys’ Latin School Thursday, June 3, 2010.
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
Wilde Lake lacrosse player Beth Glaros scored 85 goals last year and will play for
Mark Colabucci Co-Wrestler of the Year
Click here for The Howard County Times article. Mark Colabucci, Reservoir’s 145 weight wrestler, maintained a perfect record last season. In addition to earning a state title, he led Reservoir to a team wrestling title and the state duals title, too. He his photographed wrestling teammate Bubba Mullens (135) at Reservoir High School Wednesday, March [...]
Robby Creese Boys Indoor Track Player of the Year
As a sophomore Robby Creese began his long distance career with indoor track. One year later, the Glenelg junior would easily win the 2A State 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races, mirroring his performance at regionals. An avid soccer player, Creese finds more reward from running because “you can see the progression so much better {in [...]
Shantrel Oliver Howard County Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Click for the Howard County Times article here. River Hill senior Shantrel Oliver is among the elite prep athletes to surpass 1,000 career points. This season the 5’5 guard averaged 29 points, 2.5 assists and 3.7 steals.
Boys Basketball Player of the Year Brandon Bjerre
The Howard County Times Article is here. Six foot four Hammond Senior Brandon Bjerre averaged 16.1 points a game and led the Golden Bears to their first county title since the mid-1990s. Last year Bjerre was benched from a back-injury, but regularly attended practice and games, staying part of the team. .After the Golden Bears [...]
Co-wrestler of the year Nathan Kraisser
Read the corresponding Howard County Times article in the here. The “K” is for Kraisser, and they’re a wrestling family. Nathan Kraisser, top, Centennial’s 112 weight wrestler won his second state championship as a sophomore. He is photographed in his home’s basement, Thursday, March 25, 2010, wrestling his younger brother Austin, a 6th grader. Nathan [...]
Dogs Dogs Dogs
A super costume wins the costume contest for Como, 3, during the Columbia Association’s first Welcome Event of the year, Dog Day Afternoon held at Hopewell Park in Columbia Saturday, April 17, 2010. Como, a rescue boxer, was shown by his owner Jody Stacoffe, from Elkridge. I was not excited about the high noon sun [...]
Bill Lightfoot for AARP
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
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: 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 [...]
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
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
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 [...]