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 [...]
For AARP Bulletin: NJ Taxes and the case of Corinne Bell
Below are photos I recently made for an AARP Bulletin story about how New Jersey’s high property taxes effect seniors on fixed incomes. Corinne Bell, partially obscured by artificial flowers on her kitchen table, has lived in the home she and her husband built for 52 years. The widow now lives with three cats, Tiny, Cece, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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
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 [...]
Lil’ Graduates
C.J. Mosley, 6, takes a sniff of his graduation balloons during a Forbush Therapeutic Preschool graduation ceremony Friday, August 14, 2009 where only he and his classmate Nikiea Moore, 5, featured below, are the only
Light the Emotion!
Ben Bender linked to an article on Emotional Lighting when he commented on my recent post, Shoot the Emotion! So, since I love to use lighting, I think it’s worth discussing. Now, this may not be the best photo to describe emotional lighting, buuuut, it’s by far the most convenient. I shot it Saturday. I [...]
New Blood For Bailey
Twelve-month-old Bailey Lightner has Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a very rare disorder which keeps her red blood cell count low. Her parents Betty and Ben Lightner helped organize a blood drive at Grace Fellowship Church, where they attend, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Shoot the Emotion!
If I was to give myself some professional New Years resolutions, this is one of them. “Shooting the emotion” weighs heavier to viewers than cool, graphic images. Using rad light and a bad-ass compositions, don’t cut to the core. They’re just eye candy. Don’t get me wrong, I LOOOOOVE eye candy. When I look over [...]
Fallen Heroes Day
Baltimore city police detective Tom Bender covers Christina Lippy and her daughter Madison from the rain. Christina Lippy’s husband, Trooper First Class Mickey Lippy, of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, was killed in a
Outgoing.
Outgoing commander of Headquarters Command Battalion Lt. Col. Ann Huntington-Lozis has an emotional reaction while her replacement, Lt. Col. Thomas A. Boone, makes remarks during the change of command ceremony at McGlachlin Parade Field Friday, June 26, 2009.
Class of ’09
Julia Osterman tries controlling her tears before walking with her fellow Roland Park Country School classmates of 2009 to the commencement ceremony at the school’s new athletic complex, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE PHOTOS