Dallastown Volleyball
Shot some volleyball over at Dallastown. Previously I’ve only photographed girl’s high school or women’s NCAA volleyball, so this was a little different.
Preparing for Palm Sunday
On my way out of the sanctuary, the same light that I used for the portrait of Pastor Ferree reappeared and cast a soft, warm glow on the pews.
YAIAA All-Star Basketball Games
Well, turns out I got one more basketball assignment after all. After my last attempt at strobing a game was denied, I just had to try again. This time it worked. Arrived super-early, set up two Nikon SB-25′s, 1/2 power, gelled to match ambient, stuck ‘em in the corners and triggered with Pocket Wizards. I [...]
York Catholic Advances to State
I haven’t shot a whole lot of basketball this season and this was actually my first game since the Oklahoma/Oral Roberts game in Norman back in December. Because of that, and because I also knew it might be the last game of the season, I wanted to go all out and light the state semifinal [...]
New Hope Charter Hearings
Challenge: Make worthwhile photos of a school charter renewal hearing, taking place in a wide open, dimly hit high school cafeteria. It’s about as hard as it sounds. I tried to focus on details and moments, such as Anderson’s defeated gaze with criss-crossed shoes…or the brief half second the reverend rested his encouraging hand on [...]
Herbal Medicine at Home
Some uninsured Americans are taking health care into their own hands. Instead of relying on out of pocket expenses for hospital visits and medicine, people like Lesa Metz of Freeland, Md., are turning to traditional herbal remedies to treat a wide variety of ailments and sickness. Since 2008, Metz has led the White Rose Herbal [...]
Scavenger Hunt
Even though the expected turnout for the organized hike didn’t show up (I guess because of weather), it didn’t really matter. In fact, I can only imagine how less dynamic these would have looked had there not been a fresh snowfall covering the forest. I had an excuse to take a fun morning walk and [...]
York Polar Bear Plunge
Even with the (leaky) waders I borrowed for this assignment, it was impossible to avoid getting wet. Near-freezing river water soaked up through the bottom of the waders to my thighs as I stepped out into the Susquehanna to get in front of the crazed people running toward me for their two minutes of bone-chilling [...]
Looking back at 2011
I know this about a month late, but I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile. These images are presented in no particular order. I’m not calling them the “best” or even my “favorite,” they’re just representations of some of the things and people I’ve had the chance to cover and meet last year, which [...]
Loretta Claiborne
York’s most famous Special Olympics athlete, Loretta Claiborne, spoke at and met with students at Northeastern Middle School about bullying. Claiborne herself is a bit of a local celebrity for all her achievements, and even had a movie made based on her life story. Read more from the YDR article.
Route 66 Christmas
I needed a feature last Saturday afternoon so I took a drive on old Route 66 through central Oklahoma. Never lets you down. Found this UFO with a little green man wearing a Santa hat. Of course we ran it in the paper.
Can’t stop Catfish
I met to photograph Catfish (a name earned because of his fantastically groomed mustache) a few times and wanted to show some more of the work that went unseen. He’s a great inspiration and has an amazing story and fighting spirit. The man just refuses to give up, and is hellbent on proving every doctor [...]
The Niña and the Pinta
This was quite a sight…scale model replicas of Columbus’ ships, made using historical tools and methods, motoring down the Arkansas River through the middle of Oklahoma. The ships were much smaller than I thought they’d be, and unfortunately didn’t have their sails down because of weather. After walking on the deck of both ships, and [...]
Route 66 Marathon
This is what I get for working on weekends, another race. Following the Quarter Marathon and Tulsa Run I photographed in recent weeks, this full marathon will hopefully culminate the running season for me. It was cold, drizzly and generally miserable but no one on the course really seemed to care. I tried again to [...]
OSU reacts to plane crash
I barely understood the phone call, which woke me out of bed Friday at about 9 a.m. Editor: “Did you hear about the OSU plane crash, I need you to go to Stillwater now.” Me: “Huh? That was 10 years ago.” Editor: “No. There was another. You’re doing video.” I got up pretty quick and [...]
Deco District decorators
Some downtown Tulsa feature hunting…For the first time, the mostly vacant lower level of the Philcade building is being decorated and used as temporary retail space for the holidays. The finishing touches were being put on before Thanksgiving weekend. Most of downtown is a retail dead zone, but 10 local stores are experimenting with mini [...]
Hockey night tonight
I’ve been a hockey fan for a long time and my family has even had season tickets for the Washington Capitals for about a decade. Somehow, my photography never caught up with my fandom, so this Tulsa Oilers game was actually the first hockey game I’d ever shot. I knew it would be a challenge [...]
Keeping up with the guys
I’m always up for assignments that involve getting to drive a golf cart around for fun. It was great working with Izzy; she was an awesome subject for portraits, patient, and excited to try some crazy things. One shot we attempted but couldn’t quite execute involved setting up two wireless strobes in a sand bunker, [...]
Election night
As far as election night coverage goes, I had it about as easy as possible. I had one assignment, one person to photograph. John Brock thinks Tulsa’s city government is broken and for the last seven years has been trying to fix it. Two of the measures he helped bring to this year’s general election [...]
The anti press conference
Wahoo! Press conference! Yay!! I think I looked at the podium for about 20 seconds…Here’s the rest of my take. Also thanks to the school for actually letting me into a classroom to get something nice there as well.
Oklahoma State vs Kansas State
I will remember this game forever, but not for anything that happened on the field, although OSU’s roller coaster fourth quarter was entertaining at the time. Just after the game ended, while my cards were still ingesting in the photo workroom beneath Boone Pickens Stadium, there was an earthquake. It was the second earthquake I [...]