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Spontaneous Portrait??? - (or give them what they want, not what they ask for)

2011-12-12T09:52:00.000-08:00

It’s nice when a portrait presents itself from a real situation. The assignment was pretty nebulous, as they often are. I was asked to take pictures of a new holiday market, but from the request, it was clear the story was about this local business man and his “entrepreneurial spirit.” While shooting the safety shots of people shopping at the market, I noticed that Christopher was on

How To Say Goodbye To A Season - (when it doesn't end in jubilation)

2011-12-07T06:46:00.001-08:00

One of our local high school football teams made it to the state finals. After dominating the first half, they lost the game in a heartbreaking overtime - no jubilation shots for me. I really wanted shots that respectfully expressed the disappointment to go with the usual game action shots. While there were a lot of tears on the field, none of those shots really worked for me. This was my

Old Rag Mountain - Leaves

2011-11-27T19:27:00.000-08:00

Kayaking Jug Bay with Dave

2011-11-09T07:59:00.000-08:00

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary - 11/01/2011

Going it on their own - or - Will internet kill the television star?

2009-11-06T10:29:00.000-08:00

Oprah Winfrey and Howard Stern lead the way for content producers to distribute directly to the viewer – maybe. It appears Winfrey is ready to leave network TV and start her own (partially anyway) cable network - (http://bit.ly/1TXVPI and http://bit.ly/2j1uAo). If the move is successful, how long before she considers going solo? She already owns the production infrastructure, why rely on the

Would you have published the Derrion Albert video?

2009-11-02T18:42:00.000-08:00

Should FOX Chicago have aired the disturbing video of 16 year-old Derrion Albert being beaten, resulting in his death, during a violent outburst outside of a Chicago school? Obviously the question is much larger than this single incident. Just weeks before the Derrion Albert video aired, a similar debate arose around the AP’s decision to share a graphic photograph of a wounded U.S. soldier (who

More than advertising loses value in transition to web

2009-10-30T09:24:00.000-07:00

A clip of Sam Zell discussing the Tribune bankruptcy on Bloomberg TV is popping up all over the place today [ disclosure – I do freelance work for Patuxent Publishing, owned by Tribune]. You can see the full clip from Bloomberg here: http://bit.ly/4a8Tlx. Yeah - he says the Tribune deal is the most money he’s ever lost (on 1 deal) and that no newspaper can survive. But people running the shorter

Catonsville High School Graduation

2009-06-01T12:06:00.001-07:00

Enchanted Forest

2009-05-16T19:40:00.001-07:00

Antique Tractor Pull

2009-05-03T12:25:00.000-07:00

NFL Draft

2009-04-28T16:42:00.001-07:00

You have to love newspaper journalism - from tractor pull (will post later) to NFL draft in a matter of hours. Aaron Maybin was drafted 11th by the Buffalo Bills. While the tractor pull is more my speed, it was interesting to be there at that single moment that he went from college junior to multi-million dollar NFL player. Life altering for him and his family.

Capitol Dome Tour

2009-04-08T09:07:00.000-07:00

Some outtakes from a tour of the Capitol Dome in DC.

January 20, 2009

2009-01-24T08:36:00.000-08:00