Oh Crop!
Things don’t always show up in the paper like you thought they would. A story I shot last month which was published recently fit a photo into a different size and shape on the front page. Seeing a very horizontal photo cropped into a vertical never really makes a photographer feel very warm and fuzzy. [...]
Gold Star Wife
Jane Horton, 26, stands with the American flag which draped the coffin of her husband Army Specialist Christopher Horton, 26, who was killed in Afghanistan in September 2011, outside of her home near Tulsa, OK. Military leaders worry that after 10 years of war, there is a growing disconnect between the tiny minority of Americans [...]
Former NFL Player Ben Utecht
Former NFL player Ben Utecht won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts and retired from professional football in 2009 after suffering four known concussions in the NFL plus two in college. Utecht is lead male vocalist performing in the Jim Brickman 2011 national Christmas tour. I caught up with Ben prior to a [...]
Bridge over River Euphrates
There was a really big surprise waiting for me this morning when I checked my email. A note from an Army public affairs office at Fort Leonard Wood, home of the U.S. Army’s Maneuver Support Center of Excellence in Missouri, was asking permission to use a photo I shot in Iraq in 2003 for publication. [...]
Day One at Camp Victory Iraq
Nearly nine years ago on April 7, 2003, I tagged along with soldiers from the US Army’s 3rd Battalion, 69th Regiment Armor Task Force “Speed And Power” who were serving as the “Point of the Spear” for the 3rd Infantry Division during the Iraq invasion. Entering Baghdad, the 3-69 Task Force fought their way into [...]
Hanson Talks 90′s
Isaac, Zac and Taylor Hanson are best known for their 1997 hit song ‘MMMBop,’ which earned them three Grammy nominations. Today, older and touring while promoting the band’s fifth album, Hanson photographed during the Falls Church, VA stop of their The Musical Ride Tour for a story in USA TODAY.
Shafer Vineyard Night Harvest
Harvesting ripe cabernet sauvignon grapes at the Shafer Vineyards in Napa, CA in early morning hours. The scene at this vineyard is part of a worldwide practice that’s increasingly the way all wine grapes are harvested — in the dead of night. Check out the story in USA TODAY here.
Christopher Horton Funeral
I had the honor this morning of walking alongside Army Spc. Christopher Horton, 26, as he was carried to his final resting place following memorial services at Fort Myer, VA to Arlington National Cemetery Section 60 by the Caisson platoon of the 3d United States Infantry “The Old Guard”. Christopher was killed in action [...]
Bowling Jonas
It is not everyday I go to work and end up in a bowling alley. I have to admit it did happen once or twice when I worked in Flint, Michigan right out of college but definitely not much in the last twenty years. Last week, not only was I hanging out at Lucky Strike [...]
Novelist Charles Frazier
Every assignment in my career has always followed a path which constantly reminders me just how fortunate I am to be a photojournalist. Doors open for me that would forever remain closed if not for the cameras dangling from my shoulders. Do I sometimes take this for granted? Definitely. Mostly. But sometimes, it dawns on [...]
Shanksville Flight 93 Memorial
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walked alone in the open expanse of field now a sacred memorial honoring those who died when Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2001. Seeing the President holding the hand of his wife among the wildflowers and tall grass now covering what was scarred [...]
Joplin Schools After Tornado
Joplin’s school system has become a powerful symbol of resilience and recovery as students, teachers and administrators prepare to start on time on Aug. 17 despite a devastating tornado in May that killed 160 people. This video was produced with video shot by me in Joplin nearly three months following the tornado along with footage [...]
Joplin Schools Open
Joplin’s school system has become a powerful symbol of resilience and recovery as students, teachers and administrators prepare to start on time on Aug. 17, 2011 despite a devastating tornado in May that killed 160 people. I spent a few days in Joplin and was amazed by the “get it done” attitude and just [...]
Twenty Hour Wedding Dash
It is not often that I get to New York City on a job. But USA TODAY New York City staffer Robert Deutsch was out and about on vacation last weekend and I got the chance to head to the city from Washington, D.C. for the first time since moving back to the east coast. [...]
NMG Electric Car
Carolyn Buckley of East Stroudsburg, PA drives to work 35 miles each way four days a week. When she decided to take the job, she went online to find “the most energy-efficient, affordable, highway- speed commuter transportation available” available and come up with the futuristic-looking NMG. “I’ve driven almost 15,000 miles in my little EV” [...]
Hard Rock Memorabilia Tour
The Hard Rock International 40th Anniversary Memorabilia Tour starts in New York at the Times Square restaurant on May 18, 2011. It will travel to 32 other cafes around the USA in an 80-foot-long double-wide truck specially constructed to exhibit 64 memorable artifacts once owned by rock’s idols: their iconic signature guitars, brilliant costumes, handwritten [...]
WNPA talk in Milwaukee
I had a great time speaking at the Wisconsin News Photographers Convention in Milwaukee, WI along with two incredible photographers – Green Bay Packers team photographer Jim Biever and Minneapolis Star Tribune’s David Joles. Lots of great student work was shown from the year end Wisconsin student POY contest along with the award winning work [...]
Postponed – Boyd Photo Night 4/16/2011- Postponed
Photo Night in Boyd, Kentucky at the Jack Gruber farm on April 16, 2011 Postponed Due to Forcasted Bad Weather Unfortunately, extended weather forcasts show rain and bad weather on April 16. In order to be safe, we are postponing the Boyd Photo Night until later date. Hopefully, later in the year with a bit [...]
Mr. Schilling goes to Washington
Bobby Schilling will be the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 17th Congressional district when taking office on Jan. 5, 2011 after being sworn into the 112th Congress. Schilling is one of 85 incoming freshman Republicans to the House of Representatives with the Democrats adding just nine to the 94 total incoming freshman congressional class. Schilling has [...]
State of the Union
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress with me shooting (below middle) from the House Press Gallery. Very tight and not much room to maneuver but as usual, things work out just fine. Crazy tidbit of the night, while walking over from Union Station to The Capitol, I somehow managed to lose [...]
Country Doctor of the Year
Family practitioner Ken Jackson is known around Kingman, Ariz., as the “Cowboy Baby Doctor,” though he says the nickname is a bit misleading — he doesn’t always ride a horse or wear his cowboy hat, and he prefers alternative rock to country music. But for the past three years, Jackson has traveled by horseback once [...]
Nikon D3S Taking The Heat
Sitting here at USA TODAY the other day talking about the D3S during a visit with Nikon’s Design Department General Manager Koichiro Kawamura and Technical and Engineering Liaison Kenji Suzuki along with Nikon’s Bill Pekala and Mark Suban, I realized the D3S has pretty much all the bells and whistles I really want and need [...]
Steeple Time Lapse
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