Frozen Pond

My interpretation of a frozen pond.

















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How To Make A Little Girl Cry

I was covering a Family Fun Carvinal hosted by the Indiana Free Library when I decided to sit-in during storytelling. The man was telling a group of children the fable about a lion that was eating his food by a river and saw another lion eating. The greedy lion wanted the other lion's food so he attacked the other lion! The "other" lion was his own reflection, so when he attacked the lion, he drowned. The storyteller kept shouting "HE DROWNED!! THE LION DROWNED IN THE RIVER!!" to the point that it deeply upset the little girl and she completely lost it. Lesson learned!





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Thank You Veterans

Back in November, I was given an assignment to photograph a group of Boy Scouts who were collecting items for a care package that was to be mailed for troops overseas. I happened to look down and saw this little boy working on his card. I didn't submit it for publication, but thought it still needed to be seen. Regardless of your opinion on the war, or any wars for that matter, there is still something so discomforting about this image. Maybe it's his tiny hands holding the iconic red Crayola crayon-such strong symbols of childhood innocence-are the same hands that drew a smile on the shooter's face.

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Stairwell

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Illuminated Snowblower

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Emerge-ncy

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Lifeflight

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Yarn and Fabrics Festival

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Snowball Fight

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Maura and Bob's Wedding

I had a great time shooting Maura and Bob's wedding day with two of Pittsburgh's top wedding photographers, Steven and Robert. After Maura and Bob got ready for their wedding day, they opted to go with the "first look" package where they completed their formals before the ceremony. I highly recommend this-it allows the bride and groom to see each other in a more private, emotional environment. Also, it gives the bride and groom a chance to relax and grab a quick bite or drink after the ceremony, if they so choose.

After Maura got ready, Maura and Bob and the bridal party headed to their first (below freezing!) location at the ice skating rink at PPG Place. After spending 20 frigid minutes there, they hopped on a trolley and headed to the church with about 20-30 minutes to spare. Since we were so close to the Duquesne Law School, where Maura and Bob first met, they asked to get some photos taken there and, of course, we thought it would be a great and unusual location. We actually photographed the bride and groom sitting in a courtroom! It was definitely a first for all three photographers. As we were walking through the library, we passed a bewildered study group, to which the groom laughed and said, "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about this until your third year." I thought my brother would appreciate that joke :)





























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Old and New Police Chiefs

When I am assigned to go to a school board meeting, I look out for interesting facial expressions and I also try to layer my subjects as much as possible. For this assignment, I was asked to photograph Saltsburg's new Chief of Police receiving his new badge. When the proper time came, I got the standard shot that I knew the paper would publish, but stuck around until the end of the meeting in case the reporter needed additional headshots for the archive. The meeting wrapped up and I saw Saltsburg's newly appointed Chief of Police fielding questions from a reporter as the newly retired Chief of Police standing next to me in the foreground. I saw the shot in my head but wasn't tall enough to give it a clean layered look. I quickly looked around, grabbed a sturdy chair, hopped on, and got the shot.

Framed

School board meetings are a death sentence--holding heavy gear for long periods of time, hoping/praying that someone shows an interesting facial expression or hand gesture, while trying to stay quiet and out of the way in front of a large group of strangers. Attending the Saltsburg school board meeting in January was no exception. That's when I start looking for interesting things to shoot, even if it's meaningless. However, I genuinely like this image-mostly because of the "journey" your eyes make. You read it as you would a page, left to right. Your eyes see the man speaking, his expression and his hands, then your eyes travel along the black square frames until you reach the end, when you see his face again, which takes you right back to the left side of the image. Besides, who doesn't love a reflection shot?

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IUP's Crimson Crazies

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