my own rothko

Neighbors

I usually try and really use this weekly column as a way to keep my portraits varied. Lately I feel like I've been in a rut, but I was pretty happy with this one. The deal is that this man loves his kids and tries to be a good father not only to them, but to the neighborhood kids, as well, when they play at his house.

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An Evening with Family

About two weeks ago I spent an afternoon with a local family who have two biological children, two adopted from foster care and two more they are currently fostering. Obviously, we couldn't use any pictures of the two children still in foster care, but the rest of the Fannin's were more than enough. Lovely people, and a lovely evening.

Cabin Fever

A few images from a weekend spent in a cabin with friends. More to come on fb.

A few from down south

Went to South America for a week with an old friend and two brand new ones. Here are a few of my favorite frames from Bogota, Colombia. Thanks for looking!

Images I Like

From 2010 (and one from 2009.) Some of my favorite singles from the past year.

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So Long 2010

Rather than spend my time editing my work for competitions or to showcase the best of it. . . I decided to create a slideshow of my friends and family. 

Happy 2011.

frames we don't publish

Last week I shot a fire that broke out in an abandoned house a few blocks from the paper. No one was living in the house at the time it caught fire, and no one was injured. We had space for one photo so I chose the more conservative shot of firefighters doing their job.

I was thinking about this today and questioning my decision. The men in the vertical photo were clear they didn't want to be in the paper when they saw my camera, but by that time I'd already shot this frame. On the other hand, I see crowds of people gathering to watch fires or car accidents play out all the time and we, as members of the media, rarely acknowledge this reality. I still don't think this would have been the right photo to put front and center in the paper, but as a standalone on A5 (where the horizontal image ran) it might have been an appropriate slice of a situation we don't report very often. Just my two cents.

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