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Homeless for a night

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on May 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago, I had a crazy idea for a crazy assignment.

The assignment: Christian School of York students would spend the night “homeless” outside their school to raise awareness as well as collect donations for a local non-profit that assists homeless mothers and their children.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Christian School of York freshmen Luke Dixon and Ethan Miller carry a piece of cardboard to the side of the school where they planned to build their “homeless” shelter on Friday, April 13, 2012. Christian School of York high school students are camping outside the school in cardboard boxes as part of the second annual “Homeless Night Out” to benefit Bridge of Hope of York County’s homeless women and children. The students held a drive for household items to donate to Bridge of Hope, and about a dozen are spending the night in cardboard boxes to experience what homeless life might be like.

The idea: Shoot a video that would show the students setting up camp in their cardboard boxes, return to shoot more video at some point in the night and come back again in the morning as they woke up.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Christian School of York freshman Ashleigh Martin talks to fellow freshman Ellie Blair, not shown, as she decorates the side of their “homeless” shelter with duct tape on Friday, April 13, 2012. Blair and Martin acknowledged their awareness that their experience won’t be truly like that of homeless people, but it would still be an eye-opener for them.

Fortunately, two girls — Ashleigh and Ellie — agreed to let me follow them on their adventure. Check it out:

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Good-behavior dance party

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on May 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York Academy Regional Charter School kindergarten teacher Tracy Zeiders dances with second-grade student Sophia Sy during a dance party rewarding students with good behavior on Thursday, April 5, 2012. York Academy Regional Charter School students who acted by the school’s “positive behavior” standards earned a dance party in the school’s top floor, with music provided by a parent who is a DJ.

I made these pictures a while ago, but I still remember watching the kids as they entered the school’s media room, timid and confused at first… but then they saw the lights and heard the music and started having fun.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York Academy Regional Charter School first-grade student Tawfiz Bolyard, left, sticks his tongue out while dancing near the DJ booth with fellow first-grade student Paris Martin and kindergarten student Amari Dickson on Thursday, April 5, 2012. York Academy Regional Charter School students who acted by the school’s “positive behavior” standards earned a dance party in the school’s top floor, with music provided by a parent who is a DJ.

And they got really into it. Really into it.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Flanked by other classmates, York Academy Regional Charter School first-grade student Amari Dickson shows her moves during a dance party at the school on Thursday, April 5, 2012. York Academy Regional Charter School students who acted by the school’s “positive behavior” standards earned a dance party in the school’s top floor, with music provided by a parent who is a DJ.

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Paper lanterns and super moon on the Susquehanna

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on May 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. About 130 paper lanterns were floated out onto the Susquehanna River from the John Wright Restaurant boat ramp in the York County Youth Development Center’s first-ever Tea Light Lantern Float festival on Saturday, May 5, 2012. People could sponsor a lantern for $10 in support of the center, and lanterns were retrieved further downstream by a center employee in a boat. The paper lanterns consisted of paper bags glued to Styrofoam boards, which were painted and decorated by York County Youth Development Center students. The paper bags were sprayed with “peace” and “hope” stencils and filled with a layer of sand, on which tea lights were placed.

I’ve been awfully close to it, but I’d never set foot in Susquehanna River waters until last night. As people set paper lanterns adrift in a lantern float festival, I waded down a boat ramp as deep as my shorts — and the boat ramp — would allow me.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Daniel Braun, 9 of Wrightsville, right, sends out a lighted paper lantern to York County Youth Development Center community outreach coordinator Tony Zorbaugh, who sent the lanterns further out into the Susquehanna River off of the John Wright Restaurant boat ramp on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

And then I remembered that the moon was supposed to be a “super moon.” It wasn’t quite super at the time, but it was getting there:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. The “super moon” rises over the Wrightsville bridge as three paper lanterns float downstream on the Susquehanna River on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

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Car breaks into bank

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on May 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Spot news from last week:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Tierra Lenker of Dover Township holds her face in her hands after she crashed her car into the front lobby of Metro Bank in West Manchester Township on Thursday, April 26, 2012. West Manchester Township police said she hit the gas instead of the brakes while parking at the bank.

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A gift of the Stars and Stripes

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on April 27, 2012| 1 Comment »

Flag dedication:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Members of the West York VFW gather for a group photo before the dedication ceremony for the new flag and flagpole installed in front of the NHS School in West Manchester Township on Thursday, April 12, 2012. With help from the West York VFW and Ladies Auxiliary, the NHS School in West Manchester Township purchased a flagpole, flag and lights that are now installed in front of the building. The school currently serves children on the autism spectrum.

This photo ran large in the next day’s paper. When Jeff saw it, his first reaction was, “That photo is so not ‘you.'”

“What do you mean? I took it.”

“I know you took it. But it’s not very ‘you.’ It’s graphical.”

“So what? I can shoot graphically. I’m versatile.”

I relish that I’m still able to surprise even my photographer boyfriend sometimes.

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Dana Perino speaks

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on April 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I photographed former White House press secretary Dana Perino a few weeks ago, and learned that we’re not all that different. She read the newspaper every day as a child (under orders from her father). I read the newspaper every day as a child. She was a journalist. I’m a journalist.

Maybe one day, I’ll be White House press secretary. (Ha. Ha.)

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Former White House press secretary Dana Perino spoke to a full auditorium in York College's Collegiate Performing Arts Center about her role as press secretary for George W. Bush, and also offered a few tips on how to seize opportunities and advance professionally.

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Indoor football: Harrisburg Stampede defeats the Virginia Badgers 70-24

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Last night, I shot a spectacularly weird football game. It was played on the ice rink… with turf carpets laid directly on top of the ice:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A crack in the turf's seam shows the ice underneath at the American Indoor Football game played on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the York City Ice Arena.

It was an American Indoor Football league exhibition-style game, and it was by far the strangest one I’ve photographed. The “field” was 50 yards long, and the goalposts were suspended from the ceiling. Early in the first quarter, management decided to have the game played in only one direction after a player slid on the carpet — which then slipped on the ice — in the far end zone.

Most significantly, the players and the ball were prone to crash into the crowd at any point.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Harrisburg Stampede linebacker Vincent Tiberi is brought down by the Virginia Badgers against the boards as members of the crowd pass by during the third quarter on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at York City Ice Arena. The game was played like an exhibition game to gauge interest in York, with the Stampede winning 70-24.

Almost as significantly, the unevenness of the turf carpet meant extra caution had to be taken.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Bumps in the turf carpet and breaks in the seams were an inevitable obstacle throughout the game between the Harrisburg Stampede and the Virginia Badgers on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the York City Ice Arena. A referee in the fourth quarter tripped on the carpet and hit his head.

But everyone seemed to have fun. And if the higher-ups think the game was a big-enough hit, who knows? Maybe one day York will have its own indoor football team.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. The Virginia Badgers team occupied the visitors hockey bench at the rink in the York City Ice Arena.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Members of the Harrisburg Stampede Starletz dance team perform their number during a dance-off against the Virginia Honey Badgers dance team during halftime on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the York City Ice Arena.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. The Virginia Badgers give the kickoff return during the third quarter against the Harrisburg Stampede on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the York City Ice Arena.

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A different kind of 5K

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on April 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We don’t usually cover races, but last Saturday’s 5K at John Rudy County Park was different.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A Pennsylvania Game Commission officer attaches a ribbon with fallen wildlife conservation officer David Grove's name printed on it to a flag that memorializes the seven PGA officers who have been killed in the line of duty, prior to the start of the first annual WCO David L. Grove Memorial Run 5K race on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at John Rudy County Park. The pre-race ceremony honoring the seven fallen officers also featured a squad that shot a volley that marked the beginning of the race.

Full cutline: The first annual WCO David L. Grove Memorial Run 5K race featured about 400 participants from seven states — and one from Australia — in John Rudy County Park. The race was organized by Pennsylvania Game Commission deputy wildlife conservation officer Jason Raup and Special Permits Enforcement Division chief Chad Eyler, and will benefit a scholarship fund established in Grove’s name. Grove was a wildlife conservation officer who was shot and killed when attempting to apprehend two deer poachers near Gettysburg in Nov. 2010.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. American flag in hand, John Crone of York Township stands ready near the start line of the first annual WCO David L. Grove Memorial Run 5K race on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at John Rudy County Park. Crone said he participates in every race that memorializes a fallen law enforcement or memorial officer, and that, as a retired Marine, he carries the American flag even while jogging.

Be sure to check out the video I produced, as well.

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Bottleneck, and a cigar

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on April 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

Yesterday late afternoon, we heard reports of a traffic incident clogging up both northbound lanes of I-83 near Loganville. Then we learned that a backhoe being hauled on a tractor-trailer had struck the Loganville overpass bridge, that PennDOT was inspecting the bridge before opening the highway up for traffic and that it’d be a while before the highway would be opened up for traffic. Then we started hearing about people setting up lawn chairs as they waited.

So I headed down there, parked my car where it wouldn’t be a problem and hiked out to the overpass.

This was the centerpiece on our front page today:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A woman walks back to her car as two young children skip beside her on the center shoulder of I-83 northbound, just south of the North Street bridge at the Loganville exit on Thursday, April 5, 2012. A tractor-trailer carrying a backhoe clogged up both northbound lanes on I-83 for three hours after the backhoe hit the bridge that serves as the exit.

And here’s a “cigar guy” photo that wasn’t published:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. A PennDOT worker smokes a cigar as he and other workers cleaned up the area underneath the bridge and inspected the underside of the bridge where the backhoe had struck.

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High school softball: Central defeats Spring Grove 1-0

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 30, 2012| 1 Comment »

Softball was one of the few mainstream sports I’d never shot, at least until yesterday.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Central York's Courtney Hastings slides safely into home in the seventh inning against Spring Grove to score the game's only run on Thursday, March 29, 2012.

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Basketball: Pittsburgh Steelers defeat middle-school teachers 84-46

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“The Steelers? Aren’t they a… football team?”

I may be somewhat pop culture-illiterate, but I had to double-check on that one because, one day last week, I saw I was assigned to photograph the Steelers play a basketball game against local teachers.

Sure enough, the Steelers are a football team. But they also play basketball for fundraising, and West York hosted them to play three games last week.

Here’re a few photos I made during their game against the middle-school teachers:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Mundy high-fives wide receiver Antonio Brown before leaving the bench during player introductions prior to the game against the West York Area Middle School faculty on Friday, March 23, 2012. West York is hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers' basketball team in three games -- one against the faculty of each the elementary, middle and high schools -- on Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, to raise money for the girls field hockey team. The Steelers defeated the middle school faculty 84-46.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. West York Area Middle School's Kelly Kessler, back, gets the ball after fellow faculty member Matt Smith, center, was blocked by a Pittsburgh Steeler in the second half on Friday, March 23, 2012.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Twins Carrington and Zoey Henry, 3 of West Manchester Township, offer up their teddy bears to be autographed by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Mundy during halftime on Friday, March 23, 2012.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Wes Lyons goes up for a dunk against the West York Area Middle School faculty in the first half on Friday, March 23, 2012.

Be sure to check out Ryan’s recap of the alley-oops and fun that everyone had at the game… as well as this video I made about how the middle-school teachers prepared to play basketball against professional football players:

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Springing into the new sports season

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The night before I left for a three-day photojournalism workshop in Fairfax, Va., I shot and turned in photos for our 2012 spring sports tab.

Earlier that day, my editor told me three female athletes would be arriving for the studio shoot.

“Do anything you want,” she said. “Make it gritty or stylized or anything, but they all have to be in the shot.”

“All three?”

“All three.”

So I worked with the girls, took suggestions from them, made them get closer to each other and turned in three different options before I left for home to pack.

The next day, as I was in one of the workshop’s sessions, my editor texted me… because, in the photo I’d designated as my favorite, the track-star girl in the center seemed as if she were missing an arm.

I wasn’t there for any of the deliberations, but they kept the shot. And no, New Oxford’s Jamilla Janneh is not, in fact, missing an arm.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News and GameTimePa.com.

I also turned in this similar option:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News and GameTimePa.com.

For both of the shots above, I had a three-light set-up: One in the back to highlight Jamilla’s jumping figure, and two — with umbrellas — flanking me. The cover photo was taken from the third or fourth rung of a ladder we have in the studio; the outtake was taken from almost floor-level, as I sprawled out on my stomach.

Below one of the last shots I tried, this time with only one front light for a more stylized approach. Not as punchy as the others, and my depth-of-field was way too shallow for this to work for a cover photo, but I still like it:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News and GameTimePa.com.

Related: Check out this past football season’s preview tab, which I also shot.

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Vulture Harassment Task Force

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I wasn’t sure what to expect as I drove to Glen Rock one warm day last week to meet a group of men who’d reportedly been trying to harass a flock of 500 vultures from roosting in the trees near their homes — using everything from trash can lids to pyrotechnics.

Would it be like the “Kill the Beast” mob scene out of Beauty and the Beast? Or would the men have a strategic, thought-out approach to their USDA-approved harassment?

Turns out, a little bit of both.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. (Left to right) Dave Swidor, Dane Grove and Roy Cubbler are next-door neighbors in Glen Rock who have formed the "Vulture Harassment Task Force" wherein various neighbors have taken turns every evening for the past two weeks to harass a local flock of about 500 turkey vultures from roosting in nearby trees and roofs. The USDA has recommended that the neighbors harass the vultures to get rid of them, so they have progressed from using trash can lids and cymbals to pyrotechnic guns and airhorns.

As they gathered, the men brandished airhorns, laughed at each other and semi-seriously acknowledged that they were the “village idiots” as they patrolled the skies for any incoming vultures. Naturally, that night — as well as the next night — no vultures appeared, which meant that their methods for the past two weeks had been effective.

“Great,” one of the men joked. “No vultures tonight, the night she has video rolling, so now everyone’s going to think we’re crazy.”

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Roy Cubbler of Glen Rock displays the pyrotechnic pistol he acquired through the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the purposes of harassing vultures from his neighborhood.

Be sure to check out the not-too-serious, but sadly vulture-less, video I made:

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Portrait of love, and life

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

In early January, I made this (candid) portrait of a couple practicing The Bradley Method. I just love the tenderness and love in the photo, which ran in the March/April edition of Smart magazine.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Jonny and Bria McKinzie of Hampton Township in Cumberland County practice relaxation exercises as prescribed by The Bradley Method during a class in the Newberry Township home of instructor Alayna Galbraith on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Bria McKinzie is five months pregnant with their second child, and Galbraith is an instructor in The Bradley Method, a natural childbirth method that does not involve medication or surgery and that emphasizes proper relaxation and diet.

Here’s another look, this time with an appearance by one of the instructor’s regal cats as well as the couple’s first child:

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Jonny McKinzie of Hampton Township in Cumberland County reviews the homework he and his wife Bria completed for the last class of a 12-week course in The Bradley Method, as Bria helps entertain their daughter Lila in the Newberry Township home of their instructor Alayna Galbraith on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2011.

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Live, in concert

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

After three days in Virginia for NPPA’s Northern Short Course in Photojournalism and one day in Maryland just because, I rushed back to York yesterday to cover a live A1 package. Literally, Live.

As in, the 90s band of which I never heard until recently but whose songs my sister-in-law and seemingly everyone else know from the radio. They also happen to be from York. They also happen to have purchased a large property in the city, with mysterious plans for renovation.

Reporter Erin and I went to the band’s pre-show sound check to get some non-concert interviews, photos and footage, especially since the band would introduce its new lead singer in its show.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Live lead singer Chris Shinn performs during a sound check on Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center.

Then we returned later for the show itself.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Live's new lead singer Chris Shinn performs during the band's set on Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center.

Be sure to read Erin’s article, in which two videos I produced today are embedded.

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Sketching

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

At the end of January, I was sent to Nixon County Park, where kids would learn to sketch wildlife. As I drove to the park, I thought a bit about the assignment and figured they’d be shown professional wildlife sketches and taught how to replicate them. I was wrong.

I should have known, as I’ve covered a variety of activities at the park before, but Nixon County Park has a selection of taxidermied animals, ranging from geese to wolverines (I didn’t know those actually existed) to a hippopotamus. And these were the animals that, after some brief instruction on how not to draw cartoon-like creatures, the kids began to sketch.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Zane Saxton, 11 of Manchester Township, uses pastels to color in a coyote he sketched in a wildlife sketching class on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Nixon County Park Nature Center. Under the instruction of volunteer Teanna Byerts, kids learned to sketch wildlife.

I also should have blogged these photos earlier — i.e., before the link to the article expired — but I’ll have you know that the article opened with a quote from one girl to another about how “No offense, but” the butt she was drawing was “really big.”

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Joshua Mundis, 10 of Lower Windsor Township, sketches a wolverine in an art class on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Nixon County Park Nature Center.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Gillian Cunningham, 9 of Dallastown, looks up at a flock of taxidermied geese as she begins sketching in a wildlife art class on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Nixon County Park Nature Center.

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Gamber’s last game

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Last night, I photographed the end of an era.

Rewind: A few weeks ago, I was assigned to a York College men’s basketball game. Not unusual, except the assignment was to make pictures of the coach, who had announced he would retire at the conclusion of the season and who stood gruffly during a short, pre-game ceremony that honored his tenure.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York College mens basketball coach Jeff Gamber, center, stands in front of his team's bench as an announcer recognizes his achievements and tenure as head coach in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Gamber will have served as head coach for 36 seasons.

The man showed no emotion… until the game began.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York College mens basketball coach Jeff Gamber, left, reacts to a play by a Mary Washington player during the first half on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

Those photos ran the next day.

Then, last night. It was the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament, and for the first time since 2006, York College was in. If the Spartans lost, it would be Jeff Gamber’s last game. If they won, they’d live on to see another game the next night.

York College lost, 72-50. And, after the post-game handshakes, Gamber returned to the stands, beckoned his wife out of the crowd and left the court, grasping her shoulder with one hand and wiping his eyes with a tissue in the other.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York College men's basketball head coach Jeff Gamber and his wife walk off the court after York College lost 70-52 to Franklin & Marshall College in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament on Friday, March 2, 2012, at Franklin & Marshall College.

Today in the office, one of the sports reporters and I remarked on the photo.

“I was surprised he was emotional,” I said.

“Yeah,” the reporter agreed. “That man is a stone.”

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Pomp and circumstance: YTI’s winter graduation

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on March 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The cardinal rule of photographing graduation ceremonies — at least, if you’re a photojournalist and not an event photographer or a parent — is to arrive early. Or late.

I prefer arriving early, when the graduates are a little antsy.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York Technical Institute Computer Systems Specialist program graduates Tanner Ferro, right, and George Wilson, left, chat with Mark Groff, Jr., center, as he uses his phone to send a text while waiting in a stairwell to enter the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center auditorium for the winter graduation ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.

(I’m also a fan of taped arrows on walls.)

Next time, maybe I’ll try arriving late.

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Leap Day baby

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on February 29, 2012| 1 Comment »

I guess it’s customary for papers to feature the first baby of every new year on their Jan. 2 front pages… but let’s not forget about Leap Day babies, either. After all, Leap Day babies come but one every four years.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Accompanied by her husband Matthew, Katie Will holds her newborn daughter Cecilia Josephine on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at Hanover Hospital. Cecilia, who was due on St. Patrick's Day, turned out to be a Leap Day baby on Katie Will's fourth labor attempt.

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High school basketball: New Hope defeats Millersburg 59-30

Posted in Journalism, Pennsylvania, Photography, Photojournalism, Sports, The York Daily Record/Sunday News, York on February 25, 2012| 4 Comments »

Last night was the first time I’ve ever used flash to cover a sports assignment.

Last night may also have been the first time any of us photographers has shot basketball in New Hope Academy’s cafeteria/gym, so I tried to have some fun with it. After shooting one quarter from the ground, I decided to get up on the stage behind the home basket so I could pretend to be a remote camera clamped to the nonexistent post. It definitely resulted in photographs I’ve never before been able to make for high school basketball, which was exciting.

© 2012 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. New Hope Academy's Brandon Murray goes for the basket against Millersburg in the second quarter on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at New Hope. New Hope defeated Millersburg 59-30 to advance to the District 3A semifinals.

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