Aug 29, 2007

Handcuffed

Here's one from a spot news situation I shot tonight. It's a hard read but it's the only shot I could pull off before the cops yelled at me for being to close to the car. The flag and the numbers are distracting but what the hell. It's going up anyway.

Aug 25, 2007

Downtown Columbia, Mo in Winter

I've been so busy studying how to be a newspaper photographer that I sometimes forget that what makes me happy is looking for images like this one. Every now and then you have to forget getting names, forget following assignment sheets. This is me shooting for me.

Aug 22, 2007

Dane and the Rain

Dane Henry Cross 6, in the car with his dog Jake getting ready to go home after a day of playing in the rain on May 6, 2007. Dane's father Jason Cross felt they needed to get out of the house and release some of their energy after being inside all day. "We needed to get out and play," says Cross.

Aug 7, 2007

Scooter Sirens

This is from a story I am working on about 2 elementary teachers who are forming a scooter club for women in Columbia called The Scooter Sirens.

Aug 4, 2007

Sibling Fight at Coldstone


Jim's Original - Chicago


Stupid Future

Another picture from an old negative. I met this guy on the bus in Chicago in 2001 about a week after 9/11 and a lot of places were having their employees wear something patriotic to work. He chose to wear this hat. I am thinking of making this into a calendar giving it away at Christmas.

Aug 3, 2007

Blind Accordian Player in Patzcuaro, Mexico

I grabbed this from an old set of negatives. I think I'm going to start posting some older stuff every now and then that has never seen the light of day. I don't miss processing film but I miss the feeling of anticipation you get just before you look a newly developed roll.