Toddlers & Tiaras

These girls are local out here in PA and they are going to be on TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras, I didn't take the pageant photo but it is there to show the "glitz". These girls usually go to "natural" pageants but for the show agreed to do a "glitz one. There mother refused to do any of the fake stuff, eyelashes, tans, and teeth (go mom!), they even tried to get her to agree to have the three year old wax her eyebrows. Mom held her ground and refused.




I went to shoot them well because they are local and going to be on a tv show so that's news. These on down are mine. Personally I think the girls are much prettier without the make up and "glitz".



This is the three year old that they wanted to wax the eyebrows. Too freakin' cute.

weekly highlights

One of our brave reporters letting a med. assistant student find and tap a vein, we used a different photo for the paper, using a non-paper employee. He was very determined not to look.

This guy is going to ride across the states from Cali to Penn. at the end of the summer in honor of his best friend who passed away in Jan. making a documentary along the way.

This went with a story about adults going back for schooling and training after loosing their jobs, this was the only guy who was actually working on something and didn't get all posey on me.

I spent the majority of the week going around and getting photos of old churches for a book the ad dept. is putting together. The didn't tell us exactly what they wanted and this week they thought it would be a good idea to send one of the girls to come with me to tell me what exactly to take photos of. FYI she didn't point out anything I wouldn't have taken photos of if she wasn't there. It is a sore spot.

Market Street Fire

The local bar just down the street from the paper's office we got there before many of the firefighters. It gutted the building but they were able to save the connecting buildings amazingly. These photos are the RAW versions edited to come later.

Last days of Jan...

This woman got a makeover through "Women in Transition" I wish I had a copy of the before, looking at her now you would think she never needed one. It was fun to watch the end of the process.

A health fair at the mall for kids and their parents, it was fun. I like this first one not really sure why but I do.

The second one is showing some lotion that glows under black lights and represents germs the kids missed when washing their hands.

And this one was for the superbowl ads in 3D, this is a intern at the paper we had fun goofing around but ended up liking the straight on best.

Week of Feb 3-7

I have been shooting alot of basketball lately these are a couple of shooting shots I liked although the one of the girls is a little red so when it printed it was extremely magenta, yuck. Our printer runs magenta and apperently I didn't add enough green to compensate.

The Ice Festival began in Lewisburg this past weekend, I got the ice sculptor and Rob got the Polar Dip, I didn't really want to go stand out on the frozen lake for the shot, I don't trust ice yet.

I am really happy that I caught this moment even if it is a little grainy because my flash didn't have enough juice.

Crazy a capella group at the university that met at 9pm (my deadline is 10) but wouldn't start singing until the "leader" had given her ok after discussing business I was just tempted to walk out, she knew I was under a timeline and the others in the group were wanting to start for me but it was a power thing with her. On a technical note once I got back to the office I wished I had gotten up a little higher to get a better angle.

Remembrance Day

Zach and me in Gettysburg for the Civil War Remebrance Day Parade. There were multiple Lincolns present, it was a cold fun day and I wore a hoop.

Presidential Inauguration

So instead of traveling the 2 hours to Washington D.C. with the TWO reporters from our paper to cover the inauguration I got stuck going to a local middle school to shoot the students watching the whole event. I wouldn't have minded so much if it wasn't a sixth grade class. No offense to sixth graders around the world but grrrr you guys are obnoxious. They were cool for the Oath of Office but 3 mins. into the address and they were gone. So I got a lot of pics of really bored looking children. Also as I was looking through the photos I did take I found in the photos; two boys flipping the camera off, a boy sticking his tongue out, a multitude of giggling girls posing, and a couple boys who would manuver their bodies into almost everyone of my shots. Out of spite I didn't use any with them in it (yes I know I am an adult and they are kids but I was I was annoyed did I mention I didn't get to go to D.C. two hours away...). So this is going to be an blog entry without photos because I am not happy with any of my shots today and I didn't bring any of my photos home on my thumb drive and didn't have time to post at work.