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I was sent to shoot two local high schools competing in a championship soccer game. After one team scored a goal, I started looking for reaction pictures. I liked this photo because of the different reactions captured in the same frame.
On Tuesday, I followed 82 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., as they participated in the Upstate Honor Flight. My favorite photograph, which ran on the front page of The Greenville News, is of Fred Rector. In the photograph, he places his hand over his heart while standing at the the WWII Memorial.
Mr. Rector told me the story of how he was captured and interrogated by the Germans. I just stood quietly, in shock, and listened. At this point his guardian, the volunteer in charge of looking out for his well-being throughout the trip, noticed my very German name. I explained that, yes, my grandparents had come over from Germany, but that they were Jewish. They had been forced to flee their homes. Mr. Rector paused and reached out his hand. I walked alongside his wheelchair – the two of us hand in hand – back to our bus.
Last week, I made a portrait of a mother who’s son went missing twelve years ago near Table Rock. I met her at a park bench, dedicated to her son, that she visits around the anniversary of his disappearance. Check out The Greenville News story.
Last night I waited for the arrival of The Greenville Drive, a Boston Red Sox affiliate. They finally got into town around 9:15 pm and headed straight for the locker room to put away equipment. I am definitely ready to shoot some baseball again.
A friend asked me if I would be “in” on the surprise engagement of his daughter, who is also a friend. So, I hid in the corner of the room and when the groom-to-be popped the question, I popped out of the corner and began to shoot. It was so much fun to be part of a special day of a friend.
The family of Sgt. Jeremiah Wittman react to the sights and sounds of the plane carrying Wittman’s casket as it pulls up to the hangar at Stevens Aviation on Monday, February 22, 2010. It was an emotional morning watching the casket of a soldier return home to his family. I think many of us were a little teary-eyed when leaving the airport.
For more photos, check out The Greenville News.
I went out Sunday morning to get pictures of ice and storm damage left over from Friday night/Saturday morning. I didn’t see any damage, but there were a few people out and about. Here is one shot from yesterday.
For more info check out The Greenville News.
Over 15,000 people were expected at the BiLo Center for the tenth anniversary of a local church. I hadn’t shot a church service this massive – it was more like a concert. These are some of the photos.
For more photos check out The Greenville News.
Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity play Bingo with residents of a local assisted living center on Monday. I thought it was pretty funny that for two days in a row, I am sent to assisted living centers. The assignments turned out to be kind of fun.
A local volunteer organization, Hands on Greenville, treated residents of an assisted living center to an afternoon with puppies from the Greenville Humane Society on Sunday. The dogs were adorable and it was great to see the reactions of the residents.
