South Carolina was declared a State of Emergency this week as a huge snow storm came through. Last night, the SC National Guard rolled into town to help transport hospital workers to and from work. It was surreal to see Humvees and soldiers in downtown Greenville. And, as I started to think about it, it was the first time I had photographed National Guard units deployed locally. I have photographed the Guard many times, but usually as they leave or return from the war. These are a few of my favorites.
I spent election night covering the gubernatorial race in Columbia, S.C. Here’s my photo that ran front page of The Greenville News of the next South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
Currently, when the newspaper sends us out to shoot Friday night football (as well as many other events), we are asked to bring back 150-200 photographs to create an online gallery. Yes, it is a lot of photos! So, I try to get a lot of the non-action shots out of the way by getting to the game early. This was one photo I enjoyed of my 150 shots from this past Friday night as Southside High hosted Wade Hampton High School.
The other day I got a phone call that there was an emergency photo shoot – Zombies! Yes. The Link photographer couldn’t make one of his photo shoots and I was asked to fill in. I drove up to one of the older cemeteries in Greenville and waited. I was a little hesitant as the zombies, who will be participating in a charity ZombieWalk, walked through the front gate. During the quick shoot, we did plenty of scary poses and individual poses. But, just before we left the location we decided to try one last pose. Happy zombies. This photo just makes me laugh. Enjoy!
Mary Mujahid, right, who was evacuated to Greenville from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, sits with her granddaughter Granda Welch, left, and Granda’s daughter Terri Lynn Hicks at Mary’s new home in Greenville on Thursday, August 26, 2010.
I was sent to shoot the amazing story of this family on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Both grandmother and granddaughter survived and eventually made it out of the hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, but they had very different experiences. Even five years later, emotions of gratitude and anger were running high.
Last night was a busy night photographically and with deadlines for print and galleries fast approaching I almost called it a night. I changed to a location that I normally don’t shoot from and I got this photo as well as another decent action shot. Pretty good reminder to change it up and try something new.
The tire marks behind Angela Sullivan lead towards her home, back left, on the corner of Orient Drive and Ashmore Bridge Road after a car crashed barely missing her home on Sunday, August 8, 2010.
I made this photo while working on a feature story at the National Cat Groomers Institute of America. I decided to post it because I had heard from many people how it made them laugh….so if you need a good laugh, here you go!
Check out the article at The Greenville News.
I was sent to Columbia to photograph South Carolina republican candidate for governor, Nikki Haley, on the night she accepted the republican nomination. That night it was one picture of current Governor Mark Sanford and his ex-wife, Jenny, greeting each other with a quick kiss that caused quite a buzz. The Greenville News ran the photograph (as well as other local papers), but The News chose not to release it to television.
The evening of the primary election in South Carolina, I was sent to Nikki Haley’s celebration party in Columbia. Haley is one of the republican candidates for governor. Here was my favorite shot from the evening. It was even published on MSNBC and Yahoo news.