PICTURES

Grocery bag promotion at Rams game - a good idea?

Robert Cohen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:28 +0000

As a life-long New Orleans Saints fan, I know a bit about losing football teams and can write with authority on the topic.

So I had to snicker a bit to myself when noticing the Rams promotional giveaway that fans were…

The corner of art and life

Dawn Majors — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:34 +0000

Friday I was sitting at the corner of art and life. Now, if you are wondering where that is, try the corner of Olive Boulevard and Grand Avenue. I was on my way to get an oil change between assignments…

An old favorite from a Maplewood bar

Christian Gooden — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:17:12 +0000

I used to regularly shoot pictures for weekly bar reviews that ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Get Out section, now called GO! Recently I was digging through some old folders on a hard drive looking for something else and rediscovered…

The Last Rose

J.B. Forbes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:41:20 +0000

Have you ever seen that cartoon drawing of a stork that ’s trying to swallow a frog. The frog is in the stork’s mouth, but it is reaching out and strangling the stork. The caption said something like “Never Say…

Teeny tiny design assistant

Stephanie Cordle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:40:03 +0000

I was scheduled to shoot a holiday mantel makeover with designer Paige Gilbertson of Graphic Organic Design earlier this week. Gilbertson brought one of the most adorable (and smallest) design assistants I’ve ever seen, her seven week-old son Oliver.

For the…

Patience and high pain threshold

Laurie Skrivan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:50 +0000

Patience. Pain. These were the two words that came to mind while I was walking around the tattoo expo last Friday. Two words that also reveal why I don’t have any tattoos. This was my first year covering the event…

Mornings with the police scanner, I hear it all

Elie Gardner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:22 +0000

Today wraps up my four weeks of working the 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. photo shift. I’ve learned a lot in the past four weeks. I’ve discovered new coffee shops, made friends with police officers and gotten to know the…

Just in time, the purple picture of 2009 appears at Parkway North High

Robert Cohen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:42 +0000

While officially dressed as a Rennaisance maiden, Jenna Stack, a Parkway North senior, looked the part of Disney's Ariel. Her classmates in teacher Allison Ramsaroop's 'Masterpieces' class, learned about chivalry through acts of service at the Creve Coeur school.

Just before…

Night Photos, Part II

J.B. Forbes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:42 +0000

I was so encouraged by the photos I took of the foggy St. Louis riverfront Monday night that I couldn’t help but stop and take more from the McKinley Bridge Wednesday night. I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity. The…

Photographing Fog Can Be Tricky

J.B. Forbes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:41 +0000

Fog photos have always had an appeal to me. The trouble is trying to capture the right exposure and the mood of the moment. I was searching for a feature photo for the paper Monday afternoon and not having much…