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06.26.2009 3:49 am

As a news photographer I’ve had the opportunity to  fly in some pretty cool aircraft over the years.  I’ve taken the controls of a WWII T-6 Texan fighter trainer, and held on for dear life…

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06.25.2009 10:17 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On Tuesday photo editor Lynden Steele and I were tossing around ideas for different ways to illustrate the heat. I scanned the newspaper and saw that the Humane Society had issued a heat warning for pets, and we decided to…

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06.22.2009 10:27 am

Today Kodak announced it will cease production of Kodachrome.  If you’re sitting at your desk right now reading this please stand and observe a moment of silence to honor the passing of this legend.

If video killed the radio star, then…

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06.17.2009 4:47 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week photographer Laurie Skrivan printed out several photographs for a project – television’s digital switch – that she’s been working on for about a year. Editor Lynden Steele served as a set of eyes on the project, and together the two…

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06.17.2009 8:32 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Vince DeMange, Sr. visits with his granddaughter Jana Gass between customers at their produce stand at DeMange Farm in East St. Louis.

Vince DeMange, Sr. visits with his granddaughter Jana Gass at their produce stand in East St. Louis.

Last week I spent a wonderful morning with the extended DeMange farming family in East St. Louis as they sold greens to residents…

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06.12.2009 4:42 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On June 27, a team of Post-Dispatch photographers will descend upon the St. Louis area fans and on Busch Stadium to  illustrate “A Day in the Life of Cardinals baseball.”

In 1964, fans like Arlene Gerber often brought their transistor radios to listen along while watching the game

In 1964, fans like Arlene Gerber often brought their transistor…

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06.09.2009 12:41 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What do they call it in the corporate world — value added skills? How about a staff photojournalist doing some DIY lens repair on a Canon 400mm 2.8 II? That’s just what I’m up to after one of our older…

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06.09.2009 11:34 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Actress Ruth Edmond, dressed in period costume, looks over the program for a ceremony dedicating a headstone for Harriet Tuesday at Greenwood cemetery in St. Louis.

133 years after her death Harriet Robinson Scott, wife of Dred Scott, received a proper burial service on May 26, 2009 at Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Mo. I was there to cover the service which included a color guard, a…

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06.04.2009 12:51 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The photo department is working on a project and we would love to hear from you.
How do get your Cardinals fix when you are not at the game?
Do you listen on the radio?
Do you find a tv wherever you are?

Do…

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06.03.2009 7:22 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, the NY Times’ “Lens” photo blog has a fascinating account of four photographers who documented the iconic moment when a man, known as “tank man,”  stopped a group of tanks on…

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