Gaffers tape. Ever heard of it? It’s usually black, but it comes in a variety of colors. It’s used on movie sets, theater stages and at concerts. Chris Martin of Coldplay sometimes gets caught wearing colored gaffers tape on his…

I didn’t know him, but I stood for hours in the cold outside the church where his funeral was held. The air was brisk, but the sun was shining. During the last funeral I went to, it poured. I had…

Last week on my way to work I had the radio tuned to the Phillips and Company morning show on Y98. I was suprised to hear a familiar voice on the radio. It was the Post’s public relations manager Tracy Rouch…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to photograph Laura Parrish. Laura’s mother let the Post-Dispatch know about her daughter’s delicious chocolate chip cookies. That’s how I ended up in her backyard, photographing a stack of her cookies. Laura says she has loved…

81-year-old Jean Salrin of JJS Wash owns the last laundromat in Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Five days a week she works from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Unless she doesn’t feel like it, she says. When she answers the phone and…

I had the opportunity to disappear to small town America last week. Brown County has the lowest unemployment rate of all the Missouri and Illinois counties. The reporter, Terry Hillig, and I went there knowing that Dot Foods, the prison…

A few weeks ago I was trying to think of a creative way to light an outdoor, night situation without using a strobe. It made me think back to college when my friend Michael used a giant, super bright flashlight…

I recently returned from three weeks in Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, teaching for National Geographic Student Expeditions. I hope to share several photos and stories in the next few weeks from the adventure.

Páramo: A plant community of shrub heath,…

I recently returned from three weeks in Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, teaching for National Geographic Student Expeditions. I hope to share several photos and stories in the next few weeks from the adventure.

One week of our trip was spent…

Quito through the bus window

I just returned from three weeks in Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, teaching for National Geographic Student Expeditions. I hope to share several photos and stories in the next few weeks from the adventure.

About three weeks…