Today I covered a high school football game in Breese Ill. The last 20 minutes of my drive I enjoyed a beautiful yellow sunset through the rear view mirror of my car. I kept hoping I would get to my…

“Newspaper photojournalists are best-kept secrets in terms of professionals-for-hire. They often let their photos speak for themselves, but I wanted to give some other concrete reasons beyond pointing out that they take good photos.”

I recently found this posted on a…

In July I photographed the raids on a dog fighting ring that spanned multiple states. I received more comments on those photos than anything else I’ve photographed here at the Post-Dispatch. The photos of those dogs seemed to touch people…

I recently ran across this video by Radio Lab about “Moments.”

“How would you define a moment?”

If you’ve ever heard a group of photographers sitting around talking about their craft or editing their work I’m positive that…

Kyla celebrated her 10th birthday early at school.

Today would have been Kyla Miller’s 12th birthday. In my mind I imagine a party with purple balloons and decorations. Purple was her favorite color. She would have hugged everyone who came or…

Our jobs at newspapers have expanded. As a photographer I  am now shooting still, video, collecting audio, and producing multimedia. However one thing I never thought I would be doing at a newspaper is photographing for a video game. But…

I have always loved small towns. I was reminded again why that is a couple weeks ago when I covered the fallen soldier procession for PFC Lucas Bregg, 19, of Wright City who was killed in Iraq July 8. Members…

About a month ago we were all asked to brainstorm ideas for a photo staff Cardinals project. The idea of the project was to show how Cardinals baseball has infiltrated every part of St. Louis society. Oddly, the first thing that…

Soccer has been in the news a lot lately with the US men’s team beating # 1 Spain
to reach their first ever final of  a FIFA tournament.  South Africa hosted the event. Check out the link below for some really great…

Growing up, I was a bit of a tom boy. I have an older brother and as a kid I wanted to be just like him and do everything he did. Because my brother played sports, I wanted to as…