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…

Trick or treaters are gathered for a Halloween celebrations on the North Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington. The first family welcomed more than 2,600 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools, and their families,…

This afternoon Post-Dispatch sports photographer and my good friend Chris Lee married his girlfriend Anja Fuchs. The couple met seven years ago at the Upper Limits rock climbing gym. I’ve never seen him so happy and it was a honor…

For all those die-hard Cardinal fans out there, I really do hope this post doesn’t bring back any painful memories of the Dodgers’ recent sweep over the Cardinals.  But I want to share this fun/bizarre image.

For Game 3 (only) at…

Capitalizing on the release of Ken Burn’s specular series on the National Parks, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a few photos from my recent backpacking vacation into the High Sierras. We camped for five nights starting in…

A couple weeks ago I was tapped to shoot the Fall A&E Emerging Artists Preview.
After scouting a few places, I landed on the nice wall of greenery in Lafayette Square.

I had selected the location based on the nice neutral flat…

Touring Emmis Communications last week for a Diane’s Keaggy story on the Performance Rights Act, a bill that would require stations to pay a fee to the artists they play, I was in awe of their wall art.  Simply put,…

One team wore red masks with capes. Another donned official Scouting uniforms. Others rocked funky retro glasses.  All were competing in the first Urban Assault Race in Forest Park yesterday. For those of you unfamiliar with the race’s history–  it…

I would see them occasionally before, after and even during the game sometimes.
Bridal parties dressed up,  smiling, then usually jumping.

A pose here, a pose there. A snap in front of the statues, then hiking up to the bridge for a…

I want to make sure everyone knows about David Alan Harvey’s Burn Magazine - a online magazine he started back in December 2008 with a mission to promote the work of emerging photographers.

The same year he introduced the The Emerging Photographer…