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…

Back on April 10th the Post-Dispatch published a photo or photos of mine.  I’m not going to say if it was one photo or a series of photos because that will slant this poll.  Anyway, I disagree with the final…

Canon Mark II-N, 800 ISO 1/60th F2.8

I’m usually not a big fan of cute baby pictures, but it’s different when that baby is my own. My wife and I just had our first kid a few weeks ago and I’ve…

CSI camera repairman Mike Canis’s miracle box.

Gaffer’s tape is the cure-all for ailing camera equipment. It came in handy when my Canon 550 started falling over like an electronic Humpty-Dumpty. Four little screws at the bottom holds the top heavy flash…

Edward Gersh stands in front of the Sphinx while serving in Egypt during World War II.

Lynden Steele mentioned in a recent post that family photos are often thought to be the first thing you save if your house is on fire.…

You know that old saying that people love family photos so much that if their house were on fire, the only thing they would save would be the family albums? Well, it’s not true. And, I’m reminded of that every…

I work the night desk three nights a week, which means I get to look through hundreds or thousands of photos taken around the country and world on a given day. Today all of our stories on one of our nation…