Friday I was sitting at the corner of art and life. Now, if you are wondering where that is try the corner of Olive Boulevard and Grand Avenue. I was on my way to get an oil change between assignments…

Have you ever seen that cartoon drawing of a stork that ’s trying to swallow a frog. The frog is in the stork’s mouth, but it is reaching out and strangling the stork. The caption said something like “Never Say…

I was scheduled to shoot a holiday mantel makeover with designer Paige Gilbertson of Graphic Organic Design earlier this week. Gilbertson brought one of the most adorable (and smallest) design assistants I’ve ever seen, her seven week-old son Oliver.

For the…

Today wraps up my four weeks of working the 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. photo shift. I’ve learned a lot in the past four weeks. I’ve discovered new coffee shops, made friends with police officers and gotten to know the…

I was so encouraged by the photos I took of the foggy St. Louis riverfront Monday night that I couldn’t help but stop and take more from the McKinley Bridge Wednesday night. I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity. The…

Fog photos have always had an appeal to me. The trouble is trying to capture the right exposure and the mood of the moment. I was searching for a feature photo for the paper Monday afternoon and not having much…

Feature hunting sometimes begins with and idea, but most often it begins out of desperation.

Filling the newspaper or “Feeding the beast,” is not always easy.

Finding “standalone” pictures (without a written story) is one way to make that happen. They are…

I spent a good part of my week interviewing different people for the 100 Neediest Cases campaign. This is a different type of video than the ones I usually do. Since the Post-Dispatch (STLtoday.com) are partners with Neediest, it’s more of a…

Last week I stumbled upon this spill of all spills. The intersection of Gravois Avenue and S. Kingshighway Boulevard was covered in shards of glass. Ouch. Of all things to spill, this would definitely not be my pick. Photographing this…

As a photographer, I meet people almost everyday. While sometimes I get to know my subjects well, other times I’m lucky to know their names. On Friday I went to the home of Warren Moellenhoeff in south St. Louis. Warren…