This week I have been covering the President's vacation on Martha's Vineyard. I know, most people who know that I am here are telling me that I have it tough. Well, it actually is.

Typical day... Up early to see if there has been movement. If there isn't any movement, I head to where I THINK he might go. I choose the West Tisbury Fair. Good thought at the moment. After two days it doesn't pan out. In fact several of my colleagues have the same thought at one time or another while I am there. At least I am friends with most of them. Nearly everyone at the fair thinks that the president is going to arrive any minute solely based on the fact that I and several other news photographers are on the grounds. Oh boy do we cover that fair.

oh yea, the reason I'm here. Never see him. He skipped the fair.

Tony Allen

Several folks have asked to see my view of the Tony Allen date I had on May 28th...

These are in order by time, and there are two different views because my floor level camera is tethered to my short lens camera to shoot simultaneously.... way too many pictures

















Well, all is well that ends well.
It was a pretty hard hit and it seems as if he didn't really make much of an effort to miss me.
I got a hard hit to the eye socket, a broken pocketwizard and the attention of the team trainer and several of my concerned colleagues. I guess all of us photographers are just one big family.

seige

The power of a photograph and the powers of a collection of photographs:

I visited the Anneburg Space for Photography yesterday in Los Angeles (see http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/) and got to experience the National Geographic WATER issue in bold presentation. If you have a chance to see this presentation, do so. If you have a chance to visit the space, do so. There are photographs displayed in large proportions (the way we photographers love to see our work), in a digital touch screen media, allowing the viewer to have an interactive interface with viewing images, and there are several video presentations of the images, interviews with the photographers, picture editors and story editors, as well as video presentations on the 'behind the issue' and the assemblage of the print version of the NG Water issue.

As for the topic of Water and water conservation. After seeing this presentation I am concerned about the future of our planet and our peoples as water becomes more and more scarce. Scarce in the very general terms of today, but much more in the specific terms of tomorrow. I believe in conservation and not being wasteful. Every other living being on this planet uses a resource for life and what is that being's waste, is used by another for life. Not so with humans. We need to look at our fellow organisms on the planet and be more like them. Less waste, more use of what we have.

Hats off to being more of a proactive photo-journalist and the photographers of the NG. A goal I strive towards.

The Parquet in Boston

There is no way to put this nicely without sounding like I am whining.
It is tough covering the NBA. Tough on the body.

Yea yea we have a front row seat, I know I know.

We sit in little padded camping chairs, on the floor and very large and extremely tall basketball players (minus Nate Robinson) and referees step on us. I only bring this up because for over a week now I have been suffering from lower back pain after quickly twisting and lifting my heavier camera and 300 mm lens. In fact I am posting this in the middle of the night because I can not sleep.

Love my job, don't care for the logistics.

Other Blogs

Admittedly, my blog is lacking at the moment, but here is one you should take time to visit today and every other day when you are hungry...

http://thehamblogger.com/

Eat and come back....

Ok, It is set up

I have been asked many times about setting up a blog to share some of the images and the story behind them, so, I have finally taken a couple seconds to get it set up.