I remember being at my desk here in the newsroom when I first started working for The Telegraph in 1989.  The phone rang and the gruff voice on the other end of the line said he “had a horse that eats rocks” and that I should come and take a photo.  He had me for [...]

“I am the queen of the castle.” Those were some of the words sung by three-year-old Isabel Gerstein of Nashua, N.H., while she twirled and danced in front of a large wall mirror outside her bedroom.

I saw this today on the National Press Photographers site.  Seems this St. Petersburg Times photographer and his family are in need. Please read and share as you see fit.
The item on eBay is #260456026357  and you can find info on Abel’s book here at PDNonline.
Florida bound around August 23?  Tampa?  How about this.  [...]

A smile is worth a thousand words, and maybe more in her case! How else could I tell the story about eight-year-old (8 - 1/2 as she says) Rachel Caliguiri fighting Cerebral Palsy without writing a word. With a soft voice and shy demeanor, she whispered to me that she gets to go to Disney World when she can walk by herself.

Nice light this morning at Durocher Farm in Litchfield, one of many blueberry outlets around here. Surprisingly, or not, the lot was pretty full early this morning.  Recent muggy heat makes it uncomfortable for picking.  Get to it early I say. Meredith DeBow was the subject of a stand alone feature in the paper.  Her [...]

I thought I’d experiment again with using Vuvox.  I shot some video, spit out a couple of quick pieces and planned to stick them on a hotspot in the photo that was with the story online.  Seems the links I built into the presentation work fine but not the video.  Mmmmm.  It’ll work ok here [...]

Some days the assignments are better than others. I was lucky enough to score this one for several reasons. I have a strong interest in World War Two issues- the people, politics, etc, something I’ve held for many years, along with flyfishing. When work combines with either one of these subjects (rarely with the second, [...]

Hail fell in Hudson Tuesday.  It was fun to watch.  I can say that because at least my car wasn’t damaged.  It was also fun to work with some new software I heard about.  I took some content and combined it into an interesting package.  Watch for more of this kind of treatment down the [...]

My first trip to what was known as Benson’s Wild Animal Park was when its material was being auctioned off to the highest bidder.  Anything not nailed down, and probably some that was,  or squirreled away was sold and hauled out.  It was in 1989, the year I started working for The Telegraph.
It had quite [...]

Moises Saman, in Iraq for the New York Times, writes about the changeup in that country.  See his photos here.  I much prefer black and white images and like what he has to say about shooting B and W.  Read on.