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(This didn’t come out so well in the paper, but his license plate holder reads “I don’t drive fast, I just fly low”)
Last Thursday night I shot a story about the local dragstrip and its street-legal racing series. Those shots ran today, with the story, as well as in an online gallery. Check [...]

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The title of this is inspired by the cinematic classic, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
Back during the 2008 Football Photo Tour, we stumbled across this run-down old Ford that some students had decorated to support their team. Apparently this had been going on for at least a few generations of students, as there was [...]

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Early this morning I had an assignment for a local business magazine. They are doing a feature on a local locksmith, and I got to poke around the shop looking at all the keys and machines and things that go along with cracking safes and so on.
The owner took me into the “junk room” [...]

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This time last year, I was still recovering from a whirlwind roadtrip to the Grand Canyon with my good friend Pete, and his friend Brett. We left Abilene early on a Monday morning, and were back in Abilene by Thursday. Almost 2,500 miles in 4 days.
We made it all the way [...]

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The documentary film “WAR DANCE” is being shown at the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Abilene as part of the 2008 Film Series.
At the suggestion of a friend, I sent in a short piece about my trip in January, with a few photos, to the Reporter-News, and they ran it all as a photo column [...]

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Right as I was about to put some burgers on the grill tonight, I got a call about a last-minute assignment. Turns out, this summer they’ve been running a Street Eliminator Series at the local dragstrip, where any street-legal car can rev it up, smoke the tires, and tear off town a 1/8 mile [...]

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Last Saturday, I had another assignment at the local farmer’s market. The shoot was to illustrate a feature article on things you can cook with ingredients are currently available at the market. While I usually enjoy capturing people doing things, it was fun to do some “product” shots on location.

I just liked the [...]

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On Saturday I had three assignments for the paper, all before noon. One of them involved driving for about an hour out to this family-owned farm near Cross Plains where you can pick your own peaches. This is a shot similar to one that ran in the paper, but oriented a little differently. [...]

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Just a weird looking vegetable from an assignment this morning.

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