BURNED
BURNED
In 2008 U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,451,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,320 civilian fire fatalities, 16,705 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $15,478,000,000 in direct property loss. (The direct property loss includes the California Wildfires 2008 with an estimated property loss of $1,400,000,000.) There was a civilian fire death every 158 minutes and a civilian [...]
Harrisonburg High School Stumbles
First of all it was COLD and WINDY. And it was DARK. This was the first football game where we tested the ability of the NIKON D700 in low light. Of course we have played around with it, but this was the first live shoot where we shot at ISO 6400. I have to say, [...]
James Madison Upsets Georgetown – Women’s Basketball
I covered the JMU vs Georgetown women’s basketball game at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va. tonight. It really was a great home opener for the Dukes. After getting off to a slow start, they overcame a 16 point deficit to pull ahead for the first time late in the game. After some very [...]
Three Funerals in Two Days
Friday began with a funeral and ended with another. The day before I had covered another one. It was three too many.
Thursday’s funeral was for 5-year-old Kaylee Whetzel. Friday morning’s funeral was for her mother, Allaina Taylor, 39, and the afternoon funeral was for her stepfather Dennis “Chip” Taylor, 36.
The three were found murdered in [...]
Fallen Marine
One of the hardest things to have to shoot as a newspaper photographer is a funeral. Even harder can be going to the home of a fallen soldier to do photos of the grief-stricken family.
It is a bit easier when you are accompanied on the assignment with the writer. They kind of act as a [...]
JMU vs Richmond Football
When the giant inflatable Duke Dog lost power just before the JMU players were to take the field, making their usual entrance from underneath it with fog and fanfare, I told someone standing nearby that it was probably a bad omen. They restored power in the nick of time, but the stage was set.
The Richmond [...]
