Tim Webb Photography: Blog https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog en-us (C) Tim Webb Photography [email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:28:00 GMT Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:28:00 GMT https://www.timwebbphotography.com/img/s/v-12/u683908479-o191195540-50.jpg Tim Webb Photography: Blog https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog 120 86 My Little Museum https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/3/my-little-museum My Mom gave me a curio cabinet several years ago and I began putting old cameras in it. Over time, I turned it into my little museum of artifacts from my career as a photojournalist. I'm an archivist at heart so I love collecting and preserving this stuff. Plus, it's kind of cool to look at for inspiration as I sit at my desk and edit. 

With the exception of the camera that I used while I was photo editor of The Eastern Progress when I was in college, which was an old Nikon F2 that had been surplused from the state police, I have every camera from each phase of my career.

This Agfa Viewfinder and Kodak 110 were the cameras that my Dad gave me when I first got started in photography in 1978. 

My former graphic arts teacher, Pat Green, knocked on my door a few years ago and gave me the Canon AE-1 that I used in high school for the school newspaper and yearbook. 

When I first became the University Photographer at Eastern Kentucky University in 1994 I was still primarily using a click and wind Pentax K-1000. Going from a K-1000 to a Nikon F4 was like going from a Chevette to a Porche!!! As my Dad used to say, "I was happier than a puppy with two peters!"

This Nikon D1X was my first digital camera. I took it out it's box on the morning of August 3, 2001 and shot Eastern's summer commencement that evening. This is the latest addition to my collection. It made it's way back to me just a few months ago. 

This Nikon F5 was my last film camera, and this role of Velvia Fujichrome was my last role of film. I decided to keep it instead of having it developed. Did I mention that I'm an archivist at heart? It has 14 images of red buds and dogwoods from the Red River Gorge on it. 

My first smart phone from 2008.

I laugh at this now, as I use 256 GB SD cards. These were my 1 GB and 8 GB compact flash memory cards from those first digital cameras. We've come a long way since 2001!

I used to keep this little notebook with me at weddings for posing inspiration.

I definitely came out of college a better writer than I was when I went in, partly because of this book and some very patient professors, like Dr. Elizabeth Hansen and Dr. Libby Fraas. I literally woke up one morning and realized how to write a complete sentence, and it was all downhill after that.  

Natalie was always great about finding little novelties for my office at Eastern.

I shot all but two days of the 2010 World Equestrian Games. I went into it knowing that I was looking for a special souvenir to keep. I did buy a couple of shirts and a coat, but as far as something meaningful...I was shooting inside the arena one day, sitting in front of a group from Argentina. There were three Argentinian women who were flirting with me as I worked, in a fun way. So I sat there and talked to them for almost an hour. As they got up to leave one of them handed me this leather key chain. I thought to myself...there's my souvenir! 

Eastern is now in the process of turning my old darkroom in the Jones Building into something else. It was designed to be a darkroom by Kodak when they built the building in 1969. I was able to scavenge some artifacts from it and add it to the collection.

My Dad always told me that our lives are divided into chapters, and that you can never rip those chapters out of the book of your life. My photo career has definitely been divided into chapters. Chapter One started with this photo of a flooded barn in my hometown of Clay City in 1978. Dad was a hobbyist and was into black and white photography at the time and sat up a darkroom in our living room. I sat down my Star Wars X-Wing Fighter long enough to watch this print emerge from the Dektol developer...and the rest is history!

Chapter Two was when I signed up to take high school journalism at Powell County High School at the beginning of my senior year in 1987, and ultimately became editor of our newspaper The Pirate Press. That was the first time in my life that I had a camera with me everyday and was also in the school's darkroom everyday, as I also photographed our yearbook titled The Best of Times. That's a much skinnier version of myself in the top left corner. It was good to be 17!!!!

Chapter Three was when I came back home to Powell County to cover the death of former Kentucky Governor Bert T. Combs in December 1991 for The Eastern Progress. Our Adviser, Dr. Libby Frass, held deadline and a spot on the front page for me. I wrote my story in my head on the one hour drive back to Richmond, and typed it out in about 15 minutes, as three editors stood over my shoulder, helping me work it. Probably for the first and only time ever, I handed off my film for my assistant photo editor to develop and print. I was set to do an internship with the Kentucky Press Association in the Spring of 1992, so that was my last issue of The Progress. Man! I literally went out in a blaze of glory that night. I was later named Best Editor for the Fall of 1991.

Chapter Four would be my time as Eastern's University Photographer. I was very active with the University Photographers Association of America and edited their quarterly journal, The Contact Sheet. I was set to become president of the organization but I left Eastern in 2004 to venture out on my own with Tim Webb Photography. 

My greatest trophy is the fact that I helped three brilliant photographers get their start. 

I found this receipt book at my parent's house in 2020. I had it printed when I first started doing freelance work in high school. If you notice, back then we didn't list the area code. And the second number was for the video store that my mother managed. Although it wasn't a paid gig, my very first freelance job was for the Rockwell Newsletter in Winchester.

I entered pictures every year in the Powell County Fair when I was in high school and college. I was never able to win best of show at the fair, but in 2017, I won a national best of show award for East Kentucky Power, and again in 2021 for Kentucky Living Magazine. I was like...YES! FINALLY!!!

A few credentials!!!

Again...more stuff that I found at my parent's house. These are a few check stubs from my days at The Clay City Times. Working for my hometown newspaper was definitely one of those chapters. I got so much experience while I was there. To say that my editor, Jerlene Rose, was patient with me, would be an understatement. She allowed me to grow as I churned out dozens of photos each week and wrote 3-4 stories. I was making a whopping $10,600 as News Editor when I got married in 1993. I was too ignorantly bliss to realize that I was living under the poverty level because I was loving every minute of it!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & A Kentucky Corporate Editorial Location Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/3/my-little-museum Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:21:55 GMT
World Without Cows https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/2/world-without-cows I recently did some promo shots of Alltech's Michelle Michael and Brandon Whitworth. Michelle and Brandon put a lot of time and effort into creating the Alltech documentary World Without Cows. It premiered in October at the Kentucky Theater. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/2/world-without-cows Sat, 08 Feb 2025 23:46:50 GMT
Annual Report Work https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/1/recent-work I did several photo shoots this past fall for East Kentucky Power, based in Winchester. They provide electric power for many of Kentucky's electric cooperatives. The body of work that I created here is for their annual report that will come out in June. Shooting for their annual report is an ongoing assignment for me each year, and I'll do several more shoots this spring. Annual Report photography is one of the biggest things that I do as a freelance corporate photographer. 

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Bluegrass Station is a natural gas plant in Butler, Kentucky. This year, I set up a light system on some of the employees and then did a 10 second time exposure to burn in the background at sunset. 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The Burnside Line Crew changing out a pole in rural Pulaski County.

Photo by Tim Webb A new solar farm was installed at Maker's Mark Distillery. 

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Cooper Station is a coal-fired plant in Burnside, Kentucky.

Photo by Tim Webb The Burnside substation crew working in Laurel County.

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Spurlock Station is a coal-fired plant in Maysville, Kentucky.

Photo by Tim Webb EKPC takes their safety program very seriously by rewarding employees with what's known as Safety All Stars, like Tyler Robinette above. 
 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb As part of East Kentucky Power's philanthropy efforts, them and the co-ops help decorate the Ronald McDonald Houses in Lexington and Louisville each year for Christmas.  

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2025/1/recent-work Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:27:43 GMT
The Polar Express https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/11/the-polar-express When our kids were younger we had the Christmas Eve tradition of watching the Polar Express right before bedtime. What a great movie! This is the honest truth, one year Laura and Cameron went to the window as the movie was playing and they swore they saw Santa and his reindeer flying over the house. We knew it was true because Laura said she could hear the bells on Santa's sleigh. I didn't get up to look, but I knew she was telling the truth! Why? Because I Believe!!!

My children are all grown up now, and I am anxiously waiting on the arrival of my first grandchild, just a few days before Christmas this year. As your kids get older and your family expands, schedules change and new traditions are born. We don't get to watch the Polar Express anymore like we used to, which is why I was trilled to do a story for Kentucky Living Magazine last year on a real-live Polar Express in Stearns, Kentucky. 

It was so much fun to see all these little kids experience the movie in real life. Hopefully, some day, Natalie and I can take Little Miss Baby Webb on a trip to the North Pole. Until then...here are a few photos from Stearns.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Location Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Editorial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/11/the-polar-express Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:25:31 GMT
The Bridges of Madison County https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/10/kentuckys-covered-bridges I had the opportunity to complete an assignment yesterday that I've wanted to do for a long time. I have now photographed all eleven of Kentucky's covered bridges. My inspiration for this comes from one of my all time favorite movies, The Bridges of Madison County, which was based on the 1992 book by Robert James Waller. Yes, I know it was a chic-flic but it was also a movie that treated and portrayed photography correctly and realistically. 

In the movie, Clint Eastwood plays the character of National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid (who is a fictional character and never actually worked for National Geographic). Eastwood, who also directed the movie, paid close attention to the details of a photographer. The movie was set in the summer of 1965, and Kincaid was a freelance photographer out of Bellingham, Washington. He was in Iowa to document covered bridges for the Geographic. He kept his Kodachrome slide film in a cooler or a refrigerator to keep it cool. He scouted out his photos during the day but then went back when the light was good at sunset and sunrise to actually get the real stuff. And he shot with a Nikon F series camera. 

There are so many movies, even today, that portray photography wrong. The one that makes me cringe is when I see a press conference in the movies and the photographers are using a flash. I'm sure they do it for the audio/visual effect, but trust me, no seasoned photographer would ever use a flash at a press conference!

There are so many things about Robert Kincaid that are relatable to me. For one thing, we're both freelance photographers making a living from one assignment to the next. Although I usually go nonstop, there are still different times of the year when work dries up for a few weeks. Being a freelancer is not for the impatient, faint-of-heart, or people who can't manage money. Secondly, I related to him because he was constantly traveling. As a National Geographic photographer, he got to travel all over the world, while I mainly crisscross the state of Kentucky. Even for this assignment, which came from Kentucky Living Magazine, I traveled to eight different Kentucky counties to document these bridges. Traveling so much can get old at times, but for the most part, I enjoy seeing our beautiful state. At the time of this writing, I've been to 117 of Kentucky's 120 counties. And I'm planning a road trip in the near future to the far reaches of Western Kentucky to get the remaining three. 

In the book, Kincaid says he's "The Last Cowboy." I don't think I'm the last cowboy, but I sure do enjoy doing what I do!

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Photo by Tim Webb The covered bridge at Goddard in Fleming County is by-far the most picturesque, with the Goddard Methodist Church and cemetery in the background.

Walcott Covered Bridge in Bracken County.

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Ringos Mill Covered Bridge in Fleming County.

Several years ago I found out that I had a half brother that I never knew about. He died in July 2019 and was brought from Ohio to be buried in South Shore, Kentucky in Greenup County. On the way home that afternoon I drove past Bennett's Mill Covered Bridge and took this picture. I titled it, The Day We Laid Shane to Rest.  

Oldtown Covered Bridge in Greenup County.

The Dover Covered Bridge in Mason County is in the poorest condition of Kentucky's eleven bridges.

 Johnson Creek Covered Bridge in Robertson County. Graffiti and carvings are a popular thing to do at all of the bridges, even dating back to the 1800s, when many of the bridges were built. 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Colville Covered Bridge in Bourbon County. 

Cabin Creek Covered Bridge in Lewis County.

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb A company from Vermont that specializes in restoring covered bridges is currently working to restore the Grange City Covered Bridge in Fleming County.

The last cowboy Robert Kincaid and Francesca in front of the Roseman Bridge.

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/10/kentuckys-covered-bridges Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:19:21 GMT
Human Emotion https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/10/human-emotion Let's be honest...as a Corporate and Editorial Freelance Photographer, I shoot a lot of boring stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do, but it can be pretty static at times with corporate events. I could let this be a crutch and approach it that way, but instead, I choose to work as hard as I can to elevate my game by making a boring subject as interesting as I can. I do this with human emotion. Just like capturing peak action with sports or news, I try to capture peak emotion with events. Sometimes, it can be as simple as a smile. The moral of this story is, you don't have to work in news or sports to be a photojournalist. You can always tell a story with the camera.

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Photo by Tim Webb Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Best Places to Work
Central Bank Center, Lexington, June 13, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb Touchstone Energy, Kentucky Special Olympics
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, June 1, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb Community Action's 60th Anniversary
Embassy Suites, Lexington, June 12, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb International Society of Neurogastronomy Conference
University of Kentucky, Lexington, May 17, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell meets with the Kentucky Students during the Washington Youth Tour. 
Kentucky Living Magazine
Washington D.C., June 20, 2024

 
"Step Brothers" or Employee Portraits? 
Fleming-Mason Energy
Flemingsburg, June 27, 2024

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The Washington Youth Tour
Kentucky Living Magazine
Washington DC, June 20, 2024

Camp Burnamwood
Stanton First Presbyterian Church
Irvine, July 25, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention
Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, May 9, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Transylvania University, Spring Commencement
Lexington, May 25, 2024

Flashes of Hope
Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, August 15, 2024

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Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, August 3, 2024

Photo by Tim Webb UK Healthcare Pharmacy Services, Research Expo
UK Chandler Hospital, Lexington, May 21, 2024

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Bluegrass Airport, Lexington, August 24, 2024

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/10/human-emotion Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:31:07 GMT
The Local Lens https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/9/the-local-lens I've waited over two years to make this blog post!

In May of 2022, I met Nate Brooks for lunch one day at a Korean-style seafood restaurant on Richmond Road in Lexington to discuss a large-scale photo book project that he had in mind. The seafood restaurant was a bit much, but the book project turned out to be one of the greatest photographic projects that I've ever done in my life. Nate and I are both from Powell County, but a generation apart. I went to school with his mother and have been great friends with both of his parents, Troy and Deana Brooks, for many years. It was kind of bizarre to be involved with a multi-year project with so many moving parts, with a kid that's the same age as my kids, and someone I've known, literally since he was a newborn. I'm not sure if it was bizarre because he's that young or because I'm that old, HA!

At the time, Nate was about to finish a podcast series that he did for the Powell County Health Department titled The Local Lens. The podcast was funded through the CDC in Atlanta and Nate used it as a tool to explore and to educate on all aspects of the drug epidemic. Ultimately, he did 74 episodes and interviewed over 100 people. Here are my opening comments in the book...

 

When I began this book project with Nate Brooks in 2022, I truly didn’t understand the depth of Powell County’s drug problem. I grew up in Powell County, specifically on Black Creek in Clay City, during the 1970s and 1980s, and was a photojournalist there in the early 1990s. There has always been a drug problem in Powell County, but it wasn’t until I came back home for a couple of months during the summer of 2020, when my father was dying of cancer, that I got a small glimpse of just how much the problem had grown since I had moved away in 1995. I realized then that something had changed and my little hometown had changed with it.

One day during that summer, I almost ran over a man who had passed out in a sharp curve beside the road with his head lying about a foot away from the white line. With a population of only 1,200 people, Clay City had over 100 homeless people living within its borders that summer, mainly because of the drug epidemic. At the same time that I was witnessing all of this, Nate was beginning to produce a podcast called "The Local Lens" highlighting the different aspects of the drug epidemic that not only had infested Powell County but Appalachia as a whole.

I soon made a correlation between addiction and a ripple. At the epicenter of the ripple effect caused by drug abuse is the user. Immediate family members are located somewhere in the first two rings of the ripple, with first responders and police officers occupying the third and fourth layer of rings. Spiritual warriors providing faith-based rehab programs and resources serve as a bridge between the user and the road to recovery in rings five and six.

As the rings of the ripple gravitate further away from the epicenter it becomes less personal, but no less important, with healthcare professionals fighting the epidemic in rings six and seven. Professionals in Frankfort, and Washington D.C. may not know the user, and the user may never know them, but they still feel the effects and they occupy the outer rings of the ripple. They too are an integral part of the road to recovery.

Then multiply all of the rings times every user in Powell County. Then multiply the rings of every user in Kentucky. Then Appalachia. Then the United States. Many of the rings overlap and share similar threads of the story. It’s overwhelming to think about all of the people who are affected by this monster and the countless toll that it has taken on so many lives.

For me, creating this photo book was extremely personal. I haven’t lived in Powell County for nearly 30 years, as Richmond is where I live, but Clay City will always be my home. My genuine hope is that this book will somehow make a difference as we tell the story.

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Photo by Tim Webb This photo of Misty Dehart standing in a field of mustard flowers, in an area of Powell County known as Turkey Knob, became the signature photo and cover for the book. Misty, who has been in recovery for several years and is now a nurse, represented freedom from addiction. I called it the Titanic pose. Photographically, I wanted to create an angle that people weren't used to seeing. People are used to driving down KY HWY 15/11 looking out at the flowers, but not in the flowers looking back.

Photo by Tim Webb Powell County minister Brad Epperson helps inmates transition back into life outside of jail with the Substance Abuse Program (SAP) at the Powell County Detention Center.


Rebecca Stone analyzes suspected drugs that have been confiscated by local police departments in Central Kentucky at the Kentucky State Police crime lab in Frankfort.

Photo by Tim Webb The needle exchange program at the Powell County Health Department.

Photo by Tim Webb Nate interviewing nurse practitioner Heather Deel during the series' last episode at WSKV radio station in Stanton, December 2022.


With Powell County having one of the highest overdose rates per capita in the country, Jazmen Thorpe is one of many of a generation of children who have grown up witnessing the terrible effect and the grip that drugs have had on their parents. 

Responding to the drug epidemic can be extremely expensive for a small rural community with law enforcement and first responders. Former Powell County Judge Executive James Anderson advocated a proactive approach to the problem, such as the Syringe Service Program at the health department. Sadly, Judge Anderson died in an accident before the book was completed. 

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Stanton Police Officer Ian Morton, above, and Clay City Police Officer Rob Williams, below, are on the front lines of Powell County's drug epidemic. 

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Oshia Haddix runs the Powell County Homeless Coalition in the Bottoms of Clay City.

The book expanded beyond Powell County by looking at programs in neighboring Montgomery County, with Tabitha and Tony Barrett leading Recovery Montgomery County, top, and Angie Gregory, above, with the Montgomery County Health Department, running a program that works with women in the Montgomery County jail who have been arrested on drug charges, which is about 85 percent of the women there.

Photo by Tim Webb I didn't want all of my healthcare professional photos to look the same, so I asked my childhood friend Dr. Julie Kennon to roll her pant legs up and wade out into Hardwicks Creek in Clay City with her white coat and stethoscope, because her medical career was literally born out of Hardwicks Creek, where she fell out of a tree in middle school and broke her back. Dr. Kennon still practices in her hometown of Clay City.

Photo by Tim Webb  Dr. Taufik Kassis at his clinic in Stanton. 

Photo by Tim Webb Nurse Practitioner Scott Seitz in Winchester.

Nurse Practitioner Heather Deel at her clinic in Stanton.

Photo by Tim Webb Husband and wife team John and Donna Isfort at their clinic in Irvine. 

Jenell Brewer is at the epicenter in the battle against addiction in Powell and several surrounding counties with Casey's Law and SPARK Ministries. 

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Photo by Tim Webb Lisa Coffey and Jeanette and Wayne Ross, affectionately known as Pastor and Momma, lead a very effective faith-based recovery program at Shepherd's Shelter Ross Rehab in Mount Sterling. 


Paula Adams of Irvine, holds a picture of her son Dalton, who died of a drug overdose in 2019.

Van Ingram is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Policy in Frankfort.

Jerrica Brandenburg, an alcohol and drug counselor at Marcum & Wallace Hospital in Irvine, holds a box of Narcan that is somewhat of a miracle-drug that has saved so many people from dying of an overdose.

Photo by Tim Webb Marti Hackworth, Laura Helvey, and Rebecca Wolfinbarger lead a Narcotics Anonymous (Nar-Anon) meeting for mothers of kids suffering from Substance Abuse Disorder. 

Neil Hamilton and David Howard of the Powell County Detention Center see the revolving-door effect of repeat offenders.

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Powell County native Will Arvin, who went from a hardcore drug user to an evangelist and church pastor, had an incredible story to tell. Will, who now lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia, just randomly raised his Bible into the air as I was finishing his shoot in the rain, near a crossroad with two iron bridges. It was a great impromptu moment!

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Powell County Health Department Public Health Director Stacy Crase approaches the epidemic with a concept known as harm reduction, which accepts the fact that, for better or worse, drug use is part of our world, and works to minimize the harmful effects of drug use rather than just ignore it or condemn it. 

What started in May of 2022 finally came full-circle August 21, 2024, with a celebration and launch of the book in Stanton. 

A few behind-the-scenes, top, working down...Nate's Mom Deana helped me with some of the early photo shoots while Nate was off hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Nate and I had an all-day design session in the basement of his parent's house when he came home from graduate school in May.

The funniest thing happened in June...we decided to order a few books to proof one last time before making the large run later in the month. Nate was working an internship in Washington DC and I was in DC for the Washington Youth Tour when the books arrived. While my copy was home in Richmond on my desk, Nate brought his copy to my hotel and we looked at it together in the lobby of the Crystal City Marriott. Looking at the book together like that, after so much hard work and time was very gratifying.

Photo by Tim Webb Like I said in my opening...working on this book was extremely personal. Richmond is where I live, but Clay City will always be my home.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/9/the-local-lens Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:17:12 GMT
Old School With My K1000 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/7/old-school-with-my-k100 When I first started doing photography in third grade my Dad started me out on a completely manual Agfa viewfinder camera. Then when I got into middle school he gave me a Pentax K1000. I was so excited just to have a camera with a light meter inside. It became my main camera for several years, including high school and college. I used this camera during my days as news editor and photographer at my hometown newspaper, The Clay City Times in the early 1990s. I used it so much, I tore the grip off of one side. It had a telephoto lens that came with it, but I mainly used the 1.8 50mm. That was such a sweet little lens! The K1000 itself was a great camera. It was the last American-made camera that was made of metal, not plastic. Professionals who shot Nikons at the time, would keep a K1000 in their trunk as a backup. Those cameras were indestructible. You could drive nails with them.

I recently found a lady in Waco that will do small-run t-shirt orders. So I had her make a t-shirt with a K1000 on the front of it. I love it because it's old school!

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The camera and the shirt.

One of my early mentors was a guy named Bimbo Reed. He taught me a lot when I was in high school. He even had a color darkroom set up in his trailer. He was the one who told me that it was okay to take a vertical picture every now and then, ha! Bimbo took a picture of me with my K1000 on his couch, New Year's Eve 1990. A much skinnier version of myself snapping a few shots at Daytona Beach with my K1000, June 1988.

The Clay City Times, 1991-1994

I kind of laugh at this cheesy picture now, but, let's just say, I took my job as a journalist seriously. My trusted K1000 is beside me, October 1992. I ran several hundred rolls of black and white film through it while I was working in newspapers. It and a police scanner never left my side. 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Location Photographer Editorial A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/7/old-school-with-my-k100 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:05:32 GMT
2024 Washington Youth Tour https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/6/2024-washington-youth-tour One of the best parts of my job as a freelancer is that I get to make two trips to Washington DC each year. One of those jobs happens each year in June when I travel with about 60 high school seniors from all over Kentucky, spending a week in DC on the Washington Youth Tour, which is sponsored by the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives. This year marked my 14th trip. I mainly document the week with photos for the state's electric cooperatives to use of their students, but my main job is to create a magazine cover for each co-op to run in Kentucky Living Magazine later in August and September. We usually switch up the location on the cover photos and this year I did them at my favorite site in DC, the World War II Memorial. Good photos tend to create themselves there, regardless of the light or angle. I'll admit, I don't necessarily enjoy riding a bus that many hours because it usually makes me sick, but I thoroughly enjoy being around a group of 17-18-year-olds for a week because it helps to keep me young at heart.

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The trip always starts with a visit to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. Locals pronounce it Monti-chello, but I have yet to find the H in Monticello. I'm sure the folks in Wayne County could correct them on the proper pronunciation of Monticello.  

Photo by Tim Webb Next on the agenda was George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. 

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Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The Sunset Parade at the Marine Memorial (Iwo Jima statue). 

Photo by Tim Webb The Kentucky students come together with several hundred other students from all across the country during the NRECA Youth Night. Our Kentucky kids never disappoint!  Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

For years, I sat up a complete light system to do the cover shots, but the last couple of years I've gone with a small speed light (a flash) on a remote and used one of the other chaperones as a human light stand, which you can see Joey Frakes' shadow on the ground in front of me. If I start early enough in the day while the light is calm it works. 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb I have photographed the WYT for several years with my good friend April Burgess, who works for Inter-County Energy in Danville. She brought her husband Rudy along on the trip this year. They were so funny, and really good people to hang out with! April is easily in the top five of my favorite chaperones (inside joke, ha!).

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb I don't care if you're a Democrat or Republican...what a great moment when Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader takes a few minutes to come outside and talk to you on the steps of our nation's capitol. I told the students that they will appreciate this photo more and more as they get older in life.

Photo by Tim Webb The Great Shoe Exchange of 2024: Blisters are a real thing when walking 5-6 miles in dress shoes. 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb If the World War II Memorial is my favorite site in DC, then the Holocaust Museum and the Pentagon 911 Memorial are right there with it. Maybe someday I'll do a blog post about these two sites because it would be hard to do either one of them justice here in this post. If you ever go to DC these two are definite must-sees! They both are made up of so many moving parts, but yet, so well-done, so intimate, and so sad!   Photo by Tim Webb Back home six days later at Base Camp at East Kentucky Power in Winchester.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/6/2024-washington-youth-tour Mon, 24 Jun 2024 21:03:47 GMT
A Mere Shadow of Myself https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/5/a-mere-shadow-of-myself I have shot with two cameras for several years. I keep my 70-200 on my right shoulder and my 24-70 on my left shoulder. It took a long time for me to build up enough equipment to do that. I remember how happy I was when I could finally afford to buy two professional-level camera bodies. People love to ask me why I do it that way instead of just changing out lenses with one camera body. I do it mainly for speed, meaning, it takes time to change lenses out, and on certain assignments, especially with news and sports, you can miss the money-shot while you're changing lenses. Plus, the constant changing of lenses allows more dust to get inside your camera. 

I use vertaical grips that have a shutter button on the side, which means the shutter button on my left side is always resting against my hip, and likes to take it's own pictures. Everytime that I'm shooting, I usually come away with about a dozen or so shots of the ground because of my hip. A few weeks ago, I came home after working in Taylor County and downloaded cards and found these. I thought they were pretty cool to be an accident. 

The bottom picture looks a little phallic, but I promise I'm not happy to see you, HA!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/5/a-mere-shadow-of-myself Wed, 29 May 2024 13:43:00 GMT
Derby 150 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/5/derby-150 With the running of the 150th Kentucky Derby coming up Saturday, I thought I’d do a little reminiscing about the 11 Derbies that I shot for either the Louisville Courier-Journal or the Lexington Herald-Leader, as well as a few corporate gigs that I did at the Derby for Xerox.

I shot my first Derby for the Herald-Leader in 2004, which was the year of Smarty Jones. I didn’t work at Churchill Downs that year, but I covered the Derby at Keeneland in Lexington. Turns out, that place is packed each year for the Derby, and is a great atmosphere if you don’t want to go to Louisville.

The following year, I made it to Churchill and covered the infield during the day, and then the First Turn during the race for the Courier-Journal. The CJ does a piece each year in their print edition called “Around the Track,” which is a series of panoramic photos that show where each horse is during the race, and my part was at the First Turn. Jockey Mike Smith and Giacomo crossed the line at 50–1 odds in 2005 and came within a few feet of me as they made their victory lap back to the winners circle.

I remember it was so hot that year as I sat at my spot on the track, waiting for the race to start, that I paid some kid $5 to go get me a screw top 20 ounce Pepsi. After I drank it, I thought to myself that I may never have an opportunity to sit on the track and photograph the world’s greatest horse race ever again, so I scooped up dirt from the track into the empty Pepsi bottle to take home as a souvenir. Turns out, I made it back to the First Turn nine more times.  

One of the most interesting moments of my entire career came in 2008. Just seconds after Big Brown won the Derby, he was making his way back to the winner’s circle, and instead of staying in the middle of the track as NBC’s reporter Britney Eurton interviewed jockey Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown pushed the outrider to the outside rail. He was literally on top of me, as I pushed as hard as I could against the chain link fence behind me to get enough separation for a shot. Technically, it wasn’t the greatest shot ever, but the fact that the Kentucky Derby winner was within inches of my lens, it was a pretty damn good shot!

But the joy ended there, because once Big Brown got past me, I saw that another horse was down on the track, back toward the back stretch. It was Eight Belles. She had to be euthanized on the track for a broken leg. I had a very graphic photo with the track’s vet pulling off the syringe cover with his mouth as he stood over top of the filly. At first, the CJ refused to run it all, which kind of confused me, but eventually they buried five of my photos in the online edition. I had mixed emotions about that because it was news and it happened in front of 158,000 people and on national television. But, in retrospect, it was probably too much reality for the general public, especially after Barbaro had died just two years earlier. Channel 36 in Lexington did an interview with me that explains it more.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time covering the Kentucky Derby. It was never about the money because I only made $250 for the day, which was a great day-rate for newspapers, but was only a fraction of what I make for the day as a corporate freelance photographer. I always loved the atmosphere of
the Derby because it was such a cultural paradox. In the grandstands you could see dresses, suits, cigars, and hats, that literally cost thousands of dollars, or you could go to the infield and some girl in a tank top and a pair of cut off jeans would flash her tits…just for the heck of it! You never knew what to expect in the infield. 

I worked a couple of years for Xerox in addition to the CJ and made it up to the fringes of Millionaire Row. While there, I once stood in a buffet line and talked with NFL legend Terry Bradshaw, and once got a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. But for the most part, I enjoyed the opportunity to photograph and document The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, with ordinary people on all sides of the economic spectrum. As long as I live, I’ll never forget what it felt like to stand on the dirt, on the track of this famed venue, listening as they sang My Old Kentucky Home each year. It was one of the greatest treasures of my career! There’s nothing else like it. Weep no more my lady!!!

Eventually, my kids grew up and started going to prom, which was always on the first Saturday in May at their school. As much as I love photography, it’s like a mistress that is constantly pulling me away from my family. I decided that I had been there and done that with the Derby long enough, and that it was more important to be a Dad in Richmond than it was to be one of hundreds of photographers working the Derby in Louisville. With that, I shot my last Derby in 2014, and I now enjoy watching it on my couch, in the comforts of my own home, with a cold beer that didn’t cost $12!

And they're off....

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2014 First Turn

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My first First Turn, 2005

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Jockey Mike Smith celebrating after winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Giacomo.

I still have that Pepsi bottle with dirt from the track in my office.

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The Eastern Progress Photo Editors Club working the Derby in 2009. Left to right, Kevin Martin (2000), myself (1991), Mark Cornelison (1989), & Rob Carr (1986).

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Kentucky Derby 2011. I picked up Xerox as a client for Oaks and Derby and got to spend a little time in the suites.

Working for Xerox in 2010.


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Standing with the Spires, Kentucky Oaks, 2010. Photo by Dan Dry

EQUINEEQUINEBig Brown inches away from my camera lens, just minutes after winning the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
Big Brown stuck his nose in my lens just a few seconds after winning the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

EQUINEEQUINEFilly Eight Belles goes down and is euphemized near the back stretch, after breaking her two front legs, after placing in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Eight Belles went down during the 2008 Derby.

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The parade of owners and trainers before the race is always a specitale at the First Turn!

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Scenes from the infield at Derby 139.
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Eric Vernenberg, front, and Eric Doolittle, slide on a tarp in the infield, during Derby 139.
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The media center was the largest that I have ever worked in, with about 300 credentialled photographers. But you notice I'm up top looking down on the commoners, ha!, with the Courier-Journal, the Herald-Leader and the Associated Press. And the food there was freaking awesome!!!
Two Louisville Courier-Journal legends here. Michael Clevenger, left, and the venerable Bill Luster, right. 

EQUINEEQUINE Photo by Tim Webb Self Portrait My last view from the office, 2014.


My 2008 Interview with Channel 36 about the Eight Belles tragedy. 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/5/derby-150 Wed, 01 May 2024 23:15:37 GMT
High Fiving Joe Lieberman https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/3/high-fiving-joe-lieberman I thought about this photo of Senator Joe Lieberman when I heard that he passed away yesterday. I took it at EKU during the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush. Lieberman was a senator from Connecticut and was Gore’s running mate.

The vice presidential debate between he and Dick Chaney was at Centre College in Danville that October. While Chaney chose to fly into Kentucky on the day of the debate, Lieberman chose to stay in Richmond (in a Super 8 on Exit 87, of all places) and prep at the University. He made a public appearance on campus that brought in the secret service and the national media that included CNN, Fox, and other national affiliates.

The one thing I did well at that point in my career was study other photographers on the national level. I was so excited to learn that the White House was sending one of Gore’s photographers, a woman named Callie Shell, whose work I had followed. Our president Bob Kustra and football coach Roy Kidd wanted to meet Lieberman, and I got to shoot that with Callie Shell, while the rest of the media had to stay back in what was known as the press pool. I was plum ga-ga about it, because I got to stand shoulder to shoulder with Callie Shell.

But the secret service failed to tell me that after that shoot with Kustra and Kidd that I had to go back into the press pool with everyone else. Lieberman then went to the grille in the student center to meet some students, when he saw this little boy who was there with his grandparents because they were both on staff at EKU. Lieberman couldn’t pass up the obvious photo-op and gave the kid a high-five.

Here’s where things went south! I thought to myself, “It’s my campus, and I’m the University Photographer, and I can go anywhere I want!” Not!!! I got down on my knees for a low angle and was moving in on the scene, when the folks in the pool started yelling at me to back off. And then it happened. I felt a big hand on my back as two secret service agents dragged me back. But…I got my shot before they got me.

Looking back on this, if that had happened earlier in my career I would’ve been mortified. I probably would’ve just walked out and never came back and spent the next few weeks in the fetal position. But, I shrugged it off, thinking, I would probably never see most of those people again. And, I was right. A few hours later, they all left and I got my campus back.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/3/high-fiving-joe-lieberman Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:36:20 GMT
The Ansel Adams Mural Project https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/3/the-ansel-adams-mural-project About two years ago on April 22, 2022, I made a post about my love for Ansel Adams called "RIP Mr. Adams." I was in Washington DC with my family this past December and finally got to visit the Department of Interior Building, where one of Adams' biggest projects is housed. Visting the Department of Interior was also on the bucket list for my son Nolan who works for the Department of Interior and the National Park Service as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park.

In 1941, then-secretary Harold Ickes commissioned Adams to produce a series of murals of the American Southwest to hang in the department's new building. Although, oddly enough, becaue of World War II they cancelled the project and didn't install them, even though Adams had made over 200 photographs for it, including my favorite "Moonrise Over Hernadez, New Mexico." The murals were finally installed in 2009, and it was stunning to finally see these life sized images in person. 

As I said in my 2022 post, I have been influenced by so many photographers during my career. And I feel like I've taken or borrowed a little bit here and a little bit there from each of them, but no other photographer has ever had an impact on me as much as Ansel Adams has.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/3/the-ansel-adams-mural-project Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:55:23 GMT
Old Friends Volume II https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/2/old-friends-volume-ii It’s funny how some people come and go in your life while other friendships can transcend space and time. One of those friends for me is Brenda Ahearn.

Brenda strolled into my office at EKU one day in October 1996, and wouldn’t take no for an answer until she became one of my student photographers. I had a lot of students work for me over the years but she was the first one to go on and make a career out of it.

Brenda has traveled all over the world and has literally worked and lived all over the United States. Her resume looks like an atlas, ha! She is currently one of the University Photographers at the University of Michigan.

She doesn’t make it back home to Kentucky very often but when she does she always takes time to come see me, which makes this old man feel good. We’ll talk on the phone 3-4 times a year and solve all the world’s problems, and we always call each other on our birthdays, but it was nice seeing her in person today. I’m really proud of her, and really happy that she didn’t settle for “no” 28 years ago. It’s funny how God works that way sometimes.
 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/2/old-friends-volume-ii Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:57:58 GMT
Old Friends https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/1/old-friends In a March 31, 2022 blog post titled Jones 305 #2, I wrote about one of my former student photographer's Kevin Martin. Kevin recently became the Deputy Director of Photography at the Boston Globe. Kevin is a rarity in that he chose the photo editor's path a long time ago and stuck with it. I doubt Boston will be Kevin's last stop in this industry because he's good at what he does. Kevin and his family came back home to Mt. Sterling over the holidays, and we turned it into a reunion of Central Kentucky photographers who worked with Kevin 20 years ago.

Here is my post from March 2022...

I finally learned that the best photographers were the ones who sought me out. The ones that I recruited never seemed to work out. I took it as a God-thing and would just let the Good Lord send people to me. Somewhere around 2001 or 2002, a kid from Mount Sterling emailed me saying he was leaving Western Kentucky University's photojournalism program to come to Eastern, which was unheard of. He said he felt like he was just a number at Western. I told him how myself, along with Mark Cornelison and Rob Carr had come out of Eastern and succeeded when Eastern truly didn't have a photo program to speak of. But, I told him Eastern would give him one thing and that was opportunity.

Opportunity to be a Big Fish in a very small pond. Myself, Corn, and Carr were all examples of what hard work and perseverance could do for you at a place like Eastern. Kevin took my advice, transferred, and worked for me, The Eastern Progress and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Kevin took some criticism for leaving Western, but he proved his critics wrong by going on to get a masters in photojournalism from Ohio University, served on the board of the National Press Photographers Association, and eventually worked at newspapers in Boston, Augusta, Baton Rouge, San Antonio, Knoxville, The Associated Press, and is currently freezing to death as the Visuals Editor at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, where he was recently named the national visuals editor of the year.

 

The EKU Group: Chris Radcliffe and Kevin, who both worked for me as university photographers in 2001-2003, myself, and Mark Cornelison.

We had lunch at Joe Bologna's in Lexington. Back row standing, left to right, Mark Cornelison, Amy Wallot, Charles Bertram, myself, Chris Radcliffe. Front row left to right, David Coyle, David Stephenson, David Perry, Kevin and his father Steve. (I was the odd man out by sitting at the David Table with the three Davids).
 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/1/old-friends Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:46:01 GMT
I Love a Good Cover Shot https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/1/i-love-a-good-cover-shot I usually get a few national jobs each year, meaning clients outside of Kentucky who need photos inside Kentucky. I did a job back in August for Bucknell University, located in Pennsylvania, on one of their alums, Kevin Fitzgerald, who now lives in Central Kentucky. He blew the whistle on the company he worked for at the time for faulty design of automotive airbags. It ultimately triggered the largest safety recall in automotive history. I photographed him at Jacobson Park in Lexington. 

I've said this before, there's something special about making the cover of a magazine. I've always told the editors of Kentucky Living Magazine that if a photographer ever tells you that they don't care about making the cover, then you should fire them, because that means they're either lying to you or they're not passionate enough about their work! I didn't know how Bucknell would treat the photos in their alumni magazine, but turns out I made the cover. That was a nice surprise! 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & A Corporate Editorial Kentucky Location Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2024/1/i-love-a-good-cover-shot Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:10:00 GMT
Heavy Lifting at the Lexington Christmas Parade https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/12/heavy-lifting-at-the-lexington-christmas-parade Here are a few shots from the Lexington Christmas Parade of LinkBelt's hydraulic boom crane that's the largest of its kind manufactured in North America. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/12/heavy-lifting-at-the-lexington-christmas-parade Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:50:20 GMT
Friday Night at the Old Photographers Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/11/friday-night-at-the-old-photographers-home I'm a little late in posting this. This selfie was taken at UK's End of Campaign event a few weeks ago, when UK officially ended their $2 billion capitol campaign. This is myself with David Stephenson and Mark Cornelison. Combined, there is over 130 years of experience in this photo because all three of us started doing photography when we were really young. Both David and Mark are former staffers for the Lexington Herald-Leader, but now work at UK. David is an assistant professor in the journalism department and is the photojournalism adviser for the Kentucky Kernel, and Mark is the University Photographer. It's never a dull moment working with these guys. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/11/friday-night-at-the-old-photographers-home Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:41:25 GMT
A Thriving Artist https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/11/a-thriving-artist Since my last blog post was about Kevin Osbourn and his Daniel Boone painting, I think I’ll keep the artist vibe going by showcasing another painter that I do copy work for, Kim Perry of Kim Perry Studio in Louisville. I first met Kim in early 2021 when her husband Chris, who I work with at the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives said his wife was beginning to paint and asked if she could paint one of my lineman photos.

They had taken a trip to Ireland and Kim took a painting class while she was there and was a natural at it. For someone who took a class on a vacation whim, Kim has grown and matured into a thriving artist. I’ve enjoyed talking with her about the artistic side of being a creative as well as the business side, which is the hardest part. When you’re creative that part comes from instinct, paying the bills is where the real struggle comes from. There’s definitely a learning curve, usually at the school of hard knocks, when an artist of any kind has to actually make a living. I’ve enjoyed mentoring Kim on a few things, mostly business related because I tell her all the time that I had so many great mentors as I was coming up as a photographer. A true mentor will pay it forward by giving you their time, patience, advice, and opportunity for free.

My process in copying these paintings is really high tech! JK! All I do is put them on a card table in my garage and prop it up with a case of water from Costco. Then I open the garage door and let some light filter in. Since I'm cropping to the painting, the background doesn't matter. When you find good light kids, you'll find good photos!

Kim specializes in painting Kentucky’s two favorite children, horses and bourbon. Several of her equine paintings are from my Keeneland and Kentucky Derby photos, which is pretty cool to see my photos transformed into a painting. It’s like…same country, different universe type of thing. You can see more of her beautiful work at kimperrystudio.com.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/11/a-thriving-artist Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:20:14 GMT
This is Boone Country https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/10/this-is-boone-country Back in April my good friend Kevin Osbourn asked me to work on a special project with him. Before retiring last year, Kevin was my main contact at East Kentucky Power, who has been one of my biggest clients for several years. Kevin is an accomplished painter, and I have worked with him several times on photographing subjects for him to then paint on canvas. With this project, Kevin wanted to do a signature painting of Daniel Boone, so we worked with Daniel Boone re-enactor Steve Caudill from Winchester for the portrait. After creating a four foot tall framed painting, Kevin got the idea to paint a mural in downtown Winchester, on the side of Harper's Pawn on Main. 

I'm proud to have been a part of this project. I'm proud to call Kevin my friend. And I'm happy to see Kevin grow and prosper as a local artist. 

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*I've updated this post with some new photos as Kevin finished the mural. 11-20-23

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/10/this-is-boone-country Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:41:36 GMT
The Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/10/the-kentucky-linemans-rodeo Here are a few shots from the Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo that was hosted by Warren RECC in Bowling Green. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/10/the-kentucky-linemans-rodeo Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:53:49 GMT
The Honor Flight https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/9/the-honor-flight One of my favorite assignments each year is to accompany veterans from Kentucky to visit their monuments in Washington DC. This year, there were 67 vets who made the trip, and this was my 13th Honor Flight. When I first started going in 2010 it was mostly World War II vets, with a few Korean vets. It eventually seemed odd when Vietnam vets started going, but time marches on, and this year's trip was primarily made up of Vietnam vets with a few Korean vets, and only one World War II veteran. It's also the only time of the year that I have to set an alarm for 2:30, which goes way against my grain, HA! People love to ask me how many photos I typically shoot on these trips, and the answer is, I shot 1,669 images Saturday, from 4:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. 

On a sidenote, as I was photographing the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the new sentinel was walking toward me and I realized that it was a female sentinel. I had never seen a female sentinel before. So I looked her up and she is Sgt. Ruth Hanks, and she is only the fourth female sentinel to ever serve at the Tomb of the Unknown, so that was a pleasant surprise. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & A Corporate Editorial Kentucky Location Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/9/the-honor-flight Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:33:49 GMT
The Salad Days 2023 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/8/the-salad-days-2023 As always, my busiest time of year runs from March to June, and then dies off for a few weeks in July, just in time to go on vacation. I borrowed a phrase several years ago from one of my favorite movies, Raising Arizona. HI, played by Nicholas Cage, says in the opening, "These we're the happy times. The Salad Days as they say." Being a freelancer, from a financial point-of-view is feast or famine, but I nicknamed this time of year "The Salad Days" because a good chunk of my annual income comes from these four months. Here are a few recent shots from the Salad Days 2023.

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I do a stock shoot for Blue Grass Energy each summer, where we go out and spend the day making a line crew look like rock stars. 

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The new DaVinci Robot at Baptist Health Richmond.

Best Places to Work Kentucky, for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. A good time is always had by all at this event.

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Photo by Tim Webb Airbag whistle blower and Bucknell University Alum Kevin Fitzgerald at Jacobson Park, for Bucknell University.

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The CASA Gala of Madison and Clark counties, raising money for advocates to represent abused and neglected children in the court system.

East Kentucky Power Employee Appreciation Day at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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Transylvania University Spring Commencement.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & a corporate editorial kentucky location photographer tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/8/the-salad-days-2023 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 22:43:22 GMT
Hipstamatic Fun https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/6/hipstamatic-fun I love being creative with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. Lately, I've been shooting black and white with it. I know some people don't like to shoot with filters, but the way I look at it is I shoot with my big boy camera and studio lights practically every day of the week, so I'm allowed to have fun with my iPhone. Besides, I use the manual version of the app, which lets me control the exposure, the focus, and the zoom. So the only filter that's truly being used is the film strip on the edges. I think all of us need some kind of creative release from our day-jobs.

Here are some shots that I did in Washington DC last week while I was with the Kentucky kids on the Washington Youth Tour. 

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The Marine War Memorial (Iwo Jima)

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

The United States Capitol Building

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's grave at Arlington National Cemetery.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial

The Metro

The FDR Memorial

Rosa Parks painting at the African American Museum.

The Vietnam War Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial 

The Korean War Memorial

The World War II Memorial (my favorite)

The Washington Monument

The Holocaust Museum (my second favorite)

The International Spy Museum

The White House


 


 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/6/hipstamatic-fun Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:02:55 GMT
Preserving My Archive https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/5/preserving-my-archive "When my Dad first got sick in 2017 I really came to grips with my own mortality, and I basically started 'nesting.' I started copying all of my photo albums and negatives and organizing my archive into digital folders on my computer. There’s no telling how many thousands of pictures I’ve copied and scanned" since then. I've copied most of my personal albums, as well as my parents' albums, along with albums of my friends that I grew up with. "And I even have a complete PCHS Class of 88 gallery on my website with over a thousand pics going back to elementary school."

During this process, I became paranoid about all of the photos that are just sitting somewhere on a disc or external hard drive in my archive, that should be part of my official portfolio, but would otherwise never see the light of day again. I've literally woken up in the middle of the night, thinking about a decent photo that I took in 2005, wondering where it's at. As a photographer my photos are a lot like my kids. When you create a photo it's like giving birth. You conceive it in your brain and your eyes, and it comes to life through the camera, which is just an extension of your brain. The thoughts of losing a photo is like losing a kid. Even the bad photos, I just can't bring myself to delete them.

"My boys could care less about my archive, but Laura appreciates history like I do. For better or worse, it’s history and it matters to me. She’s my little curator (and my little undertaker). I’ve told her, 'When I die, don’t stress out over what to do with all of my shit! Feel free to get a bottle of wine and have a big bonfire and burn all of it! But in the meantime, I don’t have the heart to let it go, so you’ll have to do that for me.'”

So, about a year ago, I got serious about my updating and organizing my portfolio (Click on the Portfolio button on the home page to access it). If a new client wants to hire me, the slideshow on my home page has plenty to help them decide if I'm worthy or not, but my actual portfolio galleries represent my life's work. They're a body of work that I've been building since I was a kid in 1978. They're like owning a virtual photo gallery. Some photos are in there because they represent my best work. But to be honest, most things are in there because of the story behind photo, not necessarily the photo itself. For example, one of the largest galleries is called Snappers which are behind-the-scene photos of myself and the people I've had the pleasure to work with the last 36 years. I've even added cutlines to several in that gallery, just to add a little context.

It's taken me almost a year to get my portfolio lined out because I still have to go back and edit most of these. Let's just say... I wasn't the greatest in the darkroom. Water spots and dust spots were my nemesis. And with the digital photos, trying to find the full-rez versions has been harder than I thought. My general rule is no photos less than 1000 Kilobytes. Some of the early digital cameras just didn't produce large files. 

I don't know that I'll ever fully retire from photography because it's something I can do as an old man, but I am slowing down some, focusing more on meaningful projects. My OCD can rest easier now that my life's work is organized and preserved. 

If anyone wonders why I end all of my blog posts with -30-, it's because back in my day that's the way they taught you to end your stories, so that the copy editors would know that it was the end. Tradition holds that back in the day with the wire services, New York would end a story with -thirsty- so that Chicago would know that was the end of the story. Thirsty meant it was time to go drink a beer. And that eventually turned into the shortened version of -30-.

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Here are a few Snappers. I'm not sure why it's called Snappers. The former crew at the Lexington Herald-Leader coined that phrase, and it stuck!

My Dad took a picture of me taking a picture of my Mom, Thanksgiving Day 1979.
I had never seen this image before. Then one day in 2017, while I was scanning in some of my parent's photo albums and negatives, I ran across the negative to this photo that somehow never got printed in 1979. Wow! What a hidden treasure! My Dad took a picture of me taking a picture of my Mom on our family farm in Carter County when I was in 4th grade. I had been doing photography about a year at this time. My Dad couldn't have started me out any harder than he unknowingly did. I was using an Agfa viewfinder camera that my Mom's brother brought to her from Germany in the early 1960s. It was 100 percent manual, with no light meter or focus mechanism. So I had to guess at the f-stop and shutter speed settings, as well as the footage between me and my subject. And to boot, he started me on slide film, which has no forgiveness. To this day, my greatest strength as a photographer is being able to recognize and evaluate light. I owe all of this to my Dad who taught me how to read light, years before my time. Thanks Dad!

wegwegAfter covering the World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for the Louisville Courier-Journal for two straight weeks in October 2010, it was time for a much-needed nap in the media center on the last day. Photo by Jonathan Palmer
After shooting all but two days of the FEI World Equestrian Games for the Louisville Courier-Journal in the fall of 2010, I was ready for a nap on the last day in the media center. 

EQUINEEQUINEStanding at the rail, covering the Kentucky Derby for the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 2006.
Shooting my first of several Kentucky Derbies for the Louisville Courier-Journal in 2006.

Doing a magazine shoot with the Bluegrass Band Kentucky Wildhorse on my family farm in Carter County, Summer 2007. Photo by Chris Radcliffe I'd love to have a dime for every time I've set up and torn down a light system in my career!

The Eastern Progress at Eastern Kentucky University, Fall 1990 thru Fall of 1991. The Progress gave myself and two other guys the greatest assignment of our lives when they sent us to Daytona Beach to cover spring Break in 1991. The greatest assignment ever! Covering Spring Break 1991 at Daytona Beach for The Eastern Progress.

Jerry Schierman, seen here with me at the All-A Classic in 2014, was one of the most important mentors that I ever had. I mowed the grass at East Kentucky Power during the summers of 1989 and 1990, and on rainy days I was inside the buildings changing light bulbs. Jerry was the communications manager at EKPC, and gave very valuable advice when he told me to switch my major at Eastern Kentucky University from public relations to journalism, because he said it would make me a better writer. Jerry's department always had the brightest lights because I would constantly change them out just so that I could hang out up there and ask questions.

Jerry gave me a very sobering critique of my photography. Things like the importance of being in focus, and better darkroom skills. As bad as it hurt, I really needed to hear that because I was at the point that my parents and friends were telling me how good I was when I really wasn't. Sometimes you need to hear the truth. Jerry was very nice but brutally honest with me, and I worked hard to get better at photography because of Jerry.

Jerry Schierman, seen here with me at the All-A Classic in 2014, was one of the most important mentors that I ever had. I mowed the grass at East Kentucky Power in Winchester during the summers of 1989 and 1990, and on rainy days I was inside the buildings changing light bulbs. Jerry was the communications manager at EKPC, and gave very valuable advice when he told me to switch my major at Eastern Kentucky University from public relations to journalism, because he said it would make me a better writer. Jerry's department always had the brightest lights because I would constantly change them out on rainy days just so that I could hang out up there and ask questions.  

Jerry gave me a very sobering critique of my photography in the summer of 1990. Things like the importance of being in focus, and better darkroom skills. He was brutally honest, and as bad as it hurt, I really needed to hear that because I was at the point that my parents and friends were telling me how good I was when I really wasn't. Sometimes you need to hear the truth and I worked hard to get better at photography because of Jerry.

I did one last film project from 2004-2007, years after I converted to digital. Instead of developing my very last roll of film, I decided to keep it. It has some red buds and dogwoods from April 2007 in the Red River Gorge. It was the official end to my career in film and chemicals.
Instead of developing my last roll of film I decided to keep it.

Photography is like a mistress because you love it, but it's always pulling you away from your family. I worked hard to involve my kids with my photography as much as I could.
Photography is a lot like a mistress. You love it and it constantly pulls you away from your family. So I worked hard to involve my kids with my work as much as I could. 

Photography is like a mistress because you love it, but it's always pulling you away from your family. I worked hard to involve my kids with my photography as much as I could.

The Eastern Progress staff Fall of 1991. Our class was easily the most successful class to ever come out of The Progress, even to this day, thanks to the teaching, nurturing, ball-busting, paycheck-withholding, genuine love, and mentoring of our adviser Dr. Libby Fraas, middle row, far right. Some of the people photographed here went on to work at The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Southwest Times Record, The Milwaukee Journal, The Detroit Free-Press, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, a state representative, and press secretary for governors Paul Patton and Steve Beshear. And then there was me. I worked at The Clay City Times and came back to Eastern as the University Photographer. What can I say... I stayed local, HA! 

The general consensus was if you can work for Libby Fraas you can work for anybody in the country. And that was so true. Don't even think about missing deadline. It's not an option. Which was why it was so epic for our last issue on December 4, 1991, that Doc made the decision to hold deadline for me to come back from my native Powell County where I had covered the death of former Kentucky governor Bert T. Combs on that Wednesday. I wrote my story in my head on the drive back to Richmond, and then had a whole host of editors, including Doc standing over my shoulder editing in The Progress office as I wrote it. Turns out, I was the only reporter there that day that mentioned that he died within a few feet of the parkway that bore his name, The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway. I passed off my film for my assistant photo editor to develop and print. The OCD in me hated to pass off my film, but deadline was deadline! To say that I went out in a blaze of glory is an understatement.

Partying with a group of Argentinians at the Alltech One Conference, May 18, 2015. I got to keep the hat, and finally managed to get my camera back! The group from Argentina kidnapped me and absconded with my camera during the 2015 Alltech One Conference. But a good time was had by all!

I interned with the Kentucky Press Association in Frankfort the Spring of 1992, covering the General Assembly. I wrote a weekly wrap-up story and sent it out to all of the weekly newspapers in the state. It was a great time to be in Frankfort. Brereton Jones was inaugurated governor. Arkansas governor Bill Clinton made a presidential campaign stop. It was the first session after Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. And the FBI conducted a sting operation that later lead to several arrests in Operation Bop Trot. But best of all was living in the old KPA house on Capitol Avenue, just two blocks from the capitol building, with three other friends from Eastern, and two girls we met at the Legislative Research Commission. It was a great semester!
I interned with the Kentucky Press Association in Frankfort during the Spring of 1992, covering the General Assembly. I wrote a weekly wrap-up story and sent it out to all of the weekly newspapers in the state. It was a great time to be in Frankfort. Brereton Jones was inaugurated governor. Arkansas governor Bill Clinton made a presidential campaign stop. It was the first session after the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. And the FBI conducted a sting operation that later lead to several arrests in Operation Bop Trot. But best of all was living in the old KPA house on Capitol Avenue, just two blocks from the capitol, with three other friends from Eastern, and two girls we met at the Legislative Research Commission. One of which was Laura Hasselwander, above, who was an intern photographer for the LRC. Laura later hired on fulltime with the LRC.

Pictured below, after being super skinny my entire life, beer, Ale-8s, and college food caught up with me and gave me a gut in the spring of 1992. And unfortunately, it has never gone away since then. But, as I like to say, I have way too much money invested in this Dad-Bod of mine to get rid of it now!

I interned with the Kentucky Press Association in Frankfort the Spring of 1992, covering the General Assembly. I wrote a weekly wrap-up story and sent it out to all of the weekly newspapers in the state. It was a great time to be in Frankfort. Brereton Jones was inaugurated governor. Arkansas governor Bill Clinton made a presidential campaign stop. It was the first session after Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. And the FBI conducted a sting operation that later lead to several arrests in Operation Bop Trot. But best of all was living in the old KPA house on Capitol Avenue, just two blocks from the capitol building, with three other friends from Eastern, and two girls we met at the Legislative Research Commission. It was a great semester!

Covering the Kentucky General Assembly for the Kentucky Press Association, April 1992. Kentucky House of Representatives, April 1992.

Talking with Dana Estep during my first-ever internship at my hometown newspaper, the Clay City Times, Summer 1991. Check out the little Mac that I was working on.
Hanging out with Dana Estep at The Clay City Times during the Summer of 1991. I turned down an internship at the Lexington Herald-Leader to come back to my hometown community newspaper. People told me I was stupid for doing that, but I got so much experience that summer as both a writer and a photographer that I would have never gotten at the Herald-Leader. I literally lived with a police scanner 24/7. Sometimes it's best to trust your gut feeling, even if it doesn't make sense on paper. 

Don't ever stop working a good angle, even if it means pushing your nose out of the way.

Wading in the Licking River while doing a story on muscles, May 2018. Wading the Licking River in Cynthiana with my camera condom, while photographing muscles, May 2018. 

Chimney Rock, Red River Gorge, January 23, 2005. Enduring sub-zero temperatures in the Red River Gorge, January 2005, just to get some snow shots.

My Dad gave me some valuable advice in 1989, "The one thing in life you can count on is change. You may not like it. But you can count on it." As much as I loved being the University Photographer for my alma mater, it was time to move on in January 2004. I turned over the reigns to my student photographer Chris Radcliffe, who quickly blazed his own trail and took the position to new levels. He's seen here testing firing a remote camera behind the glass in McBrayer Arena with me and my son Nolan in 2006.

Covering the Boys Sweet 16 as the official KHSAA photographer in 2013 with my buddy Mark Cornelison, who was with the Lexington Herald-Leader at the time and is now UK's University Photographer. I didn't realize it until later, but coach Cal and his son Brad were sitting behind us. 

My tribe and I at The Eastern Progress awards dinner, April 1991. I was named Outstanding Ad Rep that night after a year of selling ads in downtown Richmond. The following semester I became the first person in Progress history to win that award in two different categories, when I was named Outstanding Editor as photo editor.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/5/preserving-my-archive Sun, 21 May 2023 23:09:36 GMT
Recent Work https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/4/recent-work Here is some recent work that has taken me all over Kentucky. This is why I love my job. I get to document so many slices of life.  Photo by Tim Webb The Kentucky Youth Tour
Frankfort, Kentucky
For the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Madison County EMS
Richmond, Kentucky
For Madison County Opioid Response and Empowerment Project (MORE)

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Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative
Paducah, Kentucky 
For Kentucky Living Magazine Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Hyster-Yale
Berea, Kentucky
For Hyster-Yale

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb University of Kentucky Health Sciences student awards and Department of Physical Therapy pinning ceremony.
Lexington, Kentucky
For The University of Kentucky

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb
The venerable Ted Hampton on the eve of his 60th anniversary as the CEO of Cumberland Valley RECC. To 
put that in perspective, JFK was president when Ted began leading the co-op. That's my photo that he's holding,
that was converted into a painting by my good buddy Kevin Osbourn of Winchester.  
Cumberland Valley RECC
Barbourville, Kentucky
For Kentucky Living Magazine

Laura's Stockyard Cafe
Bowling Green, Kentucky
For Kentucky Living Magazine


Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition
University of Kentucky Opera Theater
Lexington, Kentucky
For Alltech

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The Super Bowl of Preaching
Crossroads Church
Lexington, Kentucky
For Crossroads Church

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb
University of Kentucky Police Department Portraits
Lexington, Kentucky
For The University of Kentucky

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Safety Allstars
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Burnside & Maysville, Kentucky
For East Kentucky Power Cooperative

Photo by Tim Webb John May of Licking Valley RECC holds portraits of his father and grandfather who once served on the Licking Valley Board of Directors. John used to serve on the board as well, but is now the manager of administrative services. 
West Liberty, Kentucky
For Licking Valley RECC

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb UK Healthcare Pharmacy Department
Lexington, Kentucky
For UK Healthcare

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Chamber Day is the biggest reception of each year's Kentucky General Assembly, and is Lexington's largest sit down dinner with about 2,000 attendees. 
Lexington, Kentucky
For The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Former University of Kentucky basketball player and current investment guru, J.P. Blevins at his Main Street office.
Lexington, Kentucky
For The University of Kentucky Alumni Association

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb
The Great Teacher Awards Dinner
Lexington, Kentucky
For The University of Kentucky Alumni Association

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Transylvania University fans celebrate their women's basketball team winning the national championship in Dallas, during a watch party at the Kentucky Theater.
Lexington, Kentucky
For Transylvania University

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & A Corporate Editorial Kentucky Location Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/4/recent-work Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:59:17 GMT
Chasing 300 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/3/chasing-300 I’m really proud to have been part of the special alumni magazine that Eastern did on Coach Roy Kidd. Covering his career was definitely a highlight of my career. I even brought my pencil out of retirement and wrote a story about chasing his 300th victory at the end of the 2000 season and the beginning of the 2001 season. With over 300 wins and two national championships, Roy Kidd was undoubtedly one of the greatest to ever coach the game!

Chasing 300
By Tim Webb

At the beginning of the 2000 football season, as Coach Roy Kidd was inching closer to his 300th victory, I knew that moment would be the one photo that would define my career as Eastern’s university photographer. I could sense that it would be the one image that would still matter a hundred years from now. I just had to make sure I was there when it happened.

Leading up to 300, I did several photos with coach because I knew the university and media outlets would be needing images. One of my all-time favorite photos of him came from a portrait shoot that I was doing with coach and the four consecutive trophies that came from Eastern’s appearance in the national championship game, from 1979-1982. We were casually talking about him being a quarterback during his playing days at Corbin High School and Eastern, when out of the blue, he picked up a football and donned a left-handed quarterback pose with a big smile on his face. For a coach so meticulous in his planning, it was such an impromptu moment.

Counting my days as photo editor of The Eastern Progress, I had been covering Coach Kidd and the Colonels since 1991. During my time as a student at Eastern, players like Lorenzo Fields, Elroy Harris, and Tim Lester were lighting up the record books. I photographed the Colonels last great playoff run in the fall of 1991, that included a 14-3 win over Appalachian State in the rain and mud during Thanksgiving weekend in Richmond, and then a heartbreaking 14-7 loss in the semifinals to Marshall in Huntington.

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IslBG I was too young to remember the national championship years. But in a lot of ways, as time marched on and I went from a student photographer to the university photographer, I recognized that I was photographing the end of the golden age of the Kidd era. But I also saw it as an opportunity to document the end of Coach Kidd’s illustrious career, and it was an opportunity that I took seriously.

With the 2000 season drawing to a close and coach sitting on number 299, I gave up the opening morning of deer season with my family, to make the long trip to Charleston, Illinois, as the Colonels took on Eastern Illinois and future NFL quarterback and broadcaster Tony Romo. Eastern’s season came to an end that Saturday afternoon, and with it, the quest for 300 would have to wait another year. As I drove back to Richmond, I couldn’t help but be envious of all the deer hunters who were clad in orange, scattered across those Illinois corn fields. But another thought was also weighing on my mind, “Surely they will schedule a home game to open up the 2001 season so that Coach can get his milestone win at home.”

Nope. Chasing 300 wouldn’t be that easy. For me, the 2001 season kicked off with an even longer drive to Mount Pleasant, Michigan, to photograph the Colonels against the D1 Chippewas of Central Michigan University. While the Colonels took a lead into halftime, we left Mount Pleasant while still sitting on number 299. On a positive note, before leaving town, I ran into Walmart and bought a copy of ESPN the Magazine that had ran one of my sideline photos of Coach Kidd, previewing his march toward 300.

IslBG I knew that Coach Roy Kidd’s 300th win was a big deal to Eastern Kentucky University, but I was beginning to see the scope of just how big it was on a national level, as Coach Kidd was in the same conversation with coaches like Bobby Bowden of Florida State and Joe Paterno of Penn State, the only other active coaches at the time with more than 300 wins.

I knew that coach’s chances were going to be good the following Saturday when we were set to take on Liberty University back home in Richmond in the stadium that bore his name. What I didn’t realize on that long drive home in early September 2001, was that the long-awaited number 300 would happen less than 72 hours before the events of September 11th changed our world forever.

As expected, on a beautiful Saturday evening, September 8, 2001, the Colonels beat Liberty 30-7 to give Coach Roy Kidd his 300th career victory, solidifying him as one of the greatest college football coaches in the history of the game. As the sun fell and with the clock winding down, his players doused him with Gatorade, and then they hoisted him on their shoulders and carried him out onto the field.

For a few seconds I froze and didn’t know what to do because the clock was still running with about 30 seconds, and the game was still going on. I thought, “You can’t do that…you can’t do that…the game is still going on!” All I could think about was how I had driven so many miles and spent so many hours chasing 300. And now, here it was unfolding in my back yard, and I was about to miss it because I didn’t want to be a rule breaker.

Finally, I ran out onto the field and cut into the middle of the huddle as it was still moving. I popped up in front of Coach Kidd and was able to fire off two frames before stumbling backwards out of the huddle. I still didn’t know if I got the shot or not because although I had just converted from film to digital a few months earlier, I played it safe that night and took the money shot on color film. When I got the film back from a local lab on Monday morning, my heart sank when I looked at the first frame because one of the players who was holding coach’s leg was looking directly at me with his tongue stuck out. But thankfully, he had looked away and put his tongue back in mouth for the second frame. And that was the frame of film that will go down in Eastern Kentucky University history.

The celebration on the field that night was unlike anything I had ever experienced. You could tell there was a sense relief with Coach Kidd because the weight of number 299 had been resting on his shoulders for several months. You could see the sense of accomplishment on his face, along with a big smile, as he and Sue embraced on the field. It was as if everything they had worked for all those years culminated that night. And while Coach was celebrating with his family, the students were busy tearing down the goal posts. It warmed my heart to watch as they carried one of posts off of the field like an army of ants, down Kit Carsen Avenue to its final resting place in downtown Richmond at Madison Garden.

I realized that night as I was packing up my gear to go home, that Coach Kidd was never meant to win number 300 on the road. The opposing fans wouldn’t have appreciated it the way we did, and they certainly wouldn’t have torn the goal posts down. It was only fitting that number 300 was won at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, making “Cabin on the Hill” that was sung that night extra special.

Chasing 300 and covering the last half of Roy Kidd’s storied career was an experience that I’ll cherish forever.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/3/chasing-300 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:59:40 GMT
Behind the Scenes With a Hurt Lineman https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/2/behind-the-scenes-with-a-hurt-lineman I love working with Wade Harris. Wade is a videographer with the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives, who spent years working for WHAS in Louisville. He got smart like the rest of us and moved over to the PR side of things. He always does a great job of recording behind-the-scenes as a I photograph stills for Kentucky Living Magazine. The only thing that I hate about working with Wade is that his camera adds about 40 pounds. Or at least it seems that way, HA! This is a video that he shot back in the summer while I was doing a cover shoot with Scott Spencer of Licking Valley RECC who fell off a pole during an ice storm because it had rotted beneath the ground and snapped while he was at the top of it. He somehow miraculously lived through it. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/2/behind-the-scenes-with-a-hurt-lineman Thu, 02 Feb 2023 23:55:54 GMT
Bad Weather Makes for Good Photos https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/1/bad-weather-makes-for-good-photos Former University of Kentucky and National Geographic photographer Sam Abell used to say that "bad weather makes good photos." Sam would know because he has travelled all over the world for the pages of National Geographic. I did a job for LinkBelt Cranes back in December that needed to be shot at night and needed to be a quick turnaround because it was for a trade magazine that wanted to put LinkBelt's new U3-AT model on the cover, and they were on a tight deadline. LinkBelt will be rolling this new model out at ConExpo in Las Vegas in March.

On the night that we were supposed to do the shoot, it started raining. It went between a misting rain and a light rain. To be honest, I was hoping they would call it off because I was being lazy and didn't want to get out in the rain. And I really didn't want to get my equipment out in it, because the weather had reached that fine line between using a towel and plastic bag to keep things dry, and having to go into full-blown camera rain gear mode. I've always joked that I have more money tied up in rain gear than most soccer mom's have invested in their cameras (not that I have anything against soccer moms). But using rain gear for your cameras is like taking a shower with a rain coat on. But on this night, I was able to get by with a hand towel. I was really proud of how the cover shot turned out because the rain and moisture in the atmosphere added another dimension to the color spectrum of a photo. Plus, we even used smoke bombs to add to the effect. The smoke is what caught the yellow light behind the crane. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2023/1/bad-weather-makes-for-good-photos Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:48:13 GMT
Christmas Photo Ornaments https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/12/christmas-photo-ornaments My wife Natalie has always done a great job collecting Christmas photo ornaments for me. Here are a few from our main tree in the foyer. 

Merry Christmas all!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) commercial & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/12/christmas-photo-ornaments Sat, 17 Dec 2022 20:58:45 GMT
People Along the Way https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/11/people-along-the-way One of the beauties of doing the type of photography that I do, is that I get to meet and photograph people. A lot of people! When I first came back to Eastern Kentucky University as the University Photographer in 1994, it was exactly two years after I had graduated. I wasn't much older than the students who were on campus at the time, and it was really hard for me to go into classrooms and work in front of people without feeling intimidated. But I soon got over it and learned that dealing with people was just part of my job. Needless to say, I've encountered a lot of people and made a lot of friends on many levels throughout my career. My kids roll their eyes when we go places because there aren't many places I can go without running into someone I know. It just comes with the turf. Here are a few people that I got to work with this year.

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Mary Beth Dennis is a phenomenal person and friend who has lead the Washington Youth Tour for the last four years, and is
now the Communications Director at Shelby Energy in Shelbyville. But one of her greatest attributes is that she married
into family from my hometown of Powell County. You can't beat that as a pedigree! 


Back in 2007, I started doing pro-bono work with an organization called Flashes of Hope. They coordinate professional photographers with major hospitals to create portraits of kids with cancer. We all volunteer for this. At the time, Jon Dubins ran the Louisville chapter at Kosair Children's Hospital. He was a UPS pilot who flew internationally, but he still found time to organize these photo shoots. Eventually, Kids Caner Alliance took over the program and created a chapter at UK Children's as well. I ran into Jon this summer at Kid Cancer Alliance's big fundraiser in Louisville. Fifteen years later, we were both still there for the cause!
   

Another pro-bono job that I do is the CASA Gala in Richmond. CASA serves Madison and Clark counties by advocating for neglected kids in court. I also had the pleasure of working with Stephanie Collinsworth Diaj, an old friend from Powell County, whom I charged a cold Ale-8 One in a tall bottle for working the event.


My good bubby Kevin Osbourn and I at the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C.
during Honor Flight Kentucky in September. 


I've been working the Alltech ONE Conference with Donna Maloney for several years. A fun fact about Donna is that she used to serve as an administrative assistant in the White House for LBJ. When he chose not to seek the Democratic nomination for president in March of 1968, it was Donna who dictated his typed speech, as another person typed it into the teleprompter for the national television address later that evening. I get to work with so many interesting people.


I ran into Taylor Kennon while doing work for Transylvania University back in the spring. Taylor's parents Jared
and Julie Kennon are lifelong friends of mine.
  

I graduated the year-long Leadership Madison County program this summer.
 

Photo by Tim Webb     I randomly sat next to a woman named Ashley Hawkins on the airplane during Kentucky's first all-female Honor Flight in June. I was used to hearing men talk about war, but it was odd hearing two women talk about being 50-cal gunners in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it made sense because that was the first time women were active in combat. Hawkins was the first woman in U.S. history to receive the bronze star for valor, that came from a 2005 battle in Iraq, known as the Palm Sunday Ambush.


You know the Alltech ONE Conference is a top-shelf event when I hire "The Mark Cornelison" as a second shooter. 
 
Agriculture journalist Chuck Zimmerman at the Alltech ONE Conference.

Photo by Tim Webb
My son Nolan got to visit Spurlock Station, East Kentucky Power's Maysville power plant, and help me carry equipment in November. 

  Photographer Ed Roller at the Alltech ONE Conference. Ed's day-job is at Murphy's Camera in Lexington. He and I go way back.


One of my sons, who will remain anonymous, was arguing with me one day in September about the first name of Kentucky's senate president. I ran into Senator Robert Stivers later that evening at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Annual Meeting in Louisville and thought this would be a great way to prove I was right, HA!

Photo by Tim Webb
In Louisville with my two favorite magazine editors, Anita Travis Richter and Shannon Brock of Kentucky Living Magazine, above. Anita, below, is ready to retire in a few days. She and I have been working together for more than 18 years. She's a dandy! I'm going to miss working with her.

*As an editor's note, if you notice the carpet in some of these photos you'll figure out that I'm at the Louisville Downtown Marriott several times a year. It's a great place to host an event. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/11/people-along-the-way Sun, 27 Nov 2022 23:22:15 GMT
The Salad Days: Volume Four https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/11/the-salad-days-volume-four One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These were the happy times, the salad days as they say." I've always called my busy times The Salad Days. The Salad Days for me run from mid-March to late June. It's funny how predictable my schedule can actually be as a freelancer with no set schedule. It usually picks up in January on the day after MLK Day, because the corporate world wakes up on that Tuesday morning and realizes that Christmas is over, the kids are back to school, and it's time to start working on annual reports. It really cranks up by mid-March and goes non-stop until the end of June. Sometimes, I may have 3-4 jobs a day during this stretch. 

Then, come July 1st, the corporate world goes on vacation, and so do I. August is usually busy with back-to-school stuff with the universities, and I see the same trend as in January. It takes the Tuesday after Labor Day for them to wake up and realize that summer is over and the kids are back in school, and it's time to get started on projects again. It slows down in November, just in time for me to go deer hunting, but then comes back with a vengeance in December. It then becomes a race to get as much work done as possible before Christmas. In December, I'm back to several jobs a day until December 20th, and then it dies off again for the holidays. 

I'm going to do a few blog posts on some of the work from this year's Salad Days, which I was glad to see, because it was the first normal season that I had had since the pandemic hit. 

Today's post is from the two Honor Flights that I went on this summer to Washington DC. The first one in June was extra special because it was the first-ever all female flight from Kentucky. It was so neat to meet women like Ashley Hawkins, who was the first woman in U.S. Army history to receive the bronze star for valor, that came from a 2005 battle in Iraq, known as the Palm Sunday Ambush. And then seeing so much emotion from the MASH nurses from the Vietnam era lay a wreath at the Women's Vietnam Memorial. It's always a pleasure to go on the honor flights each year.  

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/11/the-salad-days-volume-four Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:39:07 GMT
The Salad Days: Volume Three https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/10/the-salad-days-volume-three One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These were the happy times, the salad days as they say." I've always called my busy times The Salad Days. The Salad Days for me run from mid-March to late June. It's funny how predictable my schedule can actually be as a freelancer with no set schedule. It usually picks up in January on the day after MLK Day, because the corporate world wakes up on that Tuesday morning and realizes that Christmas is over, the kids are back to school, and it's time to start working on annual reports. It really cranks up by mid-March and goes non-stop until the end of June. Sometimes, I may have 3-4 jobs a day during this stretch. 

Then, come July 1st, the corporate world goes on vacation, and so do I. August is usually busy with back-to-school stuff with the universities, and I see the same trend as in January. It takes the Tuesday after Labor Day for them to wake up and realize that summer is over and the kids are back in school, and it's time to get started on projects again. It slows down in November, just in time for me to go deer hunting, but then comes back with a vengeance in December. It then becomes a race to get as much work done as possible before Christmas. In December, I'm back to several jobs a day until December 20th, and then it dies off again for the holidays. 

I'm going to do a few blog posts on some of the work from this year's Salad Days, which I was glad to see, because it was the first normal season that I had had since the pandemic hit. 

Today's post is from the Washington Youth Tour. Washington DC is one of my favorite places to visit. I guess that's the history buff coming out in me. The Washington Youth Tour is a national program where high school juniors from electric cooperatives from all over the country go to Washington DC for a week. I ride up with them and spend the week. My main job is to produce 22 magazine covers for Kentucky Living Magazine. And, every now and then they let me volunteer as a tour guide and share all of my pointless information about DC. Being a DC tour guide is my dream retirement job. One of my favorite parts of the Youth Tour is being at the Vietnam War Memorial on Fathers Day. They line the entire wall from end to end with single roses. It's very moving! 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/10/the-salad-days-volume-three Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:43:06 GMT
The Salad Days: Volume Two https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/9/the-salad-days-volume-two One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These were the happy times, the salad days as they say." I've always called my busy times The Salad Days. The Salad Days for me run from mid-March to late June. It's funny how predictable my schedule can actually be as a freelancer with no set schedule. It usually picks up in January on the day after MLK Day, because the corporate world wakes up on that Tuesday morning and realizes that Christmas is over, the kids are back to school, and it's time to start working on annual reports. It really cranks up by mid-March and goes non-stop until the end of June. Sometimes, I may have 3-4 jobs a day during this stretch. 

Then, come July 1st, the corporate world goes on vacation, and so do I. August is usually busy with back-to-school stuff with the universities, and I see the same trend as in January. It takes the Tuesday after Labor Day for them to wake up and realize that summer is over and the kids are back in school, and it's time to get started on projects again. It slows down in November, just in time for me to go deer hunting, but then comes back with a vengeance in December. It then becomes a race to get as much work done as possible before Christmas. In December, I'm back to several jobs a day until December 20th, and then it dies off again for the holidays. 

I'm going to do a few blog posts on some of the work from this year's Salad Days, which I was glad to see, because it was the first normal season that I had had since the pandemic hit. 

Today's post is from work that I did at Transylvania University in Lexington this spring and summer. I can safely say summer because Transy's commencement ceremony is always over Memorial Day weekend, a little later than some of the other universities and colleges. This is a combination of some classroom stock work and commencement. I was really happy that I was able to also do some photographs of Taylor Kennon, who graduated in May. His parents, Jared and Julie Kennon are life-long friends of mine, going all the way back to Clay City Elementary in the late 70s and early 80s. Once again, I love when life comes full-circle. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/9/the-salad-days-volume-two Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:19:50 GMT
The Salad Days: Volume One https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/9/the-salad-days-volume-one One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These were the happy times, the salad days as they say." I've always called my busy times The Salad Days. The Salad Days for me run from mid-March to late June. It's funny how predictable my schedule can actually be as a freelancer with no set schedule. It usually picks up in January on the day after MLK Day, because the corporate world wakes up on that Tuesday morning and realizes that Christmas is over, the kids are back to school, and it's time to start working on annual reports. It really cranks up by mid-March and goes non-stop until the end of June. Sometimes, I may have 3-4 jobs a day during this stretch. 

Then, come July 1st, the corporate world goes on vacation, and so do I. August is usually busy with back-to-school stuff with the universities, and I see the same trend as in January. It takes the Tuesday after Labor Day for them to wake up and realize that summer is over and the kids are back in school, and it's time to get started on projects again. It slows down in November, just in time for me to go deer hunting, but then comes back with a vengeance in December. It then becomes a race to get as much work done as possible before Christmas. In December, I'm back to several jobs a day until December 20th, and then it dies off again for the holidays. 

I'm going to do a few blog posts on some of the work from this year's Salad Days, which I was glad to see, because it was the first normal season that I had had since the pandemic hit. 

Today's post will be some work that I did with Alltech. I've been working their symposium and ONE Conference since 2004. I also did some social media work this spring for their dietary supplement Acutia. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/9/the-salad-days-volume-one Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:59:27 GMT
The Washington Youth Tour https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/8/the-washington-youth-tour My good friend Wade Harris with the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives compiled a really nice video while I was shooting the Kentucky Living Magazine cover shots of the Kentucky kids on the Washington Youth Tour back in June. Each of the state's electric cooperatives sends juniors in high school to Washington for a week. I get to go each year and shoot the magazine covers and document the week. And...wait for it...as a bonus, I'm including a really good video of me showing off some of my old-man dance moves. I was always known in high school and college for my superb dancing and rhythm. Not!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/8/the-washington-youth-tour Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:58:49 GMT
Old School Numbers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/8/what-do-those-numbers-mean My latest t-shirt has caused some confusion because people don't understand what all these numbers mean. I guess this is another shirt that gives away my age, because if you ever worked with an old school camera before the digital revolution you would recognize these numbers...22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6., 4, 2.8, 2, 1.4 as the aperture settings, or f-stops on a camera lens. The numbers didn't disappear over time. They're still used in SLR cameras, but today's cameras are a little more automated and people don't have to understand the manual settings like we used to. 

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Kit Carson Commons Photo Exhibit https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/5/kit-carson-commons-photo-exhibit Earlier this spring I worked with the Kentucky River Foothills to create a photo exhibit in the workforce training center of their new scholars house on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, called Kit Carson Commons. It is a scholar house program for single parents going to college at EKU, Bluegrass Community and Technical College and the University of Kentucky. The program helps remove housing as a barrier to higher education.

I got to go this morning and see the photos for the first time since they were hung on the walls a few days ago.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/5/kit-carson-commons-photo-exhibit Tue, 31 May 2022 16:52:35 GMT
R.I.P. Mr. Adams https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/4/ansel-adams I had good intentions of making this post about Ansel Adams on his 120th birthday which was February 20th, but I got busy and forgot. So instead, I'll post it today on the 38th anniversary of his death.

One of the best ways to get better at photography is to study other photographer's work, especially the great ones, even if they don't do the same type of work that you do. I used to stand in the grocery store dissecting fashion magazines just to pick up on lighting techniques. I began the habit of studying other photographers back in the early 1990s when I was still up to my elbows in chemicals and the darkroom process, while working as a newspaper photographer for The Clay City Times. I would pour over The Lexington Herald-Leader while eating lunch each day, studying the work of photographers like Charles Bertram, Ron Garrison, Mark Cornelison, David Stephenson, Frank Anderson, and David Perry. I would later become good friends with all these guys, but at the time, I knew each one based on their style of photography.

Although Ansel Adams is somewhat of a cliche today, I can honestly say I have learned more by studying him than anyone else, with former University of Kentucky yearbook photographer and National Geographic phenom Sam Abell as a close second. I never did a great deal of landscape photography but I always admired Adams for being a pioneer and I consider him the father of modern-day photography. He legitimized photography with his previsualization and use of the zone system that he created. I like to think that he created the foundations of Photoshop decades before it was ever a thing. He also inspired a lot of the photography that I did on three hiking trips to the Grand Canyon between 1996-1999.

As odd as this may sound, I also learned a few corporate photography tips from Mr. Adams. Which sounds weird, because he's so well known for his landscape photography, few people realize that he did a lot of corporate work as well. It was actually a lot of the corporate photography paying the bills that allowed him to invest so much time in the vast landscape and environmental projects that he took on in the early part of the 20th Century. I fell in love with his autobiography and have read it several times. One of my favorite pieces of advice from that book is to never go on a business lunch with an empty stomach because the client may try to get you drunk and bargain the price. Adams would always eat buttered bread before such meetings to coat his stomach. I also learned how the pressure of being self employed and the fact that photography of any nature is a seven-day-a-week gig and can take it's toll on your body, because at one point Adams was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown.

As much as I had read and poured over the work of Ansel Adams, it was in 2002 that his work totally changed my life. Ironically, my father, who was the one who introduced me to the photographic life in 1978, called me one night and said there is a really good PBS documentary on Ansel Adams playing on KET and I think you would really enjoy it. Just like in 1978, my Dad had no way of knowing the impact that that conversation would have on me. I went on to watch that documentary no less than fifty times. I used to watch it over and over, picking up something new each time. And the documentary's soundtrack had an even bigger impact on my life. I can honestly say that if iTunes hadn't come around when it did that I would have easily worn out my copy of the soundtrack CD. I suffer from panic attacks and high blood pressure, and if I'm ever "stroking out," the Ansel Adams soundtrack can always calm me down. I like to think of it as musical Xanax.

In 2012, I got to check off a major piece on my bucket list when I visited the Ansel Adams Gallery, where he processed much of his major works during his hay-day in Yosemite National Park. I not only got to spend time in the building where Ansel Adams actually worked and built his career, but I was also able to buy a couple of his prints for my office. 

I would be remiss to do a post like this without saying which Ansel Adams photo is my favorite. I'll start with my second favorite, which is the photo of Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox taken in 1937 at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona. I love that photo because it captured such a beautiful behind-the-scenes moment with his fellow artists. I have devoted an entire gallery on my website portfolio titled "Snappers" to that very thing, behind-the-scenes moments with my cohorts.

So. Drumroll please. My favorite Ansel Adams photo is his 1941 image titled "Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico." My reason for loving it isn't because it's one of his most famous prints, it's because of the brilliance behind it. For the man who meticulously calculated all of his photographs, this one was done on the fly. He didn't have time to calculate the light, because the sun was dropping fast, and he was about to lose the light on the crosses in the graveyard, so he quickly set up his camera, and created it based on instinct alone. Remarkably, he was able to read the light! This matters to me because my first camera in third grade was an old Agfa viewfinder camera that had no light meter, and my Dad unknowingly gave me the greatest gift that he could've ever given me, even though it was years before my time...he taught me how to read light because the camera itself was incapable of calculating the light for me. That's why I relate to that photo so much!

Some things are just meant to come from the heart.

R.I.P. Mr. Adams.

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I got to visit the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park in 2012.

Adams' autobiography served as a huge inspiration to my career.

The 2002 Ansel Adams documentary and soundtrack were truly life-changing to me.

 "Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico" was so inspirational to me because it reminded me of how my father taught me to read light when I first started in photography in 1978.

Self‑Portrait, Monument Valley, Utah
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
1958
Photograph, gelatin silver print
*The Lane Collection
*© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
*Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/4/ansel-adams Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:55:53 GMT
Jones 305 #3 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/3/jones-305-3 As I wrap up my Jones 305 blog posts, which originated when I recently found several photos in my EKU digital archive that didn't seem relevant at the time, I was reminded of all of the people who came and went in my life during the nine plus years that I was there. It also reminds me of something that my father told me a long time ago. He described life as a book with many chapters. As one chapter closes another chapter is ready to be written. On Friday afternoon, January 23, 2004, I walked out of Jones 305 for the last time as Eastern's University Photographer, and ironically, on Monday morning, January 26th, I was right back on campus doing my first assignment as an independent freelancer, covering a electrical outage on campus for the Lexington Herald-Leader. To put things in perspective...had I stayed at Eastern I could've retired with my 27 years this past December. But I have no doubt that I made the right decision. I may never get to retire, but I'll sure have fun doing it. 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Joetta Tipton, seen here at her retirement party in 2003, was the administrative assistant and the glue that held our office together. I owe her a great deal of thanks because she was the one who introduced Natalie and I to her granddaughter's baby sitter when Natalie was pregnant with our oldest son Nolan in 1997. We made one phone call and that was it. Daycare was never an issue with us. The same baby sitter and her husband achieved grandparent status in our family by keeping all three of our kids over a period of 11 years. 

It was during my time at Eastern that I started collecting photography books and old cameras. I became like the Statue of Liberty for old cameras because people would show up in my office with old cameras to give me. 

Hiding out in my ultra-cool darkroom that Kodak designed when the building was constructed in 1969 was the highlight of my days. It's so funny that darkrooms and the chemical process are now back in vogue. But, I've been there done that. Time to move on. I'm satisfied to be an old man using Lightroom. 

Karen Lynn joined our staff in September of 2000, and quickly became one of my best friends. I always said that Karen was like the Cal Ripken Jr. of our office because she could do just about anything. She was so versatile. She could write, do photography, and graphic design. I used to joke and say that all you had to do was give Karen a roll of aluminum foil and the internet and she could build you a rocket ship the moon. 

Shortly after Natalie graduated Morehead State in 1995 she hired on at Eastern at the ripe old age of 21, which worked out really well because we had the same work schedule and holidays. She eventually moved over to the student life office and was over student organizations and programed all the fun stuff for New Student Days. Above, she is seen in her office in the Powell Building in August 2001, and with the band Rascal Flatts who was on campus for a concert in April 2002, leaning on a column at the Powell Building during New Student Days in August 2001.  

Below, Natalie and I both worked on the day of the 9-11 attacks. The University cancelled classes that morning as a show of respect, but also so that students and faculty could watch it as it all unfolded on the news. They put several large screen TVs in the student center of the Powell Building so that the university community could come together, and they fed them pizza as we all watched the news, trying to process what was going on. Although all we were doing was taking photos and serving pizza, she and I both understood that we were witnessing history as 9-11 was the Pearl Harbor and the JFK of our generation.

If you've ever seen the movie WE ARE MARSHALL then you're looking at the real life Jack Lingyel, right, who was played by Matthew McConaughey. Lingyel came out of retirement in 2001 to serve as Eastern's athletic director, which coincided with coach Roy Kidd's 300th victory and retirement. The two are seen here at the Oregon State game August 2002, Corvallis, Oregon.
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Ami Piccirrilli was my last director at Eastern. I really didn't get a chance to work with Ami all that long before leaving, but it's funny how so many things come full circle. I hadn't talked to Ami much since 2003, other than on Facebook. But then, when I went out of business at the height of the Covid pandemic in March of 2020, it was Ami, who is now working in marketing at UK Healthcare, who called me out of the blue in April, and gave me my first assignment, post-Covid, when I needed it most. Ami unknowingly, literally helped resurrect my business from the ashes of unemployment.

I now photograph all of her provider portraits for the pharmacy division of the UK Chandler Medical Center. She always brings her laptop to work on stuff when we have photo shoots, but we usually sit around as we wait on people to show up and shoot the bull, and she doesn't get much work done. But...life is short. Why answer emails when you can catch up on things (just don't tell UK). It goes to show, don't ever write anyone off in your life, you never know when they'll be there to lend a helping hand. 

I've really debated on whether I would show this photo and talk about the life-altering story behind it. I'm a man of faith and I don't like throwing anyone under the bus, and I'm a big believer that we're all a "work-in-progress" in God's eyes. But, ultimately, this one photo, and this one singular moment in time, changed my life forever. I appreciate history for the sake of history, regardless of whether it's good or bad, because it'll always be history. 

At precisely 5:36 P.M. on November 18, 2003, the wrath of EKU President Joann Glasser caught up with me. And it was at that exact moment, that I knew with absolute certainty that my time at Eastern Kentucky University was over. A lot of good people had left Eastern because of Joann Glasser, and in the blink of an eye I joined that illustrious crowd. I waited until the next morning to resign, but I knew, even with three young children at home, that I would go work at Walmart if I had to, but either way, I was moving on with my career. It turned out that I was able to stay on a couple of more months, because I didn't want to be unemployed at Christmas, and I really wanted to make sure my wonder-student Chris Radcliffe, who graduated in December 2003, would get my job. And he did. Once again, the rest is history!

Zach Ingram of Elizabethtown, left, and Nick Herrin of Fairfield, Ohio, right, move a mattress from Case Hall to Martin Hall after the power went out in Case Hall. Eddie Portwood, left, Earl Street, center, and Mike Brey, right, with United Electric pull high voltage electric cable through a manhole behind EKU's Student Services Building on Wednesday afternoon.

Like the old saying goes...the more things change the more they stay the same. My first official job as a freelancer with Tim Webb Photography was to go back on campus and photograph a major electrical outage for the Lexington Herald-Leader, that forced the University to put kids up in local motels during cold temperatures. 

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I want to end this post in a positive light. Working at EKU was the greatest thing that ever happened to my professional career. It brought me back to my alma mater and to Richmond, where I have lived for over 26 years. I love this photo because the building behind my right elbow was the Donovan Annex Building, which was the building where I earned my journalism degree. And the building directly behind it, near the edge of the photo is the Donovan Building that houses Model Laboratory School, where all three of my kids attended pre-k through 12.

By the time my daughter Laura started pre-k in 2007 they had moved her classroom into the old Eastern Progress office. Her little backpack locker was about 10 feet from where my photo cabinet was when I was Photo Editor my senior year in the Fall of 1991. Literally, her educational career began in the same spot where mine ended. Things really do come full circle if you wait long enough. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/3/jones-305-3 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:52:43 GMT
Jones 305 #2 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/2/jones-305-2 As I continue adding to my Jones 305 blog posts, #2 will highlight my student photographers. 

My very first student was a young lady from Hindman, Kentucky named Shannon Ratliff. I owe Shannon a great deal of gratitude because when she started working with me in early 1995, I had no clue what I was doing, and was working way above my pay grade. But we made a good team and we were patient with each other as we figured things out.

My next student was a fine arts student named Richard Garland. I just thought I was a bonafide Pink Floyd fan until I met Richard. He was a very worthy music fan and a good photographer. Richard came back to EKU and now works for the library. It was also funny how one student would lead to other students. Richard introduced me to Hannah Trustee, who replaced him and worked with me for a while. Hannah completed a really nice photo essay on Eastern Kentucky that went toward her thesis while working for me.

Every now and then you get to experience a defining moment in your life, the type of moment that creates shock waves for decades to come. One day in 1996, a very confident ginger named Brenda Ahearn walked into my office and proudly declared, "I have my Daddy's camera equipment and I want to be a photographer!" I was having a bad day and thought... "Sure you do!" I told her that my two paid positions were currently taken. She quickly informed me that she would be happy to volunteer. And she did. She had the most incredible work ethic that I had ever seen. I usually showed up to work around 8:20 each morning and Brenda had already been there for an hour, filing negatives or whatever needed to be done. Brenda was a rare breed who never questioned anything that I asked her to do. She would knock you down to answer the phone on the first ring because she said her father always told her it was good business to answer the phone on the first ring. It didn't take long for my two paid positions to weed themselves out, which opened up their spots for Brenda. And as they say, the rest is history, because Brenda overcame many obstacles in pursuit of her dream of becoming a photographer. She graduated in 1998 and went on to a phenomenal career in photography. Life has come full circle for Brenda. Her first job was the University Photographer at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Then she worked for several newspapers all across the country, and is now once again a university photographer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

I finally learned that the best photographers were the ones who sought me out. The ones that I recruited never seemed to work out. I took it as a God-thing and would just let the Good Lord send people to me. Somewhere around 2001 or 2002, a kid from Mount Sterling emailed me saying he was leaving Western Kentucky University's photojournalism program to come to Eastern, which was unheard of. He said he felt like he was just a number at Western. I told him how myself, along with Mark Cornelison and Rob Carr had come out of Eastern and succeeded when Eastern truly didn't have a photo program to speak of. But, I told him Eastern would give him one thing and that was opportunity. Opportunity to be a Big Fish in a very small pond. Me, Corn, and Carr were all examples of what hard work and perseverance could do for you at a place like Eastern. Kevin took my advice, transferred, and worked for me, The Eastern Progress and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Kevin took some criticism for leaving Western, but he proved his critics wrong by going on to get a masters in photojournalism from Ohio University, served on the board of the National Press Photographers Association, and eventually worked at newspapers in Boston, Augusta, Baton Rouge, San Antonio, Knoxville, The Associated Press, and is currently freezing to death as the Visuals Editor at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, where he was recently named the national visuals editor of the year.

I wish I had thought to take a picture of my student photographer Luke Ramsey on the morning of September 11, 2001, as we sat in my office editing photos while watching the events of 911 take place on a little black and white TV that I kept in my office. Whenever Luke and I see each other today, we both talk about how seeing each other reminds the other one of that Tuesday morning, and watching the second plane hit the South Tower on that little fuzzy black and white television.

Much like with Brenda years earlier, I had another life-altering moment while shooting homecoming portraits on October 1, 2001. My wife Natalie had already told me about a guy named Chris Radcliffe who worked for her at the Information Desk in the Powell Building. She said, "He is a real sweetie and if I could bottle him up and save him for a daughter someday, I would. He's also really interested in photography." As I was sitting in Conference Room C of the Powell Building that evening, bored out of my mind, waiting for homecoming contestants to trickle in for their portrait, I kept noticing this guy walking by really slow, checking out my studio lights. After his third pass-by I told him to come and talk to me. Once again, the rest is history! Chris was my longest tenured student, and he eventually got the University Photographer's position when I left in early 2004. Ironically, I had the job nine years and two months, and Chris was in the job nine years and five months. Just like with Brenda, I'm proud that I was able to give him a start, but he has since then blazed his own trail, having become a lighting guru and what I would consider an expert in Lightroom. After leaving Eastern, Chris has created a very successful freelance business that has literally taken him around the world.

Finally, my last student photographer who was there to help me turn out the lights on my last day was a guy named Chuck Vance. Chuck was the second student who influenced my music tastes when he unknowingly introduced me to a little indie band called Guster. Most people have never heard of Guster but they made a huge impact on me when I reached mid-life and was looking for something new to listen to. Chuck now goes by Charlie and is a CEO in northern Kentucky. 

I was blessed to have some great talent to work with in my nine years at Eastern, and I like to think that I had a positive impact on them as well. Or at least I hope I did. 

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Shannon Ratliff covering EKU Baseball, Spring 1996

I did a portrait with Chris and Brenda in the studio in February 2003, when Brenda came back to Kentucky for her mother's funeral. 

Brenda and I, Summer 2018. She always comes to see me when she's back in Kentucky. I'm proud to have always been her mentor, her impromptu father at times, and always a trusted friend. I don't talk to her often, but when we do talk we never hang up the phone without saying "I love You!" It's just that kind of enduring friendship! She still calls me "Boss Man" to this day. 


Brenda holds her Dad's original Canon camera that brought her into my office in 1996, along with a
copy of Time Magazine from 2016 with one of her photos inside.

Chris Radcliffe was Sigma Chi president while he worked for me, and now my son Cameron is the current Sigma Chi president. I love how things come full-circle. The great thing about having students come and go like a revolving door was they kept me young, not only in how they dressed but also with music. Chris introduced me to the music of Ben Folds. Our running joke is I used to make fun of the shoes that he wore, only to turn around and buy the same shoes a year later. In many ways, Chris was ahead of his time...well, maybe he was just ahead of my time.

Natalie always wanted to bottle Chris up and keep him for our daughter Laura, who was a newborn at the time!

Sometimes I could con Chris into being a model for stock photos. 

 Even after I left EKU and moved onto the freelance world, Chris and I continued to work together. We made several trips across Kentucky, including a couple of magazine assignments to the Red River Gorge, Wise, Virginia, and my family farm in Carter County, above. 

Tim Webb Photography, Kentucky Corporate, Commercial, & Editorial PhotographerTim Webb Photography, Kentucky Corporate, Commercial, & Editorial Photographer When Chris worked for me he and Nolan would argue over who actually owned a Sponge Bob Square Pants stuffed animal that I kept there for Nolan. A few years later Chris took this really cool remote-fired photo of all three of us with a camera mounted behind the basket in Alumni Coliseum. 

Richard Garland...the man, the myth, the legend!

Kevin Martin covering EKU Football Media Day, August 6, 2002.

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Kevin, seen here with Eastern Progress adviser Dr. Libby Fraas, in April 2003. This photo meant a lot to me because Doc, as everyone called her, was not only one of my former advisers, but she was also a good friend and my greatest mentor. She could be a real ball-buster when she needed to be. And believe me, if you were one of her editors and you missed deadline she would dock your pay in a heartbeat. And when you only made $45 a week, that really cut into your beer-budget for the week. Anyone of us who came out of The Eastern Progress was well prepared to work at any newspaper in the country thanks to Doc. This photo meant a lot to me because Kevin was attending from the "University of Doc" the same as I had 12 years earlier. 

Tim Webb Photography, Kentucky Corporate, Commercial, & Editorial PhotographerTim Webb Photography, Kentucky Corporate, Commercial, & Editorial PhotographerMe and my fellow former Eastern Progress Photo Editors at the 2009 Kentucky Derby. Left to right, Kevin Martin, Class of 2001; me, Class of 1992, Mark Cornelison, Class of 1989, and Rob Carr, Class of 1986. In May 2009 the four "Big Fishes" from Eastern Kentucky University and former photo editors of The Eastern Progress, Kevin Martin, myself, Mark Cornelison, and Rob Carr worked the Kentucky Derby together. (Never mind the fact that Corn has a spire growing out of his head!)

at the fairgrounds Thursday October 16, 2003. Photo by Kevin Martin. at the fairgrounds Thursday October 16, 2003. Photo by Kevin Martin. at the fairgrounds Thursday October 16, 2003. Photo by Kevin Martin. I held a rare staff meeting with my student photographers on October 21, 2003. Little did I know at the time, that three months later I would be turning over the reigns to Chris Radcliffe, who is seen in the bottom left corner with his Nokia phone. It's also interesting to see the evolution of my office decor over time. It was such a great office to work in each day!

Chuck Vance, center, walking across campus at Horny Corner. Student's today don't have a clue where Horny Corner is located because the center of campus has changed so much. 

Chuck posing with Amber Jones (Kennoy), who is now with WKYT Channel 27, for stock photos in the library, March 2003. 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/2/jones-305-2 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 20:17:30 GMT
Jones 305 #1 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/1/jones-305-1 I was recently working on a project for EKU's Alumni Office for a magazine project that they're doing on Coach Roy Kidd. As I was diving into my EKU digital archive which officially began on the morning of August 2, 2001, and officially ended on January 23, 2004, I found a few gems that had fallen through the cracks at the time. I call this blog post Jones 305 because that's where my existence as a photographer was for a little over 9 years. EKU changed my life and changed who I was as a photographer. It was there that I first realized the importance of photography's most important element...light. Sadly, I had never given light it's due diligence before this time in my career.

I graduated EKU on December 12, 1992, with a degree in Journalism. After graduation, I went back to my hometown in Clay City and worked for my hometown newspaper, The Clay City Times. I came back to work for my alma mater almost two years to the day later on December 1, 1994. I was like a kid in a candy store working in a darkroom and office that was designed by Kodak in 1969 when the Jones Building was constructed. 

My time at EKU totally shaped my career as a photographer because I went into the job as a boy and came out as a man, several hundred thousand photos later. I left EKU on January 23, 2004, and dove head-first into my own business as a freelance photographer. I will always love Eastern Kentucky University as both a former student and a former employee, and I will always appreciate the opportunity that Kentucky's school of opportunity gave me.  


My first digital picture with an SLR camera came at 9:02 A.M. on August 2, 2001. I was unpacking and setting up my brand new Nikon D1X digital camera when our graphic designer Don Rist came through to get his morning coffee and stopped for a photo. Sadly, Don past away just a few months ago. 
  My second picture, a few minutes later, was of my computer desk in my office.


Jerry Wallace was the writer and the walking rock-n-roll encyclopedia in the office.

Our director Ron Harrell on the phone in his office. 

Jerry and I got to travel with the football team to Oregon State University in 2002. We got up early the day of the game and visited the Oregon coastline.

I had yet to master the art of the selfie in 2002.


A mere shadow of myself covering the 2003 homecoming parade.

I decided not to shoot the Three Doors Down concert in April 2003, and instead sat next to another co-worker from our office Karen Lynn.

My former editor at The Eastern Progress and roommate in Frankfort during the spring semester of 1992, Terry Sebastian. Terry was back on campus in 2002 as Gov. Paul Patton's Press Secretary. 

Jerry and I helping to plant a tree in front of the Cammack Building.


I was really active with the University Photographer's Association of America, seen here at our annual symposium
at Kent State with a side trip to Cleveland and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I brought the symposium to EKU the following year. 

It's funny to think about now, but with one leg still in film and one leg in digital, I really was a pioneer in the Digital Revolution. I literally kept a film camera, left, and a digital camera, right, in my bag for a while in 2001. Where I started in photography at such a young age, I still have more time with film & chemicals, 23 years, than I do digital, 20 years. 


I always wanted to do a coffee table book on the best bathrooms on campus. My personal favorite was the men's restroom
in the Burrier Building because that building had the Home Ec classes and was full of girls, which meant the
men's room was always open.

I got to meet the venerable White House Correspondent Hellen Thomas in May 2002. She gave the best commencement address that I ever heard while at EKU. 

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My last official photo as EKU's University Photographer was of chemistry professor Tom Otieno on January 22, 2004.
The following day was my last day. Ironically, our two sons Chris and Cameron would go on years later to become best friends.
It all comes full-circle!


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/1/jones-305-1 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:36:02 GMT
The Sorta Tornado https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/1/the-sorta-tornado I achieved one of my life-long goals on Saturday. Well, sort of. I've always wanted to photograph a tornado but I've never had the opportunity. I've never had a desire to be a storm chaser, or anything like that, but I've always enjoyed shooting bad weather. I've shot thunder storms, lightning storms, wind storms, snow storms, and ice storms. And I've covered the aftermath of a few tornadoes, but never the tornado itself. I've even had nightmares about capturing a tornado on film or chip. The one thing that each nightmare had in common was that I was presented with an opportunity but my camera wouldn't focus and eventually I would have to give up and run for my life. 

Yesterday, shortly after the UK bowl game against Iowa started, the tornado sirens went off and within a few minutes this funnel cloud formed within a mile of my house here in Richmond. Shortly after I shot this video it transformed from a funnel cloud into an EF-1 tornado that hit Union City and other parts of northeastern Madison County. 

One of my greatest photography mentors is Sam Abell, who grew up in Ohio, but had family from LaRue County Kentucky. Sam left Ohio and came to the University of Kentucky in 1967 and produced the greatest two-volume yearbook that the university has ever seen. In 1970, the year I was born, he landed with National Geographic and went on to lay the roots of a phenomenal career in photography. His 2002 book The Photographic Life inspired me to leave my position as EKU's University Photographer and pursue a career on my own. In that book, Abell talks about the influence that his Dad had on him as a young photographer. Our stories are similar in that both of our fathers peaked our interest early in life with make-shift darkrooms in our homes. In the book, Abell also talks about the basic photographic concepts that his father shared with him, one of which, is that bad weather makes good pictures.   

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2022/1/the-sorta-tornado Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:14:02 GMT
Behind-the-Scenes with Covid Providers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/12/behind-the-scenes-with-covid-providers Several times during this past fall, I got to work on a special project documenting behind-the-scenes with Covid providers at Baptist Health in Corbin, Lexington, and Richmond. This included the National Guard soldiers who came in to help with non-essential jobs that would then free up medical staff, as well as providers in the intensive care units. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/12/behind-the-scenes-with-covid-providers Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:28:38 GMT
#75 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/11/-75 If you keep up with my photo blog then you know that I've been chasing my 75th cover photo with Kentucky Living Magazine the past few years. I got to number 60 in April of 2018. Honestly, I thought it would take longer to get here, just because I never know and have no control over the magazine's production schedule. Number 75 is a great story about a Korean War Veteran named Joe Graber from Somerset. It was perfect a blue-sky day with a veteran in uniform at a national cemetery! I couldn't have scripted it any better. 

I have no idea of how many total stories I've shot for Kentucky Living over the years, other than a lot, because most weren't cover stories. Just know, there's something special about a cover photo! And as I count the 75, I'm not including those from the Washington Youth Tour, because I've done several hundred of those covers since 2009, and they're in their own little category. The 75 are true statewide covers, with the first one coming in July 1992.

It came from an article that I wrote for Dr. Liz Hansen's Magazine Writing class at Eastern Kentucky University in the fall of 1991, about a volunteer rescue team in the Red River Gorge in my home of Powell County. Then Kentucky Living editor Gary Luhr spoke to our class one day that fall and Dr. Hansen suggested that I pitch my story to him. After class, I stood in the back of the room on shaky knees and gave him my spill as a college student who didn't have a lot of confidence at the time. I wish I knew the date because I'm a historian at heart and it turned out to be such a milestone in my life. Gary liked it and told me he would pay me $200 for the story and photos...if I could provide them. I was thinking, "Well hell-yeah I can provide photos!" I was scared to death a few weeks later as I repelled over a cliff in the Red River Gorge to get the said photos, but I wasn't going to pass up my big opportunity to get published in a real-live magazine.

And the rest is history.

We did the shoot early in the spring of 1992 and the magazine cover ran a few months later in July 1992. I was on Cloud 9 when the magazine came in the mail. Along with my parents, I showed it to anyone who would look at it! Forget the $200. I was actually published in a magazine. My dreams had come true! Later that summer, I put the $200 toward my wife's engagement ring.

I photographed several more stories for Kentucky Living in the early 1990s, but it wasn't until I had given my notice and was resigning my job as University Photographer at EKU in December 2003 that the magazine's editor at the time called me one day out of the blue. His name was Paul Wesslund. It truly was a God-moment because I knew in my heart that it was time for me to leave EKU, as great as it had been, but I had no earthly idea how I was going to make a living as a freelance photographer and support my family of a wife and three young kids. So when Paul called and asked me to shoot a cover story on the All-A Classic basketball tournament that was held annually at EKU, I did a little happy dance while I was talking to him on the phone, trying to maintain a sense of coolness and calm. Even though my insides were turning to jelly, I still had to maintain a sense of professionalism, HA!

Paul Wesslund has since moved on to the greener pastures of retirement, but I can honestly say that the staff of Kentucky Living, at any point of my tenure with them has always set the bar for journalistic excellence. The irony of that is, technically, they're a PR magazine, but they have always been the epitome of sound community journalism and cutting-edge design. Editor Anita Travis, Managing Editor Shannon Brock, and their three designers, Katy Hurt, Kacey Harmeling, and Jessica Hawkins continue to set the bar so high! 

Who knows. Maybe I'm making too much out of all of this. If I'm lucky I'll make it to 100 cover photos someday. One of my mentors is the great Annie Lebovitz, who spent her career churning out cover photos for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. If I had studied algebra in high school the way I've studied the photographic work of Annie Lebovitz I'd be a freaking rocket scientist! I'm no Annie Lebovitz. But I'll always appreciate the importance of a good cover photo.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/11/-75 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 02:24:16 GMT
The Year of the Curly Horse https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/10/the-year-of-the-curly-horse It has been a good year for the Curly Horse photo that I took in Lawrenceburg in February of 2020. I won another national award with it, as well as the service dog photos from Maysville, December of 2020. I shot both of these stories for Kentucky Living Magazine, and won the awards of Best Portrait Photo and Best Photo Essay with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. I know that contests can be subjective but it's always nice to be recognized for your work, especially outside of the state of Kentucky. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/10/the-year-of-the-curly-horse Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:26:33 GMT
5:51 A.M. 8-31-2020 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/5-51-a-m-8-31-2020 I’m pretty sure my Dad is somewhere up in Heaven today hanging out with Princess Diana, talking about how they both left this earth on August 31st. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since he passed. I said it last year and I’ll say it again this year, life is temporary and life is fragile, but life does go on…with or without us.

We were truly blessed to have him in our lives for 73 years. I took this photo of his shadow a few months before he died on one of his last visits to my house in Richmond. I knew exactly what I was doing when I took it because I knew the inevitable was somewhere close in front of us. But I had no idea until after he died just how big that shadow really was. I miss you Dad.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/5-51-a-m-8-31-2020 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:10:37 GMT
Not Puking With Officer Don https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/not-puking-with-officer-don I love the adventure of doing aerial photos from a helicopter, especially when it's done right with the door off. But usually, for me, that adventure comes at a price. Looking down through a camera lens while the pilot is turning and banking usually sends my head one way and my stomach the other way. Pilots have had to make a quick trip to the ground more than once for me to get off and puke! The last time was in a cow pasture somewhere near Boonesboro. And to make matters worse, as I run out of the chopper with my head down, I get to breath in a nice ration of fuel fumes from the engine, which makes it even worse. 

I got to go up recently and do some shots of downtown Lexington with Officer Don. He was a super nice guy. It was the only time that I've never gotten sick, which means he was either a really good pilot or I'm getting better at it. Or both. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/not-puking-with-officer-don Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:56:37 GMT
Lee Kiefer Wins Gold https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/lee-kiefer-wins-gold I was excited to see Lexington’s Lee Kiefer win the gold medal in fencing this year at the Tokyo Olympics. I had the opportunity to meet and photograph Lee back in 2012 while she was training for the London games as a high school student at Dunbar. She was such a sweet and humble young lady. She went on and placed 5th at the 2012 London Games and was 10th at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/8/lee-kiefer-wins-gold Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:09:57 GMT
Sweet Bonita https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/7/sweet-bonita  I look forward each summer to getting some time away at Bonita Springs, Florida, where my mother and father-in-law have a little retirement home. Most of the Snowbirds that stay there go home for the summer and we have the place to ourselves with the beaches just a few miles away. I love to leave my big boy camera at home and just have fun with the Hipstamatic app on my phone. While we were there, the kids flew in and out, and we got to experience a Cat 1 Hurricane. It wasn't too bad, but I can still say I was in a hurricane. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/7/sweet-bonita Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:36:28 GMT
Hanging With Tim Farmer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/7/hanging-with-tim-farmer As an avid hunter I've always admired Tim Farmer, who hosted KET's Kentucky Afield for 20 years. Part of that admiration comes from the fact that he's from Carter County, which is where I hunt on my two farms, and where my parents were born. But I admire him mainly, because of his perseverance and attitude toward life after a motorcycle accident left him with only partial use of his right arm. He continued to hunt and fish! He is well known for his ability to shoot a bow and arrow, using his teeth. 

After retiring from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tim created a cooking show called Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen, along with his wife Nicki and their daughter Kelli Kinman, who is a videographer and editor for the show. The Emmy-nominated show is about cooking, farming, canning, gardening and smoking and preparing meats, and, like Kentucky Afield has risen to the top of KET’s most popular shows.

I had a chance back in April to photograph Tim and company as he "threw together" some fisherman's stew. It was amazing watching him work, while we exchanged stories, and then to actually sit down with him and eat a bowl. And yes, it was delicious.

It never gets lost on me at how lucky I am to meet the people I meet and go the places I go. God and camera have been very kind to me.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/7/hanging-with-tim-farmer Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:37:23 GMT
Best of Show https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/6/best-of-show When I first got serious about photography, while I was growing up in Powell County, I used to enter photos in the Powell County Fair every year. I won several first place ribbons, but I was never able to achieve the one prize that I wanted most, and that was Best of Show. It took many years, but I finally won a Best of Show in 2017 with a national organization called the Cooperative Communicators Association. This takes in all co-ops in the country, not just the electric cooperatives that I work for here in Kentucky. The award in 2017 was for a time-exposed night photo of East Kentucky Power's Cooper Station, a power plant in Burnside. 

This past week I won my second Best of Show with the same organization, this time with a photo that I took for Kentucky Living Magazine of a breed of horses known as Curly Horses playing in the snow in Lawrenceburg in February of 2020. I guess it says something about patience and endurance, and that good things come to those who wait. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/6/best-of-show Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:53:07 GMT
A Matter of Pride! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/6/a-matter-of-pride I've got to admit, it was pretty cool seeing so many of my photos on Coach Kidd's Matter of Pride Wall when I was back on campus recently. Covering the end of his career was a highlight of my career, especially the hundreds of miles and many hours I spent chasing his 300th win at the end of the 2000 season and the beginning of the 2001 season, only to see it finally happen here in Richmond, just three days before 911. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/6/a-matter-of-pride Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:41:40 GMT
Rocking the Dress! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/5/rocking-the-dress When Laura brought her prom dress home from Miss Priss back in March I knew that it was a special dress, and I wanted to do a photo shoot that lived up to the dress. It totally reminded me of a black wedding dress. I wanted to help make up for the fact that the Class of 2021 couldn't have a junior prom last year and has missed out on so much more because of Covid-19. I cashed in a few favors and took her to an old mansion that is still fully furnished and hasn't been lived in since the 1960s. I wanted plenty of time to work it so I took her out of school a couple of days before the actual prom, and spent almost three hours shooting. She was a trooper as we endured a warm day in an old house with no air conditioning.

A few notes about the shoot...
1. The bath tub was her idea. I told her about Annie Leibovitz's famous shot of Whoppie Goldberg in a bathtub of milk. 
2. She didn't exactly get my humor, but I told her on the phone shot to say in a really hick accent, "Sarah, this is Andy can you get me Floyd?"
3. The old trunks in the attic were still full of clothes, shoes, and hats. 
4. Casting her inside her own shadow in the mirror was a complete accident, although, I will take credit. 
5. The dirty foot was also her idea. She said it was a good contrast to the lace.
6. The street photos are in Lexington on prom night with her best friend Paige. Both of these beautiful girls were unfortunately dateless and decided to go eat together in Lexington before the dance. 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/5/rocking-the-dress Fri, 14 May 2021 21:41:08 GMT
Almost There https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/almost-there The little girl who burped out her ABCs during her Pre-K screening is about to graduate high school. It's so hard to believe that my last child is almost out of school. I slowed her down long enough to do a few more senior portraits a few days ago. 

And...a few outtakes!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/almost-there Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:51:29 GMT
The Face of COVID https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/the-face-of-covid Regardless of what your political beliefs are. Whether you believe in COVID or not. Whether you believe in wearing a mask or not. It doesn't matter. Nobody can deny that the year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most bizarre years ever! And it will forever be symbolized by the mask. The mask became an icon of the year 2020. So, I wanted to document "the year of the mask" for some of the clients that I work for. Even with that, I use the word "work" loosely because COVID put me completely out of business in only eight days during March. Luckily, a few of my main clients trickled back. 

I called this project "The Faces of COVID." I kept the ground rules pretty simple with black and white on a black background. I used all available light with East Kentucky Power, but then I set up a studio for Baptist Health Richmond. East Kentucky Power will feature it in their upcoming annual report and Baptist Health printed 16x20 images and displayed them at their regional COVID vaccination center, and have plans to eventually make it a permanent display inside the hospital. This will make three permanent displays for me inside Baptist Richmond. They already have my 2009 Faces of Madison County photo essay hanging near the emergency room, and I have several Kentucky scenic photos hanging throughout the hospital as well. 

To see the compete collection, please visit my portfolio.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/the-face-of-covid Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:51:20 GMT
Speed Graphic with Corn https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/speed-graphic-with-corn Recently, I got to hang out with and eat lunch with The Mark Cornelison! Really, I just wanted it for his Speed Graphic! Other than looking fat as mud, I loved the photos that he did of me with my Dad's 2003 Convertible Mustang GT. I've kept it true to him after he died, even down to the CD's in the disc changer. He loved the Forest Gump Soundtrack, Jimmy Buffet, and CCR! A few days before he died we took his cross necklace off of him and it now hangs from the rearview mirror. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/4/speed-graphic-with-corn Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:43:46 GMT
A Scary Kind of Fun https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/3/a-scary-kind-of-fun Is it possible to be scared and have fun at the same time? I did last weekend when I did photos with the Powell County Search and Rescue Team at Natural Bridge State Park. They lowered me over the side of a cliff for a good angle. My heart was racing the whole time, but it was a lot of fun!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/3/a-scary-kind-of-fun Sun, 07 Mar 2021 15:45:46 GMT
The Ice Storm of 2021 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/3/the-ice-storm-of-2021 I didn't venture out too much, other than the trip to Salyersville with East Kentucky Power, and a trip to check on my house and farm in Olive Hill. I stopped off and talked to my Dad while I was there and he said they hadn't had any power outages in Heaven and that the Wifi there was out of this world! Here a few Hipstamatics.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/3/the-ice-storm-of-2021 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:34:10 GMT
A Little Fun in the Snow https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/a-little-fun-in-the-snow Laura and I took a few minutes and did some snow portraits at Elmwood on Eastern's campus. She's such a serious person!!!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) commercial & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/a-little-fun-in-the-snow Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:20:04 GMT
Covering Ice Storm Damage https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/covering-ice-storm-damage It's been a while since I've got to cover storm damage. Kevin Osbourn and I travelled to Magoffin County in Eastern Kentucky for East Kentucky Power yesterday as crews worked to repair broken transmission lines and poles. Most of this lineman crew has been working nonstop since the first ice storm hit nine days ago on February 10th. Kevin and I had the pleasure of delivering lunch, 30 double cheeseburgers and fries, to these heroes working to get the lights back on!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/covering-ice-storm-damage Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:28:57 GMT
#71 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/-71 I got photograph a really compelling story about Jim Warner of Flemingsburg, and his service dog Maurice for the February issue of Kentucky Living Magazine.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2021/2/-71 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:21:59 GMT
#70...but whose counting!?! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/12/-70-but-whose-counting I've always told the editors at Kentucky Living Magazine that if a photographer ever tells you that they don't care about getting a cover shot to fire them! Because they're lying to you! It may seem arrogant but I never ran into a photographer who didn't enjoy being published. It's just part of it. It completes the editorial process and brings it all full circle. This cover shot of Evelyn Ballard helping to decorate her family Christmas tree with homemade ornaments that her mother Amanda made from her father's shirts, who had recently passed away, was my 70th cover shot for the magazine. My first one was back in July 1992. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/12/-70-but-whose-counting Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:17:22 GMT
Curly Horses https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/12/curly-horses I had to wait almost a year before I could publish this photo that I took last February for Kentucky Living Magazine. Sometimes, you know a picture is a good image the very moment that you snap the shutter, before you ever see it on a screen. That's the way it was with this one. After the shoot was over I knew which one I was looking for when I downloaded my cards...and it didn't disappoint! There was a certain majesty about it. 

Minus the two Polar Vortexes from 2014 and 2015, there just isn't much opportunity for good winter shots in Kentucky anymore. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/12/curly-horses Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:50:43 GMT
A Hipstamatic Time Warp https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/10/a-hipstamatic-time-warp I've literally been living in a time warp for the past three months. The Hipstamatic app on my iPhone is one of my favorite toys! It allows me to always have a camera with me, and just have fun and be creative. We left for Bonita Springs, Florida at the end of June and stayed a couple of weeks in a place that Natalie's parent's have down there. I flew home on Tuesday, July 7th and texted my parents, letting them know that I had landed, and on Wednesday, July 8th my Mom told me that my Dad had been in bed for the past five days, fighting his battle with cancer. I knew in my heart that this was the beginning of the end.

It's only 45 minutes from driveway to driveway between here and my parent's house in Clay City, and I'm sure I missed a couple of days of going over there, but not many! Most of these pictures reflect the priceless two months that I got spend in my old house, getting to experience the dying process with my Dad, and offer what support I could to my mother. 

I'm not going to explain every photo but here a few explanations from the top...getting in some beach time with my girls in Florida. Coming back home to do a little work, thank God, because work has been pretty scarce this year! One job took me to Fort Wayne, Indiana with LinkBelt cranes to set a bridge. Travelling during the COVID-era isn't what it used to be. All I can say is...don't pass up a rest area when travelling. I found a picture of an obviously-possessed baby hanging in my parent's bedroom! I took a picture of my feet one morning after spending the night at my parent's house. It seemed weird to be back there every day and night for the first time since 1993, even to the point that it seemed out of place for me to be back home in Richmond. If I was home, I felt like I needed to be back in Clay City. I love the photo that I took of Dad with Natalie and Mom in his bedroom. I came to realize that his good days were actually measured by his bad days, and the fact that he had a smile on his face made it a good day! A basket of rocks from our travels all over the country sits on the back of our commode and is my view when I pee everyday. 

Cancer really does suck! Even our dog Slinky is dying of cancer right now. 2020 can't end fast enough for me! Dad's temporary grave marker in the Garvin Ridge Cemetery in Olive Hill is really close to a little boy's grave named Gary Carroll who died in 1949. My grandmother Jessie Bell used to take me to the cemetery when I was little and I always loved looking at his grave because he was a little boy like me. So I can't go to that cemetery without looking at his gravestone. 

Lastly, my Dad worked for four different telephone companies starting in 1969 so he had the opportunity to collect several scissor and knife pouches that cable repairmen use during his career, and at the same time, when you deer hunt as many years as we have as a family, you have the opportunity to collect a lot of antlers. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/10/a-hipstamatic-time-warp Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:47:23 GMT
My Mentor, My Dad https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/9/my-mentor-my-dad It's taken me about a month to find the words to make this post after my Dad lost his four-year battle with cancer on August 31, 2020. He was the reason that I became a photographer. Most people look at me funny when I say I've been doing photography since I was in second grade, but it's true! And I owe all of that to my Dad. I'll borrow a few words from the eulogy that I wrote for his funeral... "of all of his hobbies, I like to think that it was by the pure Grace of God that he decided to set up a black and white darkroom in our living room in the winter of 1978. Because it was there that he introduced me to one of the great loves of my life and eventually to my career, with the art of photography! He developed a photo of a flooded barn in Clay City that was taken during the epic flood of 1978. I set my Star Wars X-Wing Fighter down just long enough to watch that barn magically appear in the developer tray, and I have literally never looked back since then. It was truly a life changing moment that I had with my dad.

Dad then gave me an old Agfa viewfinder camera that was 100 percent manual! There was no light meter. Just f-stops, shutter speeds, and a manual focus ring that taught me to judge the distance from the camera to the subject. And with that, Dad unknowingly gave me one of the greatest gifts of my life, he taught me how to read light. Of course, none of us thought anything about it at the time, but to a photographer light is everything!

We'd be driving down the road and he'd say, "Tim Bo, what's your camera settings for that house over there? I'd think about it and say something like, "f-8 at 250???" He'd say, "Yeah, that's pretty close." To make matters worse, he started me out on slide film, so I really did have to learn how to read light at a young age, or none of my photos would've ever turned out right.

Both of my parents supported me as I followed my dream of becoming a professional photographer. Ultimately, they gave me the one thing that no one will ever be able to take away from me...an education!

The photos above are of the Agfa camera that's now in my office, the flooded barn that got it all started, and a photo from a few days later, which is undoubtedly the first photo that I ever took in my life, a photo of the man who introduced me to all of it, a picture of my Dad sitting on the couch in our den in Clay City, Kentucky, during the snowy winter of 1978.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/9/my-mentor-my-dad Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:50:26 GMT
A Foggy Situation https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/8/a-foggy-situation I'm definitely pro-mask, but it does make work interesting with safety glasses!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/8/a-foggy-situation Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:27:31 GMT
Creating a Storm https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/creating-a-storm Every now and then I get to totally create the scene of a photo. I would never be able to do this with photojournalism or some of the event photography that I do, but with some types of corporate work I get to take 100 percent control of the situation to tell the visual story that I want to tell. I've always been inspired by the works of Annie Leibovitz who shot for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair for many years, and Mark Cornelison here locally, who used to work for the Lexington Herald-Leader and now with UK. Both are phenomenal photographers who do more than create images, they create moods and themes for their photos. Both are true artists!

Here are a few images and a couple of behind-the-scenes videos of a shoot that I did for East Kentucky Power as we set up a storm scene with Clark Energy linemen Richard Steele and Chad Cline in Winchester a couple of weeks ago. Wet pavement at night always makes for good reflections. I used some yellow and orange gels to play off the caution lights on the truck, and the Good Lord tossed in a few ominous clouds for good measure!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/creating-a-storm Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:54:52 GMT
How COVID-19 turned Kentucky's Meat Industry Upside Down https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/how-covid-19-turned-kentuckys-meat-industry-upside-down As a deer hunter I've used local meat processors for a long time, but I had never photographed them before. COVID-induced food shortages this spring has made a lot of people want to be less dependent on grocery stores, especially for their meat. Because of this, Mom & Pop style meat processors, like Pennington Farm in Rowan County and Appalachian Meats in Morgan County have now become very popular with people who would normally buy all of their meat at grocery store. Appalachian Meats is so backed up because of COVID demands, they can't process any new orders until Spring of 2021. 

Here is the cover story that I photographed for the June 2020 Kentucky Living Magazine.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/how-covid-19-turned-kentuckys-meat-industry-upside-down Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:55:48 GMT
Nolan & Kelsie's Wedding https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/nolan-kelsies-wedding Nolan and Kelsie turned their big wedding into a small private wedding at my grandmother’s church in Olive Hill on May 16th. Planning a wedding during a pandemic has been crazy, but they made it happen, even through Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, and Plan D! I never thought I would photograph my own kid's wedding. I don't recommend it because it sucked! I either had to be Dad or Photographer, but I wasn't able to be both at the same time. A person can only occupy one space at a time. A good friend of mine, Kellie Carter, was supposed to photograph the original wedding, but the Corona Virus changed all of that. So I did it out of default. 

The wedding was supposed to be in a perfect circle that was mowed out of a hay field at my grandparent's house, with Nolan and Kelsie standing in the middle of the circle, while their family was socially-distanced around them. Because of a couple of rainstorms at the last minute we had to move it a half mile up the road to the church. We were thankful and blessed that we had a solid backup plan. The church worked out beautifully, but we weren't prepared to go there on the fly, so Natalie and I wound up getting ready, literally about 30 minutes before the wedding started, and both of us were drenched! At the end of the day, it all worked out great, and I now have a daughter-in-law! #itheewebb

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/nolan-kelsies-wedding Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:42:19 GMT
Say No to Drugs Kids! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/say-no-to-drugs-kids The last couple of years I've had to opportunity to volunteer photos for the Madison County Youth in Action anti-drug posters that go in the Madison County high schools. 


 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/6/say-no-to-drugs-kids Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:17:03 GMT
Damn You COVID! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/5/damn-you-covid I guess you could say that March 6, 2020 was my last normal day. I put my wife and daughter on a plane early that morning for spring break in Florida. My work calendar was full of projects for a busy spring, and I was in the middle of two large projects for East Kentucky Power. My calendar started evaporating on Monday, March 9th and by Tuesday, March 17th my entire business had disappeared. 

Here are a few images of the work I was doing for East Kentucky Power when the world turned upside down. I had been documenting a large overhaul at their Spurlock Station Power Plant in Maysville and a series of environmental portraits of their brand ambassadors. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/5/damn-you-covid Tue, 05 May 2020 19:38:56 GMT
#65 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/-65 I got my first Kentucky Living Magazine cover photo in July 1992. This current issue is my 65th cover. It's a great magazine that reaches over one million Kentuckians, and the staff has always been phenomenal to work with! They are top shelf!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/-65 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:43:45 GMT
Pizza Planet https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/photo-by-laura I usually don't get in front of the camera, but I had to set up a garage studio for one of Laura's school projects. Afterwards, she returned the favor. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/photo-by-laura Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:37:56 GMT
My Daddy's Shadow https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/my-daddys-shadow My Dad left his shadow on the side of my house at sunset.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/my-daddys-shadow Sun, 19 Apr 2020 14:51:18 GMT
A Reflection of Work https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/a-reflection-of-work I did a small job today for UK Healthcare. I felt like it was my first day back to school. I got up early. I showered. I even put on good clothes, like in the olden days. It felt good!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/a-reflection-of-work Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:24:21 GMT
Missing Baseball Season https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/missing-baseball-season

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/missing-baseball-season Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:50:52 GMT
Celebrating Easter Morning COVID-19 Style https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/celebrating-easter-morning-covid-19-style

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/celebrating-easter-morning-covid-19-style Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:09:43 GMT
Negative Cameron https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/negative-cameron Yesterday was my son Cameron's 19th birthday. I went looking through some old negatives trying to find some baby pictures that I may not have printed years ago. The search made me realize how much I miss the film process!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & editorial photographer a kentucky corporate commercial tim webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/4/negative-cameron Sat, 04 Apr 2020 20:10:40 GMT
The Super Moon of March 9th https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/the-super-moon-of-march-9th

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/the-super-moon-of-march-9th Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:10:49 GMT
The Teddy Bear Hunt https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/the-teddy-bear-hunt I usually walk around my neighborhood at least once a day for exercise, and I began noticing all these stuffed animals in the windows of homes along my route. My daughter Laura explained it to me, saying families were putting them out for viewing to create a socially-distant-friendly type of scavenger hunt for all the kids in the neighborhood as they walked with their parents each day to combat Coronavirus-induced cabin fever. So, we hopped on the band wagon and put out her little pink bear, nicknamed Pink Bear, that I bought for her in the hospital gift shop when she was born. In some ways, it captures the loneliness and isolation that people are feeling these days. 

You know I'm bored when I spent 30 minutes photographing a teddy bear in our picture window. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/the-teddy-bear-hunt Wed, 25 Mar 2020 05:52:01 GMT
Championship Games https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/championship-games I love covering the emotions of a championship game! I've always been of the belief that athletes are there to preform before an audience, otherwise they'd be home playing in their driveways. Once they step between the white lines it becomes a game. The raw emotion found in the jubilation and dejection at the end of a championship game are just as much a part of the game as the opening tip. That's why they play the game! Once they step off the court they can have their privacy back.

Here are a few shots of St. Henry winning the All-A Classic in January, and Franklin County taking the 11th Region over Scott County a couple of weeks ago...you know, back when life was still normal. 

Franklin County celebrates after beating Scott County 57-53, during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Franklin County celebrates after beating Scott County 57-53, during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Scott County's Kenady Tompkins, left, and Malea Williams, right, fight for a rebound against Franklin County's Patience Laster during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Scott County's Kaylie Wise and Franklin County's Jasmine Simpson fight for the ball during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Scott County's Morgan DeFoor drives around Franklin County's Jasmine Simpson during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Scott County head coach Steve Helton cheers on his team against Franklin County during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Scott County's Malea Williams grabs a rebound over Franklin County's Patience Laster during the finals of the girls 11th Region, Friday, March 6, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond.

Left to right, St. Henry's Luke Maher, Alex Daniel, Wyatt Vieth, Jude Bessler, and Corey Shea, hold the championship trophy after beating Frankfort 77-70, during the finals of the boys All-A Classic, Sunday, January 26, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. St. Henry celebrates with the championship trophy after beating Frankfort 77-70, during the finals of the boys All-A Classic, Sunday, January 26, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. St. Henry's Wyatt Vieth shoots past Frankfort's Chaz Austin, during the finals of the boys All-A Classic, Sunday, January 26, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Frankfort head coach Chris O'Bryan pleads with the referee against St. Henry in the finals of the boys All-A Classic , Sunday, January 26, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. St. Henry head coach David Faust reacts to the crowd after beating Frankfort 77-70, during the finals of the boys All-A Classic, Sunday, January 26, 2020, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/championship-games Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:18:26 GMT
COVID-19 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/covid-19 Action. Reaction. Overreaction. It doesn't matter at this point. This is the new reality!

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/covid-19 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:41:16 GMT
"Give Me a Camera Pops" https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/-give-me-a-camera-pops I love this photo!!! My good friend and mentor Vickie Miller took this of Nolan and I when Powell County won the 14th Region in 2003. I was shooting the post game awards and Nolan looked up at me and asked me for a camera, since I had two. Makes sense to me!

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/-give-me-a-camera-pops Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:41 GMT
A Few Random Hipstamatics From My iPhone https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/a-few-random-hipstamatics-from-my-phone

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/a-few-random-hipstamatics-from-my-phone Sat, 14 Mar 2020 20:06:23 GMT
Nolan & Kelsie https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/nolan-kelsie I got to do a few photos with Nolan and Kelsie in the early November snow with the autumn leaves still on the trees. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/nolan-kelsie Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:20:00 GMT
Chamber Day 2020 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/chamber-day-2020 It's always fun to see over 1,600 of the Who's Who in Kentucky politics and business come together in early January to roast each other as the General Assembly comes back into session. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/chamber-day-2020 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:16:13 GMT
Cruising the Caribbean https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/cruising-the-caribbean It's been almost four years since I updated my photo blog, so I thought it was time to add in some new work.

Natalie and I took the family on a Caribbean Cruise over Christmas break. We got to see a so many beautiful places, while we were in the Dominican Republic, Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Grand Turk. San Juan in Puerto Rico was my favorite place because the street scenes were beautiful. We came off the ship and went to Disney for a few days, while we were waiting on WWIII with Iran, and COVID-19 had not made the news yet!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/cruising-the-caribbean Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:36:25 GMT
Governor Andy Beshear's Inauguration https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/governor-andy-beshears-inauguration It's been almost four years since I updated my photo blog, so I thought it was time to add in some new work. These are few images from Gov. Beshear's Inauguration December 10, 2019. 
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2020/3/governor-andy-beshears-inauguration Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:14:44 GMT
The 2016 Boys Sweet 16 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/4/the-2016-boys-sweet-16 Covering the KHSAA/Whitaker Bank Boys Sweet 16 was a blast as always. There were several good games, even a few close games. I had covered the 11th Region the week before, so I had the pleasure of following Lexington's Paul Lawrence Dunbar all the way to the title. Here are a few highlights:

The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 17, 2016.
Photo by Tim Webb
The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 18, 2016.
Photo by Tim Webb
The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 17, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 17, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 17, 2016.
Photo by Tim Webb
The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 17, 2016.
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The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 20, 2016.
Photo by Tim Webb

The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 20, 2016.
Photo by Tim Webb
The Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 20, 2016.
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Dunbar's Taveion Hollingsworth (11) scores two of his game-high 21 points over Scott County's Cooper Watts (44), right, and Michael Moreno (24), left, during the boys 11th Region tournament finals, Monday, March 7, 2016, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Dunbar celebrates at mid-court after beating Scott County 51-39, during the boys 11th Region tournament finals, Monday, March 7, 2016, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond. Dunbar celebrates with the championship trophy after beating Scott County 51-39, during the boys 11th Region tournament finals, Monday, March 7, 2016, at EKU's McBrayer Arena in Richmond.   

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/4/the-2016-boys-sweet-16 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:59:06 GMT
The Nature Challenge https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/4/the-nature-challenge My colleague Michael Clevenger of the Louisville Courier-Journal recently challenged several of us to post some of our better nature photography on Facebook. I want to thank Michael for nudging me and others in our small photography community to dig out some of our nature stuff, because really we're all people photographers, which is what made this fun. Some of my friends thought I was nominated for a really prestigious award, but it was just Facebook fun, which is something we can all use. Here is what I posted during the 7-day challenge.
 


Day 1: Antelope Canyon, June 2001. I've been fortunate to photograph the American Southwest several times. The slot canyons of Page, Arizona are one of my favorites. You're walking out in the middle of the desert and then drop down into a hole in the ground. The color and light are awesome.

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Day 2: Yosemite National Park, July 2012. While our family was on a 30-day RV trip across the northern part of the United States, Natalie Webb and I detached the van took a quick side trip to Yosemite. I've always been a huge fan of Ansel Adams, so going to visit his studio in Yosemite was definitely a bucket list trip. We were there in the middle of the day, and the light was horrible on most of the places that Adams made famous, but as we were leaving the park that evening I found this really cool sunset shot. I hope to make it back and spend more time there in the future.
 

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Day 3: Torrent Falls, Wolfe County, February 26, 1989. This one goes way back. This was one of the first good photos that I ever took, or that I at least considered a wall hanger. I was shooting pictures for my photography class at Georgetown College, and everything on the contact sheet for this roll of film (for those of you born after 1995, feel free to look up what film is on Wikipedia) was junk, either over exposed or underexposed. But there was this one good picture in the middle of the roll. I was like, "Holy Crap! How did that get there?" Torrent Falls forms a really cool ice-wall several feet tall when the temperatures drop below freezing for several days. I shot it from behind the falls. I remember the exact date because later that night I went to Rupp Arena and saw Bon Jovi in concert. With words like Bon Jovi and film, I've really dated myself.

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Day 4: Indian Shores, Florida, July 7, 2006. When ever a thunderstorm rolls in on your beach vacation, there's only one thing to do...go inside and take a nap! But, before nap time, I hung out with the pelicans and grabbed few shots as this storm was coming in across the water.


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Day 5: Grand Canyon, Arizona, March 1996. One of the highlights of my life was three backpacking trips to the Grand Canyon during the mid-1990s. They were sponsored as EKU wellness trips and lead by former EKU professor Wayne Jennings. We would drop over on Sunday morning smelling good, and hike back out Thursday, stinking really bad. My Dad went with me on the first trip in 1996. Mom and Dad both made the second trip in 1997. Natalie Webb was set to go in 1997, but was pregnant with our first child Nolan Webb. All four of us made the third trip in 1999, as Dad and I went rim to rim that year. I'm very proud to say that I've hiked over 100 miles in the Grand Canyon. But the best part of all, was making and meeting a lot of life-long friends from the group of people that went on these trips.

This was one of the first photos that I took actually down in the Canyon, along the South Kaibab Trail, March of 1996.


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Day 6: Chimney Rock, Red River Gorge, August 8, 2004.

A nature photography challenge wouldn't be complete without a photo from the Red River Gorge. The funny thing is, I grew up not from there in Clay City but hardly ever went when I was younger. Then after I moved to Richmond I spent a few years going back and photographing it whenever I could. I shot that whole project on slide film, so technically it was the last time I ever used film. The last day I shot up there, April 21, 2006, I had half of a role left in my camera, so I decided to keep it instead of developing it, since I knew it would probably be my last roll of film ever, and it was.

One of the golden rules of nature photography is that bad weather makes for great pictures. I went to the Gorge one evening with my friends Chris Radcliffe and Karen Lynn. Right as we got on the Mountain Parkway it started raining. We went on and when it finally quit raining a big heavy fog set in. I shot it pretty hard, then packed up to go back to the car. Then out of nowhere, as the sun set, all of the white fog turned pink. It only lasted a few minutes, and I don't think I have ever unpacked my equipment as fast as I did that night because I knew it wouldn't last long.

 

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Day 7: McGlone Creek, Carter County. I saved my favorite place for the last day. This is my farm in Carter County, where my Mom and her four brothers were raised (technically they lived up the road, but in my eyes it's all the same farm.) The little house is where my grandfather was raised, and is now my deer-hunting shack, where we stand around eating bologna sandwiches and Vienna Sausages, and laugh at the same old deer stories that we told last year, and the year before that. Somebody once commented that this picture reminded them of the Little House on the Prairie. I'll take that!

The second photo is actually on my uncle's portion of the farm, but it's good example of how a bad day deer hunting can always be salvaged with a photograph. I don't think I have ever been hunting without a camera.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/4/the-nature-challenge Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:49:30 GMT
State Swimming & Diving https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/3/state-swimming-diving Here a few shots from this year's KHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships a few weeks ago in Louisville. As I do the different state tournaments each year, I love the slogans that each one has. I saw a shirt this year at swimming and diving that said, "Try doing your sport while holding your breath!"

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/3/state-swimming-diving Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:55:53 GMT
State Wrestling https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/2/state-wrestling I always love shooting state wrestling each year in February. It's without a doubt the most intense sport I've ever seen. And, the state meet practically goes non-stop for two days. You can see from the photo at the bottom of this post that wrestling is my biggest gear event of the year. It takes 8 lights and 9 remotes to light four mats and the awards area, which takes about two hours to set up and tear back down.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/2/state-wrestling Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:29:11 GMT
Chamber Day https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/2/chamber-day Kentucky Chamber's Chamber Day always kicks off the new year for me. This year was over 1,500 whos-who from Kentucky's political and business scene, gathered at Heritage Hall in Lexington for a political roasting of the legislative leadership and the governor, to kick off the 2016 General Assembly.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/2/chamber-day Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:05:07 GMT
Hemp Production in Kentucky https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/1/hemp-production-in-kentucky Here is my cover shot from this month's Kentucky Living, on Hemp Production in Kentucky. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Tim Webb A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/1/hemp-production-in-kentucky Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:30:59 GMT
Governor Bevin's Personal Photographer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/1/governor-bevins-personal-photographer I had the pleasure to serve as Gov. Matt Bevin's personal photographer at his inauguration back in December. It was a 27-hour treadmill, that gave me a front row seat to a piece of Kentucky history. One of the highlights came several days later when First Lady Glenna Bevin sent word to me that her favorite photo was a really nice candid moment that I captured of her and the governor dancing in the rotunda that evening after the Grand March. My favorite photo(s) were the ones of Gov. Bevin looking out the archway of the capitol, with the light on his face before the public swearing-in ceremony, along with Chief Justice Menton, and Gov. Beshear.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2016/1/governor-bevins-personal-photographer Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:03:40 GMT
Psych! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/psych Tim Webb Photography, Kentucky, Corporate, Commercial & Editorial PhotographerTim Webb Photography, Kentucky, Corporate, Commercial & Editorial PhotographerPhoto by Tim Webb With all this talk about Pitino and the post-game crowd at Rupp this past Saturday, it reminds me of a photo that I took after the 2008 game. A fan in the student section came over to the rail, with his hand held out, like he wanted a high-five, and kept yelling, enthusiastically (as if he liked him), “Coach Pitino, Coach Pitino!” As Pitino walked by and held out his hand, the fan pulled his hand back and yelled, “Psych!”

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/psych Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:00:51 GMT
What Mankind Left Behind: Shirts in the Wind https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/what-mankind-left-behind-shirts-in-the-wind Photo by Tim Webb I used to do an on-going photo series called What Mankind Left Behind. The rules were it had to include things that were man made, abandoned, and once part of someone's livelihood. I even had a collection of it hanging in EKU's Library for several years. While I've gotten away from it, I saw something a few weeks ago on my way back home from Clay City along KY Hwy. 82 that I couldn't pass up. It was an old house that has been abandoned for several years, and it is finally starting to fall in. The front walls have fallen down, exposing some clothes that were hanging on the second floor, like they were put there yesterday. It's just another example of how time marches on, with or without us!

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/what-mankind-left-behind-shirts-in-the-wind Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:35:54 GMT
R.I.P. 457 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/r-i-p-457 Covering a funeral is always hard, but it was an honor and a pleasure to document the funeral, and events leading up to the funeral, of Richmond Police officer Daniel Ellis for his family, knowing that much of that day would "be a blur."

Kentucky State Police investigate the scene of a shooting where a Richmond police officer was shot Wednesday morning, November 4, 2015.
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Kentucky State Police trooper Robert Purdy talks to the media about a shooting that involved a Richmond police officer Wednesday morning, November 4, 2015, at 517 Ballard Drive, in Richmond.
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James Winkler looks on from his Ballard Drive apartment in Richmond, while Kentucky State Police hold a news conference about a shooting that involved a Richmond police officer, Wednesday morning, November 4, 2015.
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Former Richmond police officer Joe Johnson, left, now with the Berea Police, cries in the arms of Richmond police officer Josh Petry. A prayer vigil was held Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department, in honor of officer Daniel Ellis, who was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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Local law enforcement officers from Madison County are the center of a prayer vigil, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department, in honor of officer Daniel Ellis, who was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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Local law enforcement officers from Madison County are the center of a prayer vigil, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department, in honor of officer Daniel Ellis, who was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day. The group was gathered around Ellis' cruiser.
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Several hundred people, including police and emergency officials from Madison County, hold a prayer vigil around the police cruiser of Richmond police officer Daniel Ellis, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department. Ellis was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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Derek Thomas, a sergeant with the Madison County Sheriff's Department, consoles Krista Farthing during a prayer vigil for Richmond police officer Daniel Ellis, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department. Ellis was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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Several hundred people, including police and emergency officials from Madison County, hold a prayer vigil around the police cruiser of Richmond police officer Daniel Ellis, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department. Ellis was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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Richmond Police Officer Donovan Nolan, center, stands with his head bowed, during a prayer vigil for fellow officer Daniel Ellis, Wednesday night, November 4, 2015, in front of the Richmond Police Department. Ellis was shot in the line of duty earlier in the day.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/12/r-i-p-457 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:51:51 GMT
All Systems Failure: UK vs. Tennessee https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/all-systems-failure-uk-vs-tennessee Here are a few shots from Kentucky's lackluster performance against Tennessee Saturday night.

Kentucky's Patrick Towles takes a hard hit in the second half from Tennessee's Todd Kelly Jr. Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
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Kentucky Coach Mark Stoops looks at the scoreboard in the first half against Tennessee Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Jabari Greenwood fumbles against Tennessee's Max Arnold Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Dorian Baker makes an acrobatic catch over Tennessee's Cameron Sutton Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Courtney Miggins makes a tackle against Tennessee's John Kelly Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Tennessee quarterback hands off to Jalen Hurd in the second half against Kentucky Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Mikel Horton is upended by the Tennessee defense in the second half Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
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Kentucky running back Mikel Horton runs against Tennessee in the first half Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Tennessee quarterback throws a 75-yard touchdown to Josh Malone in the first half against Kentucky Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Patrick Towles runs for a touchdown in the first half against Tennessee's LaDarrell McNeil Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Patrick Towles runs for a touchdown in the frist half against Tennessee Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Kentucky's Boom Williams hurts his arm on a run against Tennessee's Justin Martin in the first half Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Tennessee's Jalen Hurd runs the ball against Kentucky's Mike Edwards Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs runs out of bounds with the ball in the first quarter against Kentucky Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
(October 31, 2015)
Dennis Jones, with the television crew is dressed for Halloween Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/all-systems-failure-uk-vs-tennessee Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:31:16 GMT
American Pharoah Arrives in Lexington https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/american-pharoah-arrives-in-lexington I missed out on the Derby and the Breeders Cup this year, but I did get to spend about 30 seconds, up close and personal with American Pharoah last week when he landed at Bluegrass Airport.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/american-pharoah-arrives-in-lexington Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:05:21 GMT
Fogged In On the Ohio https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/fogged-in-on-the-ohio Every now and then it's both good and fun for the creative brain to put down my Nikons and get creative with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. I had the opportunity to work on a tug boat last week, doing some scenic fall photos of Spurlock Station, but what I got instead of pretty fall colors was a fog bank so thick thick I could barely see anything. So I spent a couple of hours shooting with my phone while I waited for the fog to burn off.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/11/fogged-in-on-the-ohio Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:58:01 GMT
Governor's Debate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/governors-debate I'll be glad when this is over. Here are a few shots from the gubernatorial debate last weekend at EKU's Center for the Arts in Richmond. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Tim Webb A Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/governors-debate Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:32:23 GMT
Baptist Health Richmond Ad Campaign https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/baptist-health-richmond-ad-campaign Here are the end-products of an ad campaign that I shot for Baptist Health Richmond back in the summer, as well as a preview publication on the governor's race for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/baptist-health-richmond-ad-campaign Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:07:13 GMT
Dancing with the Spaniards https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/dancing-with-the-spaniards I was going through some archive work last week and ran across these shots from the Alltech Symposium back in May. These were shots of Kentucky Night at the Horse Park. The group from Spain really knew how to party, and at one point took my camera and made me part of the celebration.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Tim Webb A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/dancing-with-the-spaniards Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:26:24 GMT
If the Glove Fits https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/if-the-glove-fits I liked this shot of a little guy trying on a lineman's glove at the East Kentucky Power Safety Fair back in September. East Kentucky Power takes their safety protocols seriously. They're safety program has become a national model among electric utilities. It's even rubbed off on me and my bad habits at home and on the job. It dawned on me one day that my eyes are the most important tool that I have as a photographer, and that I need to protect them. I can always buy new cameras, but I can't buy a new set of eyes. So I now keep safety glasses with me all the time and actual use them.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/10/if-the-glove-fits Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:55:51 GMT
Kentucky Living Magazine Work https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/kentucky-living-magazine-work I've had a busy year with Kentucky Living Magazine. The best thing about working for Kentucky's largest publication is that I get to travel all over this gorgeous state of ours, meeting and photographing some very interesting people.




 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Tim Webb A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/kentucky-living-magazine-work Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:10:26 GMT
Hope https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/hope About twice a year I get to be involved with an organization called Flashes of Hope. It's where professional photographers can donate their time to do portraits of kids with cancer or other diseases that require them to be in the hospital or receive treatments at the hospital. I did it several years at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, but starting last year, I've been working with the Lexington Chapter at the UK Children's Hospital. It's a very rewarding experience to say the least!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/hope Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:17:13 GMT
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/rowan-county-clerk-kim-davis Regardless of how you feel about Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, gay marriage, and the United States Supreme Court, one thing is certain, Kentucky is in the middle of monumental history right now. Here are some images that I shot for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Gay rights activist Hexie Mefford protests outside the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead Tuesday morning, against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue marriage licenses.
(September 1, 2015)
Mike Reynolds of Morehead, waives the Christian Flag outside the Rowan County Courthouse, in support of county clerk Kim Davis.
(September 1, 2015)
David Moore argues with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis after her office denied a marriage license for him and his partner David Ermold, Tuesday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse.
(September 1, 2015)
Gay rights supporters demonstrated outside the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, argues with David Moore and David Ermold, after they were denied a marriage license at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 1, 2015)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis argues with David Moore and David Ermold, after they were denied a marriage license at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 1, 2015)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, goes back to her office after arguing with David Moore and David Ermold, after they were denied a marriage license at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
David Moore hugs a supporter in the Rowan County Clerk's office, after he and his partner David Ermold were denied a marriage license by county clerk Kim Davis' office Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
Supporters of Kim Davis chant in support of the Rowan County Clerk after Davis denied marriage licenses to two same sex couples Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
Supporters of Kim Davis chant in support of the Rowan County Clerk after Davis denied marriage licenses to two same sex couples Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
David Fletcher of Mount Vernon, stands in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis outside the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
Gay rights activists rally against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in front of the courthouse Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis speaks to the media at the front of the courthouse Monday morning, saying she will not interfere with her deputy clerks, but she will not personally issue or authorize marriage licenses.
(September 14, 2015)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis speaks to the media at the front of the courthouse Monday morning, saying she will not interfere with her deputy clerks, but she will not personally issue or authorize marriage licenses.
(September 14, 2015)
Rusty Thomas, with Operation Save America of Waco, Texas, rallies the crowd in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis Monday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 14, 2015)
Rusty Thomas, with Operation Save America of Waco, Texas, rallies the crowd in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis Monday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 14, 2015)
Alan Hoyle of Charlotte, North Carolina, rallied with several others in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis Monday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 14, 2015)
April Miller, left, and Karen Roberts, center, are denied a marriage license by Rowan County Deputy Clerk Kim Russell Tuesday morning.
(September 1, 2015)

Rowan County Sheriff Matt Sparks talks with David Moore, center, about the legal possibilities after Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' office denied Moore and his partner David Ernold a marriage license.
(September 1, 2015)

Dan Holman of Keokuk, Iowa, and Nancy McFarland of Coshocton, Ohio, demonstrate outside the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Monday morning.
(September 14, 2015)

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was back to work in her office Monday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 14, 2015)
A bumper sticker in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis outside the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead.
(September 14, 2015)
Shannon, left, and Carmen Wampler-Collins conduct an interview with CNN before receiving their marriage license at the Rowan County Courthouse.
(September 14, 2015)

  

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/9/rowan-county-clerk-kim-davis Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:52:53 GMT
A Wild Night to be a Kentucky Republican https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/5/a-wild-night-to-be-a-kentucky-republican It was a wild and emotional night for Republican gubernatorial candidate James Comer. At first he was in third place and down 10,000 votes in Tuesday's primary election. Then he came back with 99 percent of the vote in to go up by 30 votes. 30 votes in a state-wide election, only to eventually lose by 83 votes to Matt Bevin. Needless to say it was a roller coaster of a night for him and his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort. Here are a few shots that I did covering it for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Oh...and for all his supporters who hate the CJ, don't kill the messenger. I'm just a freelancer from Richmond. 

Shadows are cast on a James Comer campaign sign in the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort, as supporters wait for results on the governor's race Tuesday night.
(May 19, 2015)
Hannah Mann celebrates as James Comer made a comeback against Matt Bevin, before eventually losing by 83 votes in Tuesday night's Republican gubernatorial primary. Comer said he will seek a re-canvas.
(May 19, 2015)
Bob Heleringer, center, reacts as James Comer made a comeback against Matt Bevin, before eventually losing by 83 votes in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Comer said he will ask for a re-canvas.
(May 19, 2015)
Bob Heleringer hugs former state representative Lonnie Napier after James Comer made a comeback against Matt Bevin in Tuesday night's gubernatorial primary. Comer would eventually lose by 83 votes but is seeking a re-canvas.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer supporters Hannah Mann, left, and Anna and John Pitcock Bob Heleringer, celebrate as James Comer made a comeback against Matt Bevin, before eventually losing by 83 votes in Tuesday night's Republican gubernatorial primary. Comer said he will seek a re-canvas.
(May 19, 2015)
Bob Heleringer, center, reacts as James Comer made a comeback against Matt Bevin, before eventually losing by 83 votes in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Comer said he will ask for a re-canvas.
(May 19, 2015)
Oldham County Judge Executive David Voegele and his wife Mary Lee celebrate during Tuesday's gubernatorial primary, as James Comer made a big comeback against Matt Bevin. Bevin eventually won by 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer speaks to his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort Tuesday night, saying he will ask for a re-canvas after losing to Matt Bevin by only 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer speaks to his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort Tuesday night, saying he will ask for a re-canvas after losing to Matt Bevin by only 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer speaks to his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort Tuesday night, saying he will ask for a re-canvas after losing to Matt Bevin by only 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer speaks to his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort Tuesday night, saying he will ask for a re-canvas after losing to Matt Bevin by only 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)
James Comer speaks to his supporters at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort Tuesday night, saying he will ask for a re-canvas after losing to Matt Bevin by only 83 votes.
(May 19, 2015)

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/5/a-wild-night-to-be-a-kentucky-republican Fri, 22 May 2015 16:33:17 GMT
A Most Memorable Season https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/4/a-most-memorable-season Here are a few images from UK's incredible run this year. We may have lost a heart breaker on the edge of perfection, but one thing is certain, UK is once again relevant!

Kentucky vs. Missouri
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Kentucky vs. Auburn
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Kentucky vs. Auburn
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Kentucky vs. Auburn
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Kentucky vs. Auburn
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Kentucky vs. Missouri
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2015/4/a-most-memorable-season Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:49:56 GMT
2014 KHSAA Sweet 16 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-sweet-16 Covington Catholic players, and fans, storm their way to the state title. 

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Scott and Kyle Bottoms become the first father and son duo to officiate a Sweet 16 game together.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-sweet-16 Mon, 05 May 2014 15:06:46 GMT
Kentucky vs. Louisville Baseball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/kentucky-vs-louisville-baseball Louisville's Kyle Gibson (14) celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run homerun in the second inning against Kentucky.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky pitcher Dylan Dwyer started Tuesday against Louisville.
(April 1, 2014)
Louisville Assistant Coach Kyle Cheesebrough talks to Logan Taylor at first base during the top of the second against Kentucky.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky's Micheal Thomas celebrates with teammates after scoring against Louisville in the second inning.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky's Thomas Bernal is tagged out at home plate by Louisville's Kyle Gibson in the bottom of the fifth inning.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky's Thomas Bernal is tagged out at home plate by Louisville's Kyle Gibson in the bottom of the fifth inning.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky's JaVon Shelby waits for a late throw as Louisville's Grant Kay slides into second in the top of the third inning.
(April 1, 2014)
Kentucky's Thomas Bernal (46), right, celebrates with teammates at home plate, after hitting a three-run homerun against Louisville in the bottom of the fourth inning.
(April 1, 2014)
Louisville's Grant Kay hits a single in the fifth inning against Kentucky, but was later thrown out at the plate.
(April 1, 2014)
Grant Kay is tagged out at the plate in the fifth inning by Kentucky's Micheal Thomas.
(April 1, 2014)
Several hundred fans turned out to watch Kentucky and Louisville play at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
(April 1, 2014)

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/kentucky-vs-louisville-baseball Mon, 05 May 2014 15:05:41 GMT
2014 KHSAA State Archery https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-archery Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-archery Mon, 05 May 2014 14:45:13 GMT
NCAA Selection Sunday with EKU https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/ncaa-selection-sunday-with-eku The EKU Colonels celebrated when their name was announced on CBS, during their Selection Sunday Celebration at the EKU Center for the Arts, Sunday, March 16, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
EKU's Tarius Johnson, left, and Orlando Williams, right, wait to see where the Colonels will play in the NCAA Tournament, during the Selection Sunday Celebration at the EKU Center for the Arts, Sunday, March 16, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
EKU Coach Jeff Neubauer celebrates with his wife Karen, during the Selection Sunday Celebration at the EKU Center for the Arts, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The Colonels will play Kansas in the opening round in St. Louis.
Photo by Tim Webb
EKU Cheerleader Leah Thomas cheers as the Colonel basketball team is introduced, Sunday, March 16, 2014, during the Selection Sunday Celebration at the EKU Center for the Arts.
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EKU President Michael Benson gives the Eastern sign during the Selection Sunday celebration at the EKU Center for the Arts, as the Colonels learned their destiny in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 16, 2014.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/ncaa-selection-sunday-with-eku Mon, 05 May 2014 14:35:30 GMT
2014 KHSAA State Swimming & Diving https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-swimming-diving Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-swimming-diving Mon, 05 May 2014 14:30:02 GMT
2014 KHSAA State Wrestling https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-wrestling This is by-far the most intense state tournament that I cover each year.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/5/2014-khsaa-state-wrestling Mon, 05 May 2014 14:21:14 GMT
The 2014 All-A Classic https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/4/the-2014-all-a-classic This year's tournament in January was an anniversary of sorts. I've been covering the All-A Classic for Touchstone Energy for 10 years. It was one of the first jobs that I did when I left Eastern Kentucky University to go out on my own in January 2004.

 

GLASGOW VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSGLASGOW VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSLouisville Holy Cross's Emily Alexander shoots over Glasgow's Bree Glover, during the opening round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb

SAYRE VS. LESLIE COUNTYSAYRE VS. LESLIE COUNTYSayre's Hannah Brady shoots against Leslie County, during the opening round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb

HARLAN VS. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTSHARLAN VS. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTSUniversity Heights' DeNayia Holmes shoots over Harlan's Jordan Brock, during the opening round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
BISHOP BROSSART VS. MORGAN COUNTYBISHOP BROSSART VS. MORGAN COUNTYMorgan County's Montana Cheek (10) and Bishop Brossart's Madison Eisenman (12), fight for a loose ball, during the opening round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
ELLIOTT COUNTY VS. LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMYELLIOTT COUNTY VS. LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMYLexington Christian Academy's Trevor Hill shoots over Elliott County's Logan Nickell, during the opening round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Thursday, January 30, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSUNIVERSITY HEIGHTS VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSUniversity Height's Lamontas Johnson shoots around Louisville Holy Cross' Dominique Mack, during the opening round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Thursday, January 30, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
BETSY LAYNE VS. GLASGOWBETSY LAYNE VS. GLASGOWBetsy Layne Head Coach William Newsome gives his team instructions, during the opening round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Thursday, January 30, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
CORDIA VS. CARROLL COUNTYCORDIA VS. CARROLL COUNTYCordia's Anthony Tagaloa grabs a rebound against Carroll County, during the opening round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Thursday, January 30, 2014.
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CORDIA VS. CARROLL COUNTYCORDIA VS. CARROLL COUNTYCarroll County's Jacob Wise lands in press-row after chasing a loose ball against Cordia, during the opening round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Thursday, January 30, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. TRIMBLE COUNTYNEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. TRIMBLE COUNTYTrimble County's Erin Gonterman scrambles for a loose ball with Alexus Mayes, left, and Stephanie Lewis, right, of Newport Central Catholic, during the quarterfinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
BISHOP BROSSART VS. DANVILLEBISHOP BROSSART VS. DANVILLEDanville Head Coach Judie Mason pleads her case with Referee Jamie Gatewood, during the quarterfinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
BISHOP BROSSART VS. DANVILLEBISHOP BROSSART VS. DANVILLEDanville's NeNe Chenault and Morgan Verst fight for a loose ball, during the quarterfinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
Bishop Brossart's Sarah Futscher, center, is consoled by teammates, Abby King, left, and Abby Stadtmiller, right, after blowing a sizable lead, losing to Danville 60-58, during the quarterfinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSLEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSSLouisville Holy Cross' Aaron Stahl grabs a rebound over Matt Rose of Lexington Christian Academy, during the quarterfinal round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
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Green County's Dominique Compton drives the lane against Newport Central Catholic's Grant Moeves, during the quarterfinal round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Friday, January 31, 2014.
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NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLENEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLEDanville's Cameron McPherson shoots around Ansley Davenport (3), left, and Stephanie Lewis (12), during the semifinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Saturday, February 1, 2014.
Photo by Cameron Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLENEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLEDanville Head Coach Judie Mason celebrates with assistant principal Wade Stanfield after beating Newport Central Catholic 71-59, during the semifinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Saturday, February 1, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLENEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. DANVILLEDanville's Cameron McPherson (12) celebrates with Essence Grey (22), after beating Newport Central Catholic 71-55, during the semifinal round of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Saturday, February 1, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLICLEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLICNewport Central Catholic's Zach Pangallo shoots over Lexington Christian Academy's Matt Rose, during the semifinal round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Saturday, February 1, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLICLEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLICLexington Christian Academy's Trevor Hill walks off the court after losing to Newport Central Catholic 78-49, during the semifinal round of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Saturday, February 1, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
GLASGOW VS. DANVILLEGLASGOW VS. DANVILLEGlasgow's Allie Champan, right, and Danville's NeNe Chenault collide at mid-court, during the finals of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
during the finals of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
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GLASGOW VS. DANVILLEGLASGOW VS. DANVILLEGlasgow's Shalika Smith, left, and Bree Glover, right, celebrate after beating Danville 53-43, during the finals of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
GLASGOW VS. DANVILLEGLASGOW VS. DANVILLETournament MVP Shalika Smith holds the championship trophy after beating Danville 53-43, during the finals of the girls Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIANEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIACordia's Christen Cunningham is fouled by Newport Central Catholic's Ben Weyer, during the finals of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIANEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIANewport Central Catholic assistant coach Jimmy Pangallo kisses his nephew Zach after beating Cordia 72-61, during the finals of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Photo by Tim Webb
NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIANEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. CORDIANewport Central Catholic's Tanner Moeves, left, and Jacob Smith, right, kiss the championship trophy after beating Cordia 72-61, during the finals of the boys Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, in Frankfort, Sunday, February 2, 2014.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/4/the-2014-all-a-classic Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:01:44 GMT
The Alltech Celebration of Song Christmas Concert https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/the-alltech-celebration-of-song-christmas-concert Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/the-alltech-celebration-of-song-christmas-concert Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:56:26 GMT
State Competitive Cheer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/state-competitive-cheer Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

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My former high school classmate Donna Bliss Perkins, second from left, helped lead the Letcher County Central squad to third place in the medium category. 


A selfie with Allan Hisle of First String Media.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/state-competitive-cheer Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:51:29 GMT
The Faces of Lung Cancer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/the-faces-of-lung-cancer I first started working on The Faces of Lung Cancer project for the Kentucky Cancer Program back in June. I photographed nine lung cancer survivors all over this part of the state, from Monticello, to Hazard, Grayson, Flemingsburg, Morehead, Florence, Lexington, Salyersville, and Corbin. I did a similar project in 2010 with colon cancer survivors, in which I shot environmental photos in color. This time I did black and white studio shots. The exhibit was officially opened on December 9th at the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/the-faces-of-lung-cancer Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:37:18 GMT
Alltech National Horse Show https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/alltech-national-horse-show Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2014/1/alltech-national-horse-show Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:22:21 GMT
EKU Volleyball Poster https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/eku-volleyball-poster  It had been a long time since working on an EKU athletic poster, but I was asked to work on the volleyball poster this year.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/eku-volleyball-poster Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:54:25 GMT
USAA/American Legion Ad Campaign https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/usaa-american-legion-ad-campaign This job sort of came out of nowhere back in the September. I hooked up with Campbell Ewald, an ad agency out of Detroit, and USAA Insurance out of San Antonio, to photograph a family of veterans in Louisville. It was part of a campaign that produced a magazine wrap that would go around the January issue of the American Legion Magazine.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/usaa-american-legion-ad-campaign Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:51:01 GMT
East Kentucky Power Line Crew https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/east-kentucky-power-line-crew I love when I get the chance to photograph electric utility line crews on the job for East Kentucky Power or some of the state's electric cooperatives. Here is a shoot that I did back in the fall with the Bardstown Crew.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/east-kentucky-power-line-crew Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:16:00 GMT
Big Blue Madness https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/big-blue-madness I had never shot Big Blue Madness before this year, usually because I'm in Carter County hunting. But I was able to do it this year. It turned out to be a Murphy's Law night for me. The light was beautiful, but constantly changing. I had an 8:30 deadline, which was about 10 minutes into the men's gig. The internet wouldn't work on my laptop, which suddenly turned transmitting to Louisville into a nightmare. My phone died in the middle of it. There were no numbers on the front of the jerseys, so I couldn't identify half of them, which is a big deal with a Calipari team because they're all new! Then try throwing the Harrison twins into that mix! UK didn't pass out roster cards, and with no internet I wasn't sure how to spell some of their names, once I figured out who they were. But hey...no complaints from me. Very happy to be there!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/12/big-blue-madness Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:09:58 GMT
Kentucky vs. Florida https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/10/kentucky-vs-florida Kentucky's Hunter Joyer misses a tackle against Florida's Trey Burton in the first half. Florida won 24-7.
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Kentucky's Jojo Kemp is wrapped up by Florida's Antonio Morrison (3), left, in the second half. Florida won 24-7.
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Joker got a warm welcome from his former players at the end of the game. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/10/kentucky-vs-florida Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:41:54 GMT
The 2013 Honor Flight https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/10/the-2013-honor-flight We were lucky to get the Honor Flight in this year before the government shutdown. But if we had gone after the shutdown, maybe we could have been one of the groups to break through the barriers and go in anyway. As usual, this is always one of my favorite assignments each year. I appreciate Touchstone Energy bringing me along each year. I love hearing the stories that these men have to tell from their place and time in World War II, and I love being a small part of their trip to Washington DC, to see the Memorials that have been built in their honor.

 It all starts in the Louisville Airport early that morning, and ends about 14 hours later.

The reception at the Baltimore Washington International Airport is always a surprise for the vets.

Several of these active duty service men and women drove 12 hours from Ft. Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia, just to greet The Honor Flight vets as they got off the plane in Baltimore. Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The whole day is a great experience. But the Homecoming Parade, with about 300 people in the concourse at the Louisville Airport, tops it all off. It's something that will make even the toughest of men cry. These, and all vets fight for a cause. The Homecoming Parade symbolizes what they fight for.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/10/the-2013-honor-flight Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:28:00 GMT
Natalie's 40th Birthday Video https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/natalies-40th-birthday-video My wife Natalie celebrated her 40th Birthday on Labor Day. Here is a little video that I put together of her first 40 years.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/natalies-40th-birthday-video Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:28:27 GMT
Kentucky vs. Louisville https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/kentucky-vs-louisville It was a beautiful day for football as Kentucky hosted Louisville. It certainly could've been worse, but in a lot of ways, Kentucky held their own against their brothers to the west, only losing 27-13.

Louisville's DeVante Parker scores a touchdown against Kentucky's Eric Dixon, left, and Fred Tiller, right.
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Kentucky's Jordan Aumiller, left, celebrates with Alexander Montgomery, after scoring the Wildcat's only touchdown against Louisville.
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Louisville coach Charlie Strong took a 10-3 lead into halftime against Kentucky.
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Louisville's Senorise Perry rushes against Kentucky's Mister Cobble, during the second half.
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Senorise Perry (32), left, celebrates with DeVante Parker after scoring Louisville's first touchdown in the first half against Kentucky.
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UK and UL fans celebrating before the game.
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UK and UL fans celebrating before the game.
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UK and UL fans celebrating before the game.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/kentucky-vs-louisville Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:14:57 GMT
Publication Covers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/publication-covers Here are a few of the cover shots that I've created for various publications this year. The plastic surgery shoot was particularly fun because while I do a lot of healthcare photography, this was my first time to shoot a live surgery. It was small scale compared to some procedures, but it was still fun to gown and glove up for it.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/publication-covers Fri, 13 Sep 2013 03:01:56 GMT
Convocation at Berea Collge https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/convocation-at-berea-collge Take what I said about New Student Days at EKU, and then ditto it with the Convocation at Berea College, which I usually shoot a week later. Madison County, Kentucky is truly blessed with quality and unique higher education!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/convocation-at-berea-collge Fri, 13 Sep 2013 02:51:15 GMT
New Student Days at EKU https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/new-student-days-at-eku One thing about it, shooting for a university helps keep you young at heart. I was the University Photographer at Eastern Kentucky University for nearly 10 years. I loved it every year when a fresh set of faces would roll onto campus each fall, and would start the process over again. I still get to go back and cover New Student Days each year in August for Eastern. It's always a fun week.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/new-student-days-at-eku Fri, 13 Sep 2013 02:35:12 GMT
Baptist Health Ad Campaign https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/baptist-health-ad-campaign This is a series of photos that I did for Baptist Health Richmond and Baptist Health Corbin, showing the economic impact that the two hospitals have on their community. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/baptist-health-ad-campaign Thu, 12 Sep 2013 23:40:05 GMT
Toyota State Fair Ad Campaign https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/toyota-state-fair-ad-campaign I shot these photos for Toyota's booth at the State Fair this summer. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/toyota-state-fair-ad-campaign Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:12:28 GMT
Flashes of Hope https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/flashes-of-hope God has truly blessed me as a photographer, in more ways than I can begin to mention here. About once a year, I get the opportunity to give back with my God-given skills, to a national organization called Flashes of Hope. I get to do portraits of kids who have cancer at Kosair Childrens Hospital in Louisville, totally free of charge. The only profit margin with this assignment is felt in my heart, not my wallet. I've been doing this since 2007, and it's a life altering experience each time that I'm there. I leave with a heavy heart, but also with the realization of how lucky I am to have three healthy kids waiting on me when I get back home in Richmond. This July was a first, because I was able to take one of those kids, my oldest, Nolan, to help pack equipment and experience the day. 

Nolan volunteered his services by being a test subject for the light, and a pack mule for all my equipment.


 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/flashes-of-hope Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:21:50 GMT
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/kentucky-chamber-of-commerce-economic-summit The political/history buff in me loves shooting the Economic Summit and Annual Meeting for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber always brings in an A-List of political speakers like Bob Woodward, James Carville and Mary Matalin, George Will, and Tim Russert, before he died. This year's speaker was former adviser of several presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and current CNN political analyst David Gergen. You don't notice it while he's sitting behind a desk on air, but he's a pretty tall guy. I also really like shooting this conference because anyone who is a Who's Who in Kentucky politics, education, and business, is in attendance. It makes for an interesting crowd.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/9/kentucky-chamber-of-commerce-economic-summit Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:39:11 GMT
UK Football Media Day https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/8/uk-football-media-day Although the season won't officially kick off for a few more weeks, first-year coach Mark Stoops and the boys are in town and getting ready for the 2013 season.

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/8/uk-football-media-day Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:16:58 GMT
Spillunking https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/8/spillunking I had the fun assignment of shooting The Wild Cave Tour at Mammoth Cave National Park for Kentucky Living back in December. Here are a few images from that trip. 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/8/spillunking Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:31:40 GMT
The Faces of Lung Cancer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-faces-of-lung-cancer I've worked on projects with the Kentucky Cancer program for the last three years. In 2010 we created a photo exhibit of Colon Cancer survivors, and this year we did survivors of Lung Cancer. The exhibit will be out in November, but until then here is a nice candid shot that I took of Willard Martin and his wife in Monticello.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-faces-of-lung-cancer Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:58:33 GMT
Baptist Health Richmond https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/baptist-health-richmond Baptist Health Richmond now has the latest and greatest heart cath lab in the state of Kentucky. I love shooting techy-looking stuff in hospitals.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/baptist-health-richmond Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:47:35 GMT
State Baseball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/state-baseball-3 I never made it to the state tournament as a player, but I now love shooting the tournament each year in June for KHSAA. Watching the winning team celebrate on the field and hearing the songs "Don't Stop Believing," and "We Are the Champions," never gets old. Congrats to PRP on their championship. Them and Mercer County gave us a great extra-inning final. 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/state-baseball-3 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:47:53 GMT
Saint Joseph Hospital Maternity Fair https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/saint-joseph-hospital-maternity-fair

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/saint-joseph-hospital-maternity-fair Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:46:04 GMT
The Kentucky Bar Association's 2013 Convention https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-kentucky-bar-associations-2013-convention-3 I work a lot of conferences in May and June. One of my favorite is the Kentucky Bar Association because of the speakers they bring. This year the Bar had former Bush Administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, talking about the legal events surrounding 9-11. This year's line up also included attorney's Ted Olson and David Boies, who worked against each other during Gore vs. Bush in 2000, but came together, representing Proposition 8, winning in the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down DOMA.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-kentucky-bar-associations-2013-convention-3 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:40:59 GMT
Special Olympics https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/special-olympics This was my first year covering the Special Olympics state tournament in Richmond for Touchstone Energy. It's easy to take an event like this for granted, but this was truly a highlight-of-the-year for some of these folks. Natalie and I briefly kept her special needs brother this spring. I realized during that time how easy it is to take for granted the things that we do routinely everyday, until you have to help someone else do those same simple tasks. The Special Olympics came on the heals that experience, and was good timing for me and my point-of-view on life. It gave me a whole new appreciation for people with special needs.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/special-olympics Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:39:18 GMT
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers 2013 Energy Summit https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/kentucky-association-of-manufacturers-2013-energy-summit

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/kentucky-association-of-manufacturers-2013-energy-summit Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:23:46 GMT
Electric Co-ops https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/electric-co-ops A lot of my work derives in some form or fashion from the state's electric cooperatives that make up Touchstone Energy. Mostly it's for East Kentucky Power, the company that provides the power for the co-ops, or Kentucky Living Magazine. But sometimes it's for the co-ops themselves, such as ad campaigns, or their annual meetings in the spring. The co-op annual meetings are like a country fair for their members, and becomes a feature hunt for a photographer.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/electric-co-ops Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:05:32 GMT
Hipstamatic Photos of Washington DC https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/hipstamatic-photos-of-washington-dc I was in Washington DC in June with Kentucky Living Magazine to photograph Kentucky kids on the Washington Youth Tour. We did the shoot on Father's Day in front of the Lincoln Memorial. I hung out Saturday with editor Paul Wesslund, as we did some sight seeing around the city. The history buff in me loves DC and all it has to offer. I spent quite a bit of time at Section 60, one of the newer sections at Arlington Cemetery. It stands out among the other sections because the grief there is fresh. It was different seeing many of the white stones decorated with photos. There are a lot of Vietnam veterans buried there, along with many vets who didn't return from Iraq or Afghanistan. It averages between 25-30 funerals a day.

I saw one thing that really moved me. Seeing the Vietnam Memorial lined from end to end with roses on Father's Day was a touching sight. I also saw two things that I may never see again. The Washington Monument was totally encased with scaffolding, needed to make repairs from a 2011 earthquake. And the eternal flame at JFK's grave has been moved temporarily to repair the original copper lines that feed gas to it.  

As a photographer who shoots with his big boy camera and lenses daily, it's good mental therapy to get away from them and use a my iPhone. I love the Hipstamatic app, and all the effects you can do with it. So everything on my sight-seeing-day was shot with my phone.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/hipstamatic-photos-of-washington-dc Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:22:46 GMT
First Lady Michelle Obama https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/first-lady-michelle-obama First Lady Michelle Obama gave the spring commencement address at Eastern Kentucky University. The Obama Administration chose Eastern because of its commitment to returning veterans. Of course everyone will give you their political opinions when people like this come to town. But I think it's a great moment for any regional university to get a visit from a president, vice president, or a first lady of any political affiliation. Here are some images that I did for the Lexington Herald-Leader.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/first-lady-michelle-obama Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:56:08 GMT
The 2013 Kentucky Derby https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-2013-kentucky-derby It was a wet one at the Derby this year. I didn't make the race because of an accident back home, but I spent most of the day shooting a wet sloppy infield.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-2013-kentucky-derby Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:40:35 GMT
The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-rolex-kentucky-three-day-event Watching the ponies jump at the Kentucky Horse Park!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/7/the-rolex-kentucky-three-day-event Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:59:10 GMT
"Let's Take State" https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/-lets-take-state I just finished round one of this year's state tournaments. This was my second season of shooting for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Last year included several firsts for me, such as photographing wrestling, swimming and diving, and even bowling. This year was my first time covering archery.

And of course the highlight of it all was Ken-Jah Bosley hitting the game-winning shot for Madison Central over Ballard, with 5.4 seconds to play in the championship game of the Boys Sweet 16. Sports photographers live for game winning shots like deer hunters long for trophy deer. I know, because I do both. I got off three frames on the now-famous shot, but the Ballard defenders blocked me out in all three. It was a classic example of being in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Oh well...that's life.

I sat with Herald-Leader photographer Mark Cornelison during part of the Sweet 16. And we pondered the question of why we never hear the phrase anymore, "Let's take state." We never figured out why, but decided if we ever get back to state again, we're going to yell out, "Let's take state!!!"

Wrestling is by-far the most intense sport that I cover. The winning coach always takes the plunge!!! Joe and Denny can teach us all a lesson on perspective. I went to Georgetown my freshman year of college to play baseball. While baseball for me was short-lived, it was still a great experience before I found my permanent home in Richmond, at EKU. While there, I had Happy Osborne as a PE teacher. I was really happy (no pun intended) to see the coach with so much personality and a national championship to boot, coaching on the high school level at the Sweet 16. I really loved this photo of him with his walker on the floor at Rupp, because of a fluke leg injury, working hard on Saturday night to get Montgomery County to the championship game on Sunday. They eventually lost to Ballard 59-55. After the game, I packed up my equipment and was heading home. As the Montgomery County bus rolled away in the background, there sat Happy on his little chair in the dim yellow light of the parking lot behind Rupp, waiting for his ride. I said, "Coach. I doubt you remember me, but I had you as a PE teacher at Georgetown in the Spring of 89." He said, "You got an A, didn't you?" I said, "Yep. I made my 6-minute mile on time." He said, "Well good." I said, "That was a good game tonight coach. Better luck next year."

That was not goal tending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The shot that got away from me. But I nailed his dumb-founded reaction a few seconds later.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/-lets-take-state Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:03 GMT
When Photographers Photograph Photographers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/when-photographers-photograph-photographers It's always awkward when photographers photograph other photographers. The photographer behind the camera is nervous about what the photographer in front of the camera will think about the finished product. And the photographer in front of the camera would be much more comfortable behind the camera.

I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to do a portrait session with Kentucky Nature Photographer Dean Hill at his studio in Moon, Kentucky, in Morgan County. Dean turned the wood from an old tobacco barn that was destroyed by last year's tornado, into a beautiful studio. 

Photo by Dean Hill

Photo by Dean Hill

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/when-photographers-photograph-photographers Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:43:13 GMT
Tornado Outbreak...One Year Later https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/tornado-outbreak-one-year-later I did photos last week on where things are a year after the Tornado Outbreak of 2012. Most of what I shot was in Opossum Hollow in Menifee County. Some of the homes have either been rebuilt or replaced, but there are still several that have not, with the most visible sign from last year's deadly twisters being all the downed trees that line the hillsides and backyards. I heard a lot of sad stories last week, making me realize that I've taken too many bad storms for granted over the years.

An American Flag flaps in the wind on a bathtub pipe, on what's left of the of Jill Adams' house on Opossum Hollow Road in Menifee County. The flag was placed there by a Frenchburg Job Corps volunteer.

Tim Williams describes the 2012 tornado that hit rural Menifee County. Williams and his family survived their house being blown away by laying down in the house's crawl space.

Ralph Davis uses a bandana to block the wind from his mouth that is sensitive after losing all but six teeth in last year's tornado that hit Opossum Hollow Road. Davis is describing the path of the tornado that killed his long time girlfriend Anita Smith.
 
Ralph Davis survived the 2012 tornado that hit Opossum Hollow Road in Menifee County, but his long time girlfriend Anita Smith, seen in the photo on the wall, was killed when their mobile home was blown away in the storm.
 
Davis breaks down crying as he talks about how his long time girlfriend Anita Smith was killed when their mobile home was blown away in the storm.
 
A mobile home was later donated to Ralph Davis.
 
One of Ralph Davis' trucks was blown several hundred feet over a cliff.
 
A memorial is under construction at the Menifee County Courthouse, to commemorate those killed during the 2012 tornados.
 
The community of West Liberty took a direct hit at 5:51 on March 2, 2012. Although the town has a long way to go toward rebuilding, it has come a long way in a year's time. This photo was taken from behind the hospital, Thursday, February 28, 2013. 
 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/3/tornado-outbreak-one-year-later Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:53:50 GMT
Like Father Like Son https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/like-father-like-son My 11-year-old son Cameron has been going with me to the Touchstone Energy All-A Classic since he was in second grade. He asked me for a camera last year, and then this year he made pictures good enough for me to send out to the state's media, along with mine. He got pictures published in the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Cincinnati Enquirer. The Herald-Leader front page had one of his photos along with one of mine. I was really proud of that! In the picture below, he's not smiling because he likes to take pictures, but hates to be in them.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/like-father-like-son Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:55:58 GMT
State Bowling https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/state-bowling I didn't really know what to expect the first time that I shot the state bowling tournament in 2012. From a photographer's point of view it was extremely hard to shoot because nobody ever designed a bowling alley with photography in mind. The light is horrible, but the fans are loud. It's not like bowling that you see on ESPN, where the crowd has to be quiet. The bowlers here have full blown cheering sections that never hush. I think that's why I love shooting high school sports so much. No two tournaments are ever the same. Each sport brings it's own level of excitement and has little nuances that make it unique.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Bowling Kentucky State Tournament https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/state-bowling Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:36:04 GMT
The Thrill of Victory https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/the-thrill-of-victory Sports photography is all about action photos as teams compete, but the true challenge of sports photography is capturing peak action and the game changing moment. Sometimes that moment happens after the game, like this photo of Abby Stadtmiller of Bishop Brossart. Abby hit the game winning shot at the buzzer to beat Frankfort in the quarterfinal round of the Touchstone Energy All-A Classic, January 25, 2013, in Frankfort. It was by far the most compelling moment of the tournament. Abby was fouled hard during the shot, so she is shedding tears of joy and pain.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/2/the-thrill-of-victory Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:24:13 GMT
The Sandman https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2013/1/The-Sandman I did a shoot recently for the Lexington Herald-Leader of Richmond native Joe Castillo and his sand art. Joe did very well with his art this summer on America’s Got Talent.














Joe and his wife Cindy at home in Richmond

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The Honor Flight https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/11/The-Honor-Flight It’s been a while since I updated my Photo Blog. The good reason is… I’ve been busy! My schedule tends to be very predictable each year. September and October kill me in the fall. I deer hunt and rabbit hunt in November through Thanksgiving weekend. I don’t do any shopping on Cyber Monday, but nonetheless Cyber Monday marks a return to normal schedule until February. So although these next few blogs will be a little old, I still want to throw up some of the work I’ve done over the last couple of months.

I’ve had the pleasure of documenting the Honor Flights the past three years for Touchstone Energy. The Honor Flight is a program that flies World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington D.C. to see the memorials that honor them and their service to our country.

There were twenty-five veterans on this year’s trip, and their stories alone were enough to make any reality show on television today pale in comparison (not that reality TV needs any help looking stupid).

One particular vet from Louisville, witnessed not one but four nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific aboard a Navy cruiser in 1951. They were positioned too close to the first detonation and his ship nearly capsized, while having his eye brows singed off during the blast.

Another vet served aboard the same U.S.S. Hornet that launched the Doolittle raids in February 1942. The Hornet was later sunk and he treaded water with a life jacket for 72 hours before he was rescued.

One of the best stories to come out of our trip to D.C. was with Charles Jackson Jr., a vet who now lives in Maysville, but who grew up in Fleming County. A Kentucky man named Frank Sousley helped raise the flag over Iwo Jima, and is immortalized in the famous photo by Joe Rosenthal and at the Marine Corp Memorial. Jackson graduated with Sousley from Fleming County High School in 1939 .

Many of these men never received a parade in honor of their service because they simply returned home in 1946 to places like Salt Lick, Louisville, Maysville, and Somerset, to pick up where life left off in 1941. That’s what makes this trip so special. These men saved the world but are now very feeble and vulnerable. Many of them won’t live to see Christmas. Thousands of WWII Veterans are now dying on a daily basis. I guess life comes full circle after a while. This trip is so special because this was their last hoo rah.

As I write this the week after Thanksgiving, getting the opportunity to share this trip is one of the things that I’m thankful for each year.




Passengers and local military are always there to greet us in the Baltimore Airport.




Each place that we go in Washington or Baltimore has it’s own set of volunteers called the ground crew who help.


This year we even had a police escort for the day.


Senator Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth are usually at the WWII Memorial to greet veterans from all over the country.


The volunteers who go on the trip to help are called Guardians.


Charles Jackson Jr. in front of the Marine Corp Memorial. Kentucky native Frank Sousley
is second from left (carrying the rifle) on the memorial.


These guys love flirting with the airline attendants.


The men receive mail call from friends and family before landing back in Louisville.


The parade of several hundred people waiting on us in the concourse of the Louisville Airport is the highlight of the trip.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/11/The-Honor-Flight Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:11:56 GMT
Round 4 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/10/Round-4 Here are some pics that I did of this year’s Kentucky Wildcats, for the Louisville Courier-Journal during Picture Day, back in September.


Archie Goodwin poses for photos with Photographer Clay Jackson of the Danville Advocate-Messenger,
during the UK Basketball Media day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Nerlens Noel poses for photos during the UK Basketball Media day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Nerlens Noel poses for photos during the UK Basketball Media day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Nerlens Noel poses for photos with Photographer James Crisp during the UK Basketball
Media day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Jon Hood


Julius Mays


Ryan Harrow


Kyle Wiltjer


Ryan Harrow & Kyle Wiltjer


Alex Poythress


Archie Goodwin


Jarrod Polson


Sam Malone

 


Newcomer Alex Poythress throws down a dunk between photos.


 


Newcomers Alex Poythress, left, Julius Mays, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nerlens Noel, and Archie Goodwin, pose for photos during the UK Basketball Picture Day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Newcomers Alex Poythress, left, Julius Mays, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nerlens Noel, and Archie Goodwin, pose for photos during the UK Basketball Picture Day at the Craft Center in Lexington.


Alex Poythress (22), left, Willie Cauley-Stein (15), Archie Goodwin (10), Julius Mays (34), and Nerlens Noel (3)


Julius Mays, left, Alex Poythress, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nerlens Noel, and Archie Goodwin


Julius Mays, left, Alex Poythress, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nerlens Noel, and Archie Goodwin

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/10/Round-4 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:06:58 GMT
Western Beats Kentucky! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Western-Beats-Kentucky Here are some images that I shot for the Louisville Courier-Journal, of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers stunning Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium, on a flea flicker in overtime.

Chuck Franks celebrates with the Western mascot after beating UK 31-32 in Lexington.

Western's Antonio Andrews (5) and Andrew Jackson (4) run toward their fans after beating UK in overtime 32-31.

Terran Williams celebrates in the stands with the Western fans after beating UK 32-31.

Coach Willie Taggart hugs Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell after beating UK in Lexington, 32-31.

Coach Willie Taggart celebrates after beating UK in Lexington, 32-31.

Western's James Hervey yells to the Western crowd after beating UK 32-31, in overtime.

The Western players celebrated with fans after beating UK in Lexington, 32-31.

Arius Wright soaks in Western's 32-31 win over UK from the end zone at Commonwealth Stadium.

Western's Brett Harrington celebrates in the tunnel leading to the locker room after beating UK 32-31 in Commonwealth Stadium.

Western's Kawaun Jakes scores the winning two point conversion on a flea flicker pass from Antonio Andrews.

Western's Antonio Andrews scores the overtime touchdown that set up the winning two-point conversion against UK. Western won 32-31.

UK's DeMarcus Sweat ties the game 24-24, with 23 seconds, on a 22 yard pass from Maxwell Smith.

UK's DeMarcus Sweat celebrates in the end zone with Gene McCaskill after tying the game with 23 seconds against Western.

La 'Rod Kiing fights to stay in bounds against Western's Arius Wright on UK's last drive in regulation. Western won 32-31.

UK's Tyler Robinson is brought down by Western's Cody Lewis in the third quarter. Western beat UK 32-31.

Western's Antonio Andrews walks in the end zone past UK's Farrington Huguenin (91) and Avery Williamson (40) during the first half.

Western's Antonio Andrews walks in the end zone past for his second touchdown of the first half.

Western's Antonio Andrews celebrates in the end zone with Adam Smith, after scoring his second touchdown of the first half, putting Western ahead 17-0.

It was good seeing Walt Wells, Western's offensive line coach and running game coordinator, whom I'm first got to know when he was an assistant coach at Eastern under Roy Kidd.

You knew it was going to be a bad game when Maxwell Smith had three interceptions in the first half.

UK's Craig McIntosh kicks a field goal at the end of the first half against Western, making the score 17-10.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Western-Beats-Kentucky Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:50:49 GMT
Million Dollar Ponies https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Million-Dollar-Ponies September usually roles into my life with predictability, beginning with the start of UK football, Natalie’s Birthday, and the Keeneland Sales. Here a few images from the opening day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sales, where some thoroughbred colts are auctioned off for well over a million dollars.



































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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial Keeneland https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Million-Dollar-Ponies Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:47:29 GMT
Kentucky vs. Kent State https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Kentucky-vs-Kent-State Here are a few of my images from the Kentucky-Kent State game.























 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/9/Kentucky-vs-Kent-State Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:37:33 GMT
New Student Days https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/New-Student-Days Here is some work that I did for Eastern a couple of weeks ago during their New Student Days.

A daughter never loves her Dad as much as she does the day that he packs a refrigerator up ten flights of stairs to her new dorm room. And Dad does it with a tired broken down back and tears in his eyes because his baby girl leaving home.




















































This young lady will have to wait a few years before Ole Dad packs a refrigerator up the stairs.





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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/New-Student-Days Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:14:50 GMT
2012 RV Trip: California Vol. I https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/2012-RV-Trip-California-Vol-I Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year’s trip started in St. Louis, and Kansas City. From there we went north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Yosemite, Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we ended the trip once again at a Cardinals game in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visited. But in reality, I’m was just a tourist on this trip. So I did the best I could with the light that was in front of me.

U.S. Route 101 is one of the prettiest scenic highways in the country.

The kids climb a stump in the Redwood Forest of Northern California. According to the boys, there was no room for little girls in the middle of the stump, but Laura made it up anyway.



Natalie drives our covered wagon through a 3,000-year-old Redwood.


Well…you see kids, this is a California Hemp Store. Things are different out here. No, the Terminator isn’t governor anymore.


Hanging with Charlie Brown at the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa.

Natalie has been a huge Snoopy fan all her life. We even have a Christmas tree devoted just to Snoopy each year. Coming to the Shultz Museum was huge on Nat’s Bucket List.

San Francisco Bay

The Bay Bridge leading to Oakland

Apparently, it’s a big deal to swim the bay on Sunday mornings.

The Novato RV Park.

Playing dominoes with Pap in the RV


A wild San Franciscan woman hanging out of a limousine.

The boys represented Kentucky well at the Giants baseball game vs. the Astros. We determined that since the Astros were the worst team in baseball, and have sold off all their big players, that most of their current roster had probably played for the Lexington Legends at some point.

It’s Cameron’s personal quest to visit as many MLB ballparks as he can.

We saw more homeless people in San Francisco than any other city.



When in San Fran, ride the trolley.

China Town



The Golden Gate Bridge was fogged in the entire time we were there.

The abandoned military outposts above the bridge.

Sausalito, California





Laura found her buddy Paul Frank in San Francisco.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/2012-RV-Trip-California-Vol-I Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:24:28 GMT
Civil Lore https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/Civil-Lore I’ve had the privilege of working on several cover photos for Kentucky Living Magazine since my first one in 1992. 

For those of you who don’t receive the magazine in the mail, Kentucky Living is published for the state’s 26 electric cooperatives. It reaches over 500,000 households. My all-time favorite cover shot came on the front of this month’s edition. It commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, that left Kentucky divided, brother against brother, in the war against the states.

But I can only claim half of this cover. Kentucky Living graphic designer Jim Battles did a fabulous job of combining several photos, that portrayed Civil War re-enactor Chad Greene of Perryville, as both a Federal officer and a Confederate private.

Here are a few behind-the-scenes photos that we did at the Perryville Battlefield in rural Boyle County.

Some of the co-ops chose to run a cover photo from June’s Washington Youth Tour. So not everyone got to see this cover. Jim combined several photos from our shoot with Chad Greene to create this cover shot. I photographed the barn wood, that’s in the background, on my family farm on McGlone Creek in Carter County.












Jim and I took time out to get in on the action! I don’t always get to have an art director with me on photo shoots, but I requested Jim on this one, because the cover was his concept. Sometimes it’s hard to carry out someone else’s artistic concept. But, as always, Jim and I made a good team and we both came up with different angles and ideas.

Chad was a hoot! And a pleasure to work with.

Here a few light-hearted moments from the shoot.


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/Civil-Lore Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:25:33 GMT
2012 RV Trip: The Oregon Coast https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/2012-RV-Trip-The-Oregon-Coast Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year’s trip started in St. Louis, and Kansas City. From there we went north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Yosemite, Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we ended the trip once again at a Cardinals game in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visited. But in reality, I’m was just a tourist on this trip. So I did the best I could with the light that was in front of me.

Of the two trips, the desert southwest in Arizona and Utah is my favorite part of the United States. Especially the area in and around Page, Arizona. The coast of Oregon is definitely my second favorite. It’s not your typical ocean. The water is cold, the wind is strong, the rocks are big, and the sand dunes are as large as buildings.























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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/8/2012-RV-Trip-The-Oregon-Coast Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:08:31 GMT
2012 RV Trip: Seattle Volume II https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Seattle-Volume-II Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.

The family in front of Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier, 14,411 ft. above sea level

Sandal -n- Snow

Ale-8s Across America: Mount Rainier

Traveling the American West in our trusty covered wagon.



The lodge at Mount Rainier National Park

The kids loved the snow in July



Just like Top Gun!

Back in Seattle

The original Starbucks in Seattle



Seattle is home port to the fishermen of The Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. Capt. Phil Harris’ name was one of many on the memorial at Fisherman’s Terminal.



 

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Seattle-Volume-II Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:39:38 GMT
Olympic Fencer Lee Kiefer https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/Olympic-Fencer-Lee-Kiefer Lexington’s Lee Kiefer gave a good performance this morning during the Olympic’s womens fencing. Kiefer made it to the quarterfinal round in London, losing to the eventual silver medalist Arianna Errigo of Italy. At 18, she was the youngest fencing competitor. Kiefer, who recently graduated Paul Lawrence Dunbar, will be going on to fence at Notre Dame in the fall.

Here are some images that I did with Kiefer back in April at the Bluegrass Fencing Club, for this month’s Kentucky Living Magazine.









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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/Olympic-Fencer-Lee-Kiefer Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:30:42 GMT
2012 RV Trip: Seattle, Volume I https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Seattle-Volume-I Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.

Pike Place Market lived up to it’s billing. I like cities and places that have genuine and unique culture, rather than straight up commercialism. Sometimes the two coexist together, sometimes they don’t. Cheyenne, Wyoming, as you will see in later posts, was a place where unique culture and commercialism worked together. Seattle didn’t have much commercialism, but it had a lot of culture!


Throwing fish at the world famous Pike Place Fish Market

Negotiating fish orders

There was also a lot of  vegetables at The Market.


When Natalie and I first got married there was one obvious thing that we had in common. And that was our tastes in food. We truly love seafood, and are always game to try seafood that we’ve never had before. Sometimes with the kids we have to declare Marshall Law and force them to eat seafood when we are in a city that specializes in it. Here, Nat is looking at a menu at Lowell’s Seafood in Pike Place Market. Our motto is: “When in Rome…do as the Roman’s do!”



Where’s Waldo?




Ale-8s Across America: The Seattle Space Needle

Downtown Seattle and Puget Sound as seen from the Space Needle.

Self-Portrait on the Space Needle

Puget Sound

Three Space Needle soda drinks inside the Space Needle


Nolan hanging in the RV

You can take Gale away from the Boonesboro Campground, but his grill comes with him!

Judy turns the RV into a buffet of macaroni & cheese and potatoes.

Gale watches NASCAR in our campground in Kent, Washington.

When the slides are out, the RV becomes a 12×39 home on wheels.

The Webbkins game on the PS3 in the RV’s upstairs penthouse. Just joking…only rich people have two-story RVs.

Natalie maps out our next day trip to Mount Rainier.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Seattle-Volume-I Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:46:31 GMT
2012 RV Trip: More Yellowstone https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-More-Yellowstone Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

July 5th: Yellowstone National Park

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-More-Yellowstone Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:46:54 GMT
2012 RV Trip: Idaho & The Grand Tetons https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Idaho-The-Grand-Tetons Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.

July 3rd: Lower Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho
Ale-8s Across America

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho
Cameron and a moose. Cameron is the one on the bottom.

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho
Rows and rows of potatoes!

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho
Cameron and a potato field

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Ashton, Idaho
We had lunch at this 50-year-old drive in

July 3rd: Big Springs on the Henry Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

July 3rd: Big Springs on the Henry Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

July 3rd: The Montana and Idaho state line

July 3rd: The Montana and Idaho state line

July 4th: Dropping over the mountains in the Grand Tetons.

July 4th: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The Elk Shed Antler Arch in the middle of the city

July 4th: The Grand Teton Mountains
We got a kick out of the fact that the Tetons were named by French Explorers in the early 1800s because the peaks reminded them of big breasts.

July 4th: Jackson Lake, in the Grand Teton National Park

July 4th: Jackson Lake, in the Grand Teton National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: West Yellowstone RV Park

 

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2012 RV Trip: Yellowstone National Park https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Yellowstone-National-Park Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

July 2nd: Rolling into West Yellowstone, Montana from South Dakota

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park
Laura & Cameron dipping their feet in the Madison River

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park
A cow elk rests between the breaks of the Madison River

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The Fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The Fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The Fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The Fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, The Fountain Paint Pots

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful, erupting at 3:36 p.m.

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake
Ale-8s Across America

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park
An Bull Elk rests along the road side

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park
Buffalo eating along the highway

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park

July 2nd: Yellowstone National Park
After a long day of sight-seeing Yellowstone National Park, Pap and Granny had a great supper waiting on us back at the RV.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-Yellowstone-National-Park Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:36:50 GMT
2012 RV Trip: The Dakotas https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-The-Dakotas Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

June 30th: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota

June 30th: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota
Once again, I’m working on my Ale-8s Across America photo essay

June 30th: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota

June 30th: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota

June 30th: Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota

June 29th: Interstate 90, Wasta, South Dakota
Roadside Motel

June 29th: Interstate 90, Cactus Flats, South Dakota
No Webb Vacation would be complete without stopping at military museums. This was the Minuteman Nuclear Missile Launch Site. Had we gone to war with the Soviets during the Cold War, this is where some guy would have pushed the big red button that would have ultimately sent us all to oblivion.


June 29th: Interstate 90, Somewhere in South Dakota

June 29th: Interstate 90, Sturgis, South Dakota
Home of the great bike rally

June 29th: Interstate 90, Sturgis, South Dakota
Home of the great bike rally

June 29th: Interstate 90, Sturgis, South Dakota
Home of the great bike rally

July 1st: Somewhere in Montana
Nolan making the most out of a 9-hour drive across Montana.

June 30th: Keystone, South Dakota
The kids thought Mount Rushmore was okay…but thought a real gold mine was awesome!

June 30th: Keystone, South Dakota
The kids thought Mount Rushmore was okay…but thought a real gold mine was awesome!

June 30th: Keystone, South Dakota
The kids thought Mount Rushmore was okay…but thought a real gold mine was awesome!

June 30th: Custer, South Dakota
Custer National Park

June 30th: Custer, South Dakota
Custer National Park

June 30th: The Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: The Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: The Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: The Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Once again, I’m working on my Ale-8s Across America photo essay

June 30th: The Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: Near the Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: Near the Badlands National Park, South Dakota

June 30th: Near the Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/2012-RV-Trip-The-Dakotas Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:50:03 GMT
RV Trip 2012: Children of the Corn https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/RV-Trip-2012-Children-of-the-Corn Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

June 27th: Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky
I took this same picture at the beginning of the first trip in 2010.

June 27th: Interstate 64
Rolling through St. Louis

June 27th: Kansas City, Missouri
Traveling with a full range of transportation

June 27th: Kansas City, Missouri

June 27th: Kansas City, Missouri
In 2010 we stayed at the Worlds of Fun Amusement Park Campground. We returned two years later to the same conditions: 101 degrees, and sultry hot. Good thing they had a really nice pool.

June 28th: Somewhere Along Interstate 29 in Iowa
Hanging out in the RV while Pap drives us between the fields of corn in Iowa.

June 28th Somewhere Along Interstate 29 in Iowa:
Laura soaking it all in

June 28th Somewhere Along Interstate 29 in Iowa:
Cameron contemplates his next move.

June 28th: Somewhere Along Interstate 29 in Iowa
Hanging out in the RV


June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls South Dakota
Laura rummaging through the storage bins

June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
You can introduce your kids to America, but until they get older, nothing is going to beat a swimming pool!

June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
I asked Natalie out on our first date 21-years-ago

June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Hey Boo Boo!


June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
You can introduce your kids to America, but until they get older, nothing is going to beat a big trampoline at an RV Park.

June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Natalie and I enjoyed the Bouncing Pillow as much as the kids. The Yogi Bear Park was by-far the best RV park we had ever stayed in.


June 28th: The Yogi Bear RV Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Corn, Corn, and lots more corn!!!!


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/7/RV-Trip-2012-Children-of-the-Corn Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:53:15 GMT
Toying Around With Hipstamatic Photos https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/6/Toying-Around-With-Hipstamatic-Photos I downloaded the Hipstamatic App for my iPhone back in September. Since then, I have enjoyed the retro, toy camera look that it gives me. It allows me to take good photos, while having creative fun in the meantime. Especially when I don’t want to carry my SLR cameras. The Hipstamatic, and other retro camera apps like it, are a fun, cheap approach to photography. The program allows you to pick different lenses, and different film… each creating its own effect. It even takes a few minutes to develop, similar to a Polaroid Instamatic. I recommend downloading a toy camera app for your smart phone.

East Kentucky Power sub station in the fog at night.
Stanton, Kentucky
September 2011

Nolan and Nick Prewitt, Deer Hunting Youth Hunt
McGlone Creek, Carter County, Kentucky
October 2011

WWII Veteran Jouett Falkner escorted by  his grandson at the WWII Memorial, on Washington D.C. Honor Flight.
October 2011

Garvin Ridge Wesleyan Church, where my parents were married.
Olive Hill, Kentucky
October 2011

A Photographer’s curse: a son who hates to have his picture taken.
Lake Reba, Richmond, Kentucky
September 2011

Natalie, the Baseball Mom who is sad to see each season end.
Lake Reba, Richmond, Kentucky
September 2011

Grain Silos
Bagdad, Kentucky
October 2011

A very foggy high school football game between Powell County and Estill County
Stanton, Kentucky
September 2011

Nolan chilling out in his room
Richmond, Kentucky
November 2011

Downtown Cincinnati. The late Associated Press Photographer Ed Reinke’s Memorial Service at Great American Ball Park.
November 2011

A rare 2012 winter snow
Hampton Ridge, Richmond, Kentucky
January 2012

Laura self-portrait. The backseat of Daddy’s Car
Richmond, Kentucky
February 2012

Basketball in the snow
Hampton Ridge, Richmond, Kentucky
January 2012

Self-portrait
Fifth-Third Bank Building, Lexington, Kentucky
February 2012

The Kentucky River
Irvine, Kentucky
February 2012

Laura, Natalie, & Cameron vegging on the couch
Hampton Ridge, Richmond, Kentucky
March 2012

Downtown Lexington
February 2012

Dad’s old trailer
Blackcreek, Powell County, Kentucky
February 2012

Tornado storms
Tates Creek Road, Richmond, Kentucky
March 2, 2012

Mom and Laura
Bowling Green, Florida
March 2012

Solomon’s Castle
Ona, Florida
March 2012

Natalie driving through Tampa
March 2012

Tarpon Springs, Florida
March 2012

New York Yankees Spring Training
Tampa, Florida
March 2012

Cameron, Laura, Natalie, and Nolan
Honeymoon Island, Florida
March 2012

The Ulysses S. Grant and The War Between the States Statues, in front of the U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The White House
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

The U.S. Navy Band playing on the steps of the Capitol. The light at the top of the dome indicates that the Senate was in session.
Washington, D.C.
June 2012

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/6/Toying-Around-With-Hipstamatic-Photos Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:47:13 GMT
Kentucky Derby 138 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/5/Kentucky-Derby-138 Here are some images of the 2012 Kentucky Derby.

The Derby is an awesome place for a photographer to do visual storytelling. It’s a cornucopia of culture, from the decadence of the Infield to the elegance of the Grand Stands. All walks of life can be found at Churchill on the first Saturday in May. Derby is like Prom for adults. Let’s get all dressed up and not remember it tomorrow.

My assignments this year were Hats, the First Turn, and the guy from Flushing, New York, who got to place the $100K Dream Bet. The Dream Bet is horse racing’s version of the people who try to kick a field goal during halftime of the Super Bowl. I decided to go to the Infield for my most of my hat shots, mainly because I hadn’t got to spend much time there the past few years. I’m not EVEN going to post a picture of the Jerk from Flushing. Why? Because he was a jerk! He didn’t win, and he didn’t deserve to win. As a New Yorker, he might have had a chance to win big money at the Kentucky Derby, but he totally missed the concept of what Kentucky is all about. And that is, we are nice people, so please be nice to us in return. Thank you. I was given the task of getting as many horses in my photo of the First Turn as possible, which takes away from the composition, but it’s still a great place be sitting during the race.

The Derby is an all-day-event for me. But my favorite bucket-list moment is when I’m standing on the track at the First Turn, with dirt on my knees, with my hat off, watching 165,000 people sing My Old Kentucky Home.  It doesn’t get any more Kentucky than that!



I don’t really have an explanation for this photo, other than this is one of my all-time favorite from the Infield. I call it “Fabio & Crack of Ass.” Like I said. Culture. Lots of Culture at the Kentucky Derby!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/5/Kentucky-Derby-138 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:01:12 GMT
Jumping Fences: The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/5/Jumping-Fences-The-Rolex-Kentucky-Three-Day-Event Here are some images that I shot from the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, at the Kentucky Horse Park this past Sunday, for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Britain’s William Fox-Pitt dominated the competition once again. I’d like to act all smug, like I know a lot about the sport of Eventing, but I really don’t. As a photojournalist I have to write my own cutlines, so a name like William Fox-Pitt tends to stand out in the brain over time. Besides competing in Rolex Kentucky each year, he’s also a big contender in the World Equestrian Games and the Olympics.

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is the only annual four-star Eventing competition in the Western Hemisphere. As pomp and circumstanced as the competition may be, there was one moment of embarrassment Sunday after Fox-Pitt won. The sound booth upstairs seemed to have misplaced Great Britain’s National Anthem. Then for some reason they played half of the German National Anthem, only for the Three-Day champion to politely give it a thumbs down. In my opinion they should have compromised and played My Old Kentucky Home one more time. William Fox-Pitt has competed in Kentucky enough…I’m sure he knows the words. Heck, even his horse, Parklane Hawk, was a thoroughbred, which is a little unusual for Eventing. I’m sure as a thoroughbred, he knew the words.

William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain wins his second consecutive Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, while riding Parklane Hawk.

William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain wins his second consecutive Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, while riding Parklane Hawk.

William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain celebrates after winning his second consecutive Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.

Boyd Martin of the United States jumps the final fence on Remington XXV, during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Mary Dutton, daughter of rider Phillip Dutton, back, takes a few photos during the stadium portion of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Emily Beshear, daughter-in-law of Gov. Steve Beshear, jumps the final fence with Here’s To You, during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Austria’s Andrew Hoy jumps a fence with Rutehrglen, during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Riders Jessica Hampf, with her boyfriend Doug Payne, look at video after their rides.

Karen O’Connor of the United States, celebrates after her final ride of the 2012 competition.

Boyd Martin of the United States jumps a fence with Otis Barbotiere.

The United States’ Allison Springer finished second in the Rolex, and won a Land Rover.

A large crowd watches the stadium jumping portion of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Kate Hicks smiles after jumping the final fence with Belmont.

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/5/Jumping-Fences-The-Rolex-Kentucky-Three-Day-Event Tue, 01 May 2012 17:23:44 GMT
Keeneland’s Record Day https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Keeneland-s-Record-Day As I was having to practically walk sideways all day at last Saturday’s Bluegrass Stakes, I texted Natalie and said, “This has to be the biggest crowd that I’ve ever seen at Keeneland. Turns out it was! 40,617 people set a new attendance record. I think at least 40,599 of them were there to see the horse Hansen, The Great White Hope, along with his entourage that included the Hansen Girls. Hansen left me thinking… is this a horse or ZZ Top with all the girls and hoopla?

Hansen created drama at the track long before the race, when his caregivers dipped half of his tail in blue dye, representing the team colors. Keeneland officials put a snaffoo on that, and the Hansen group scrambled to uncolor his tail.

In the end, Dullahan came from behind and beat Hansen in the last furlong, with an equally large group of owners.

The Kentucky Derby runs  in a couple of  weeks. I hope that Hansen and Dullahan provide us with another close finish.

Dr. Kendall Hansen, owner of Hansen, the Bluegrass Stakes favorite, looks at his horse in Keeneland’s paddock before the race.

The Hansen Girls, left to right, Laurie Weber, Jill Lockwood, and Brittany Crank, worked the crowd in the paddock, for Hansen, the favorite going into the Bluegrass Stakes.

Hansen warms up in Keeneland’s paddock before the Bluegrass Stakes, while his owner Dr. Kendall Hansen and the Hansen Girls pose for photos.

At the end of the day, it was Dullhallan and Kent Desormeaux, that stole the show by catching Hansen in the last furlong.

Dullahan warms up in Keeneland’s paddock before winning the Bluegrass Stakes.

Members of the Donegal Racing group celebrate in the winners circle after Dullahan beats Hansen to win the Bluegrass Stakes race at Keeneland.

Members of the Donegal Racing group celebrate in the winners circle after Dullahan beats Hansen to win the Bluegrass Stakes race at Keeneland.

Winning jockey Kent Desormeaux walks the media through a replay of the Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland after Dullahan beats favorite Hansen.


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial Keeneland https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Keeneland-s-Record-Day Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:03:39 GMT
Chilly Bats!!! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Chilly-Bats Kentucky fans packed Cliff Hagen Stadium Tuesday night, hoping to see one of the best team in college baseball put a thumping on its in-state rival. Unfortunately, for Kentucky fans, the Wildcat’s bats were as chilly as the outside temperature. Kentucky fell to 30-4 on the season, giving up 17 hits to four, while Louisville improved to 24-9.

On a personal note, I’ve been a fan of, and a photographer of The All-A Classic for several years. Two of Louisville’s sluggers last night (sorry, I couldn’t help the pun) played for Owensboro Catholic a few years ago in the All-A Classic Baseball tournament. I photographed Cole Sturgeon and Stewart Ijames in the 2008 All-A Classic championship game.

Here are a few images from last night’s game that I shot for the Louisville Courier-Journal.








Coach Cal and wife Ellen were on hand to watch the Batcats.




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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Chilly-Bats Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:48:22 GMT
Kentucky’s Graybeard https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Kentucky-s-Graybeard I remember when Darius Miller lead Mason County to the 2008 Sweet 16 Championship. It was right after Mason County star Chris Lofton set the world on fire at Tennessee. Not recruiting Lofton was probably the last nail in Tubby Smith’s coffin as Kentucky’s coach. I remember thinking how skinny Miller was, and that Kentucky was only recruiting him because they didn’t want to make the same Mason County mistake twice.

Darius has proven me, and any other doubter of his ability, wrong over the past four years. Darius Miller will go down in history as one of only a handful of Kentucky kids to win a Sweet 16 Championship and a National Championship. And he is the only Kentucky kid to be named Mr. Basketball, while winning the other two championships. What Darius did in the state of Kentucky is the stuff that backyard dreams are made of.

Elisha Justice, another Eastern Kentucky kid also has a chance at that feat, with Louisville. But for now, hats off to Kentucky’s Graybeard, who survived the Billy Gillispie era, and gave Cal the much-needed leadership of a senior.



“Hey Kid! Do you like to run? Wanna come play for me at Kentucky?








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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/4/Kentucky-s-Graybeard Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:02:01 GMT
Spring Break in Florida https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/3/Spring-Break-in-Florida After the storms moved through Kentucky Friday night, we packed up and headed south for the week.

We brought the kids to Florida to spend Spring Break with their grandparents. My parent’s spend the winter in Bowling Green, Florida, in a little house in an orange grove, east of Tampa and South of Orlando. Their place is always great for relaxing, eating, peeling oranges, and watching good television. We also get to see our long-time friends the Saddlers and the Duke’s. Natalie’s Mom, JW, and Brent, have been enjoying the beach this winter, a little further south near Naples. They then moved up the coast to Tarpon Springs to meet up with us this week.

The temperatures were really nice and the kids got some beach time in at Honeymoon Island. We spent Thursday walking around the old town of Tarpon Springs, and got to eat at our favorite seafood spot, Crabby Bills. Friday, I took Cameron and Brent to see the Yankees play the Braves in Tampa. Later that evening, we went back to the beach at Honeymoon Island one last time before coming back home.

The old looking photos were taken with the Hipstamatic on my iPhone.

Mom and Laura out for a walk


Paw Wayne walking on Kelsey Road

I was relieved to know that our friends in Florida are Florida State fans, as we ate dinner and watched UK whip the Florida Gators in Gainesville.

Laura and Nolan with Baby Duke

Solomon’s Castle near Ona

Cajun Etoufee and beer cans through history, at Linger Lodge in Bradenton


We had some great BBQ at Smokin’ Joe’s

Laura keeps in touch with Facebook

“Spanish Moss Down South…”

Hanging in the grove with Maw and Paw Wayne

Tampa

Nolan silhouetted on the rocks at Honeymoon Island

Natalie and Uncle Brent

Cameron finds the greatest seashell in the history of Webb Family vacations


Tarpon Springs

Sponges of Tarpon Springs

Me, Cameron and Brent watched the Yankees and Braves play Spring Training Baseball

Sunset on Honeymoon Island

Hanging out at the campground with Momaw & Popaw Jubble and Uncle Brent

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/3/Spring-Break-in-Florida Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:25:58 GMT
A Common Thread https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/2/A-Common-Thread Here is some work that I did for Saint Joseph Healthcare System back in the fall. It all came together in December with their magazine Common Thread. The lead story featured the executive chefs at Saint Joseph and their regional hospitals, along with the garden variety food that is literally grown on each hospital’s campus. I especially had fun photographing Chef Pedro Green at Saint Joseph’s main hospital in Lexington, as he brought flames into his stir fry. And with Saint Joseph London’s Chef Terry Crist who fixed an organic, homegrown pizza, and then let me eat the prop after we were done with the shoot.

Other shoots that I did for the magazine included Saint Joseph employee Steve Martin, and how a simple employee screening discovered that he had 90 percent blockage of the blood flow to his right leg.

RJ Croman employee Noel Rush was another example of how a simple health screening alerted him that he had unknowingly had a heart attack. After recognizing it at the Saint Joseph-Jessamine RJ Corman Ambulatory Care Center, Rush was taken to Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington and underwent an angioplasty; two stents were placed in Rush’s heart.

I did a nice group shot with Saint Joseph ER nurse Pat Jarnigan and her co-workers. Jarnigan was a breast cancer survivor who returned to work after surgery only to find her entire unit wearing pink T-shirts emblazoned with “Positive Attitude,” with a breast cancer awareness ribbon on the front and back. Team ER demonstrated her co-workers’ unity and support.

My photography for Common Thread also included a shoot with the Virtual Nurse Coach Program, which is a robot of sorts that allows new graduate registered nurses to receive virtual support and coaching from expert, experienced nurses via texting, voice, and videoconferencing.


Saint Joseph London Executive Chef Terry Crist



Saint Joseph Hospital Executive Chef Pedro Green

Saint Joseph Berea’s Hunter Purdy, with her garden on the Berea campus.

Steve Martin

Pat Jarnigan

Noel Rush

Virtual Nurse Coach Program

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/2/A-Common-Thread Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:28:22 GMT
Playing for the Pukes!!! https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Playing-for-the-Pukes I’ve been following Kentucky Basketball since the 1979 season with Kyle Macy and Sam Bowie. I guess it was all the hoopla of the 1978 national championship team that got me started following Kentucky Basketball while I was in second grade at Clay City Elementary, and I’ve been a die hard fan ever since then.

Actually, I was just a wanna be, in a fashion sort of way. I really didn’t understand the whole process, all I knew was, all the cool kids were wearing UK National Championship t-shirts and I felt like I needed one too. But in reality, I didn’t know if UK played in the SEC, the FBI, the NAACP, the NFL, or the NBA.

I had no real clue about the situation. Jack Givens and company beat Duke that year for the championship. I didn’t even know who Duke was. The only thing I knew about the Duke Blue Devils came from the playground when we would divide into teams and play basketball. It was always Shirts vs. Skins, UK vs. Duke, and of course, I always got stuck on the Duke Team…which meant I had to take off my shirt. Seriously, I had no clue. I went home one night and told my parents I had to play for the Pukes. My Dad said, “You mean Duke? Yea, Duke, that’s it!!!”

From that season on, I learned my teams and I learned my players. I was a true UK fan! I remember Kyle Macy rubbing his socks during free throws. And I remember the big man in the middle, Sam Bowie. Funny enough, Cameron, my 10-year-old, plays for Model Lab’s 6th Grade team. We played Lexington Sayre a few weeks ago, and there was none other than big Sam Bowie keeping the books for Sayre, and his son playing against my son. NO WAY! It just couldn’t be!?! Time out Ref. Let me call all my family and friends and get them over them over here to see this. But in reality, only a few of us Old People appreciated the moment of having UK Royalty in the building.

 

I feel very lucky 30 years later to be sitting on the floor at Rupp Arena, photographing UK Basketball. Its a big contrast for the little boy who didn’t understand who the Pukes were in 1978. One of Sam Bowie’s teammates was Melvin Turpin. And tonight I got to witness and photograph UK’s Anthony Davis blocking shot #84 this season, which broke the single season shot blocking record held by Turpin and Andre Riddick.

I have photographed Kentucky Basketball during some trying times and some good times. But my friends, I’m here to tell you, these are great times. We’re 18-1, with a potent defensive and offensive team. People can say what they want, negative or positive, about John Calipari. But the man knows how to coach and he knows how to inspire. I know, because when you sit on the first leg of the W for 20 minutes in the second half, you get to here his inspirational coaching first hand.

Things can go right, and things can go wrong during the NCAA Tournament. But for now, we’re witnessing perfection at it’s best. Soak it in and enjoy it, regardless of  who the team is or what the score is. As they said in the movie Raising Arizona, which is one of my all-time favorite movies…”These are the salad days!”

Here are some images from tonight’s game against Arkansas.






I loved this shot because the Arkansas player looked like he was sorry for even being on the court!












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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Playing-for-the-Pukes Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:34:16 GMT
Plant Engineering Magazine https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Plant-Engineering-Magazine It’s always nice to see the fruits of your labor.

I did a corporate shoot for a trade magazine called Plant Engineering back in the fall. The magazine, based near Chicago, named NACCO Materials Handling Group the top energy maintenance company in the nation. NACCO which is in Berea, employs over 700 people, making a variety of forklifts.

It was a nice surprise when I found the magazine with my cover shot buried in my daughter’s backpack. Turns out that one of the plant manager’s wife works at Laura’s school, and her husband sent it to me. He and his wife were originally from Owsley County, so we had a lot of mutual friends and 56th District stories to share.

I think those of us who live in Madison County take for granted, and don’t always understand, the number of good manufacturing companies that are located here.
















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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Corporate Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Plant-Engineering-Magazine Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:02:36 GMT
Kentucky vs. South Carolina https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Kentucky-vs-South-Carolina


















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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Kentucky-vs-South-Carolina Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:24:35 GMT
Estill County Pipeline Explosion https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Estill-County-Pipeline-Explosion I had a chance today to do some aerial and ground photos of last night’s natural gas explosion near Hargett, in Estill County. The folks there were very lucky because nobody was hurt. It mainly cooked the ground and surrounding trees. The area around the blast looked like something on Mars.













Refried Cow Patty





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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Estill-County-Pipeline-Explosion Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:10:26 GMT
Mad Men https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Mad-Men 2012? The year to end all years. Right?

If the Mayan Calendar is right, it won’t be necessary to make my house payment next December. But I don’t believe The Lord intended for the Mayans, or any of the other kooks that have predicted the end of the word, to know when he’s coming back for us. So at this point, I plan to make my house payment on time.

I believe mankind is like a teenager. We’re going through a lot of changes right now that we don’t understand. But I whole-heartedly believe that mankind is only getting started.

However, all of this doomsday talk has got me to thinking. It has me thinking about life and time. No, I didn’t leave an “s” off the word time. I meant to say time rather than times. The times of our lives are what we take from time itself. Kind of sounds like a plug for Days of Our Lives… like sands through the hour glass…

Part of our Christmas to each other was several television shows on DVD. This past week, Natalie and I have been staying up all night, watching shows like Mad Men. There is more drama on these discs than a classroom full of third grade girls.

The history buff in me loves Mad Men, a show that eloquently captures the nuances of the male-dominating world of 1960, in the advertising offices on Madison Avenue, in New York City. It’s humorous at how politically incorrect and polar opposite 1960 was from the time we live in now. I started to say, “the world we live in now,” but it’s more than that. Our world has always been here, it’s really time that changes. And for some unknown mathematical reason, time changes with the decades. Or maybe math has nothing to do it all. Maybe it’s society’s way of keeping track. People love to tell you that they grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s, or my beloved 80s.

Mad Men shows us things like pregnant women smoking & drinking, kids wearing dry cleaner bags over their heads for fun, and climbing over car seats without seat belts. The Audacity! The show centers on executives chain-smoking and chain-drinking like there is no tomorrow. And the core of the show’s drama is centered on the office relationships between men and women that would be one great big sexual harassment lawsuit today.

I find it funny to watch. However, I don’t blame or look down on the age of my parent’s innocence. It was simply their time. Keep in mind, they were the ones who put a man on the moon without an iPod, and they gave us the foundations of the digital world in which we live today. And they were the ones who eventually passed seatbelt laws, sexual harassment laws, and yes, they even figured out that smoking and drinking too much will kill you.

As I watch Mad Men in the wee hours of the morning, I think about how my grandkids will someday look back on the hay-day of my generation and laugh. And trust me folks, they will look back on us and laugh.

“Texting while driving!?! Seriously Grandpa Tim? Seriously? And think about all those chicken nuggets that you fed my Daddy when he was young. How did you not know that they would cause cancer!”

Don’t you know you could’ve died from doing that? What was your generation thinking? “And how could you all stand using things that had to be plugged into the wall, like your computer and those big telephones. I bet that was a real ball-and-chain! Geez, I would’ve hated living in the olden days like you grandpa!”

“OMG… little granddaughter, I don’t know how we survived it either… LOL! Now it’s your turn.”

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2012/1/Mad-Men Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:42:37 GMT
Kentucky vs. Loyola https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Kentucky-vs-Loyola UK got an early Christmas present by beating Loyola 87-63, Thursday in Rupp Arena.
















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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Kentucky-vs-Loyola Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:25:37 GMT
The Inauguration https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/The-Inauguration Here is some of my work from the Inauguration Tuesday night. Steve Beshear became only the third governor in Kentucky history to be elected to a second term.









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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/The-Inauguration Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:27:46 GMT
The Illustrious Mr. Luster https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/The-Illustrious-Mr-Luster I made a Facebook post last week about a new Freelancer that I was working with at the Kentucky-North Carolina game. His name was Bill Luster, and we were both working for the Louisville Courier-Journal. That post wasn’t fair to my non-photography friends because it was a joke! Bill recently retired from the Courier-Journal after many, many, years. Bill actually has file photos of Daniel Boone. He’s been around that long. He’s a legend in the business, known all over the country.

Bill was instrumental to me when I first left Eastern and started my own photography business in 2004. He was in charge of the photo desk for a while at the CJ, and it seemed like everyday I was getting a call that began with, “Hey Tim, this is Luster, can you go Harlan County and send us an A1 Center Piece by 6:30…Thanks!” I never knew what to expect when Bill called, but that taught me to always be ready, for anything. He was a great mentor.

Bill catches grief over his height, or I should say, “lack thereof.” But he’s a great guy who takes it all in stride.

Glad to have you on the Freelance side of things Bill. Just keep in mind, there ain’t nothing free about freelance, so take it easy on the rest of us. We still need to work.

Those of us who freelance for the CJ have to put the words “Special To The Courier-Journal” in our photo credit. We told Luster that day at Rupp, that after 40+ years at the paper he could finally be considered Special.

This is a black and white frame that I grabbed a few years ago of Luster in the tunnel between the paddock and the track at Churchill Downs.

Bill heading out to a muddy track during the 2010 Kentucky Derby.

Hiding out behind the Blue Curtain at Rupp Arena. I started to make a Wizard of Oz reference here, but nah!

The Kentucky-Louisville game, Commonwealth Stadium 2011

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Snappers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/The-Illustrious-Mr-Luster Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:09:23 GMT
Steel Magnolia Without Magnolia https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Steel-Magnolia-Without-Magnolia Here are some shots that I did for Chevrolet last week at Madison Southern High School. Chevrolet sponsored a nation-wide contest among high schools collecting the most cell phones in the Cell Phones for Soldiers contest. The local winner got a performance by the Country band Steel Magnolia. Meghan Linsey had laryngitis that day and couldn’t make it, but Joshua Scott Jones  made a great performance for the students.

I loved the shot of the girl squeezing her cheeks while he autographed her CD. She was in seventh heaven.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Steel-Magnolia-Without-Magnolia Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:17:01 GMT
Along The Way… Accord Amid the Coal At Night https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Along-The-Way-Accord-Amid-the-Coal-At-Night December and July are my two down months. So I’m actually taking the time to go back and look at some of the work I’ve done this year.

I did a lot of work this year for East Kentucky Power, work that took me all over Central and Eastern Kentucky. It was some of the best corporate work that I’ve done in a while. I’m going to do a larger blog later, but for now here is my car camped out in the coal yard at Cooper Station on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, back in September. I was using my headlights and interior light to help light the foreground for a shot.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Along-The-Way-Accord-Amid-the-Coal-At-Night Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:22:22 GMT
Kentucky-North Carolina https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Kentucky-North-Carolina Here are some of images from a great game Saturday that went down to the wire between two college basketball power houses .










Former Kentucky stars DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall talked to fans before the game.







U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner dons his UK jacket while he does the 3-sign before the game.








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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/12/Kentucky-North-Carolina Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:37:42 GMT
A Special Suburban https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/A-Special-Suburban I love getting national work. This shoot was for the magazine New Mobility, published in Horsham, Pennsylvania. It shows what a small world in which we really live. The magazine found me online, but the subject of the shoot just happened to be fellow Richmond native Judy Everett. Turns out, I know her son as one of Cameron’s umpires in Little League Baseball.

Judy may be in wheelchair, caused by a motorcycle accident when she was 15, but she has the spirit of hundred horses. It was because of her love for horses that we chose to do the photo shoot at Keeneland, a place that she truly loves.

After rehab at Cardinal Hill Hospital, she returned to Clay County High School, went on to the University of Kentucky, taking up wheelchair basketball, wheelchair racing and later, wheelchair tennis. After graduating UK in 1982, she moved to Dallas to become a technical writer and then a consultant.

Along the way, she won the 1980 Bluegrass 10K, placed third in the 1987 Tennis U.S. Open and won the 1988 Australian Open. Yep, that’s right, the Australian Open. I think it was even held in Australia.

When it came to wheelchair equipped vehicles, she wanted something that represented her spirit. She always resisted minivans, saying, “They’re just not me. I can’t see spending so much money on something I hate. I’m more of a pickup sort of girl.” She stayed true to her beliefs in transportation, literally aggravating Chevrolet until they built a first of its kind, Chevy SUV Suburban, equipped and fitted for a wheelchair. Forty seconds in and forty seconds out, is all that it takes Judy with the custom-built lift system.

I was looking at her Suburban while I was setting up lights for this shoot, thinking how in the world will she get out the front door. But when she activated it, I saw that the front door and driver side passenger door were welded together, and were part of the lift system.

Judy’s Suburban, in little ole Richmond, Kentucky, was the first of its kind in the United States. She joked in her competitive nature, saying that somebody may have the second one by now, but I had the first wheelchair accessible, modified Chevy Suburban in the country.

After spending an afternoon with Judy, who hasn’t had the use of her legs since she was 15-years-old, it made me less tolerable of people with use of their legs who whine and bitch about how bad their lives are. She’s a great example that your life is what you make of it.











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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Corporate Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/A-Special-Suburban Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:12:58 GMT
Just In Time For Deer Season https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/Just-In-Time-For-Deer-Season This was a shot I got a couple of weeks ago at Wolf Creek Dam on Lake Cumberland at sunset.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/Just-In-Time-For-Deer-Season Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:18:55 GMT
Democracy Sucks…Except for All Those Other Governments https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/Democracy-Sucks-Except-for-All-Those-Other-Governments I wanted to get this blog posted yesterday, but didn’t make it in time. The Arab Spring, which reached its peak earlier in the year, should be a lesson to all of us Americans about the importance of voting for Democracy. Chances are the guy in the photo below died fighting for the exact rights that we take for granted. I got busy yesterday with a house full of kids, and I barely made it in time to vote at 5:55. That’s apathy, bordering on laziness.

The election was pretty low-key this year in Kentucky. David Williams and Richie Farmer simply didn’t make a race out of it. Last year I had a few assignments to cover the Rand Paul Revolution. At least then there was excitement. People were coming in from other states just to be a part of it. Regardless of what you or I think about the Tea Party, those people had passion for their cause and beliefs.

I did cover one event for Steve Beshear and the Democrats this year. A lot of my photography cohorts hate covering elections, but I like it, mainly because it makes for good feature photography, as a chance to capture a slice of Downtown Americana, on the sidewalks, and in the back corridors of the courthouse. It’s one of  the few times that Americans waive their flag with enthusiasm.

So the next time you find the American election process to be a bore, remember the guy in the photo below. This could be us some day!











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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Editorial https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/Democracy-Sucks-Except-for-All-Those-Other-Governments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:04:53 GMT
The Last Parade https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/The-Last-Parade I had the opportunity to go on the World War II Honor Flight last year, and was fortunate to make the same flight again this year. It’s a whirlwind, 20-hour, day-long trip to Washington D.C. with our WWII & Korean War Veterans. It gives them a chance to see the memorials in the nation’s capitol that were created and dedicated to them.

It all begins as a trip that many of the veterans aren’t sure they want to make, and usually go, only because their family members talk them into it. But all that changes when they enter the concourse at the Baltimore Washington International Airport. This year, 65 U.S. Naval Academy Cadets formed a receiving line saluting and thanking the vets for their service. At the same time, other travelers in the concourse begin gathering to clap and cheer. Its part planned, part impromptu, and very moving.

When most people think of the soldiers returning home, the iconic image that comes to mind is the Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of the sailor kissing a woman, who was a complete stranger, in Times Square on VJ Day, August 1945. But in reality, most of the veterans came home in 1946, and simply went back to life. So for these Kentucky veterans, the Honor Flight became their long, overdue, Thank You parade!

Unfortunately, we are losing our World War II veterans at a rate of 1,500 per day. Several of the vets on the 2010 trip passed away between October and when the story ran in the May 2011 issue of Kentucky Living. This is what makes it so special to the veterans, and the guardians who go, we all know in an unspoken way that this is the last parade for the men who gave so much.

I said it last year, and I’ll say it again, The Honor Flights have been the most touching stories that I’ve ever worked on as a photographer.









Sen. Bob Dole, a WWII veteran himself, is often on hand to greet veterans at the WWII Memorial.





I’ve tried to photograph the World War II Memorial on seven separate trips to DC. I’ve worked every angle that I can think of, with every lens that I own.
But fittingly enough, just like the war itself, you can not capture it from one single angle. It’s hands down my favorite attraction in Washington.



Forrest Sparrow meets a Dominique Potier from Liege, Belgium. Sparrow was wounded and hospitalized at the Battle of the Bulge in Potier’s hometown of Liege.
Potier couldn’t thank him enough for saving his country and his hometown.
The two men simply met by chance on this day at the WWII memorial!


Oddly enough, the Korean War Memorial tends to evoke a little more emotion than the WWII Memorial.



Chow time!!!

The Rolling Thunder brought the vets back into Baltimore at the end of the day.


On the plane ride back home, the men received “mail call” from school kids all over the state.

Returning to the airport in Louisville, to a reception and parade of over 200 people was the emotional straw that broke the camel’s back.
You would have to have been a robot not to cry!







This is the parade that most of the Kentucky veterans missed out on.
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/The-Last-Parade Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:02:03 GMT
November a knockin’ https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/November-a-knockin I was working on UK’s campus this morning and found this leaf blower shots. Hard to believe November is already here.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/11/November-a-knockin Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:30:46 GMT
Willie and his Sharpie https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Willie-and-his-Sharpie I’ve never been a huge fan of Country Music, but I have a deep, deep respect for those artist who have defined themselves with a distinct style, such as Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, and Willie Nelson. I’m talking about the type of style, that when you hear a song of theirs, you automatically see a picture in your mind of what they look like and who they are. Music is no different than any other form of art. Style is what stands the test of time. Fashion comes and goes with the wind and the seasons, but style is enduring. It’s symmetric. It’s your foundation, your roots. Your faith is part of your style, and fashion always adapts to your style.

Willie Nelson will always be an artist who has his own style. I had the opportunity to photograph him a couple of weeks ago at the brand new Center for the Arts on Eastern’s campus. Willie followed another man of style who performed there the week before, BB King.

There were two aspects of Willie’s style that I wanted to capture in photos, his guitar and his hair. At the same time, I wanted capture a sense of place with the new 2,500 capacity Center for the Arts. I’ve seen many, many concerts in my time at Rupp Arena, and heck, I even remember most of them. But the older I get, the more I appreciate a good concert, with a sound mind, in a small venue. One of these days, my dream is to catch Nora Jones at the Ryman in Nashville.

However, there was one part of Willie’s style that deserved questioning. He was The Man from head to ankle, but from the ankles down he was showing signs of his age in ways that his voice did not. He was clad in black, except for his gray New Balance tennis shoes. But that’s the beauty of style, piss on what everyone else does and thinks! Your style belongs to you. It’s a mirror image of your personality. Age creeps up on all us in its own little way. I’ll accept the New Balance shoes if that’s what it takes to get a legend like this on stage. Rock on Willie!!!

I’ll end with this. I’ve never been one to collect autographs from the celebrities that photography allows me to encounter. I’ve always felt my photos were more valuable than a signature. As Willie and his crew were leaving, and had just done a small VIP session in the basement of the Arts Center, he turned and went to shake my hand. When he did, he dropped a blue Sharpie on the floor. I picked it up and handed it to him. He looked me in the eye, as time stood still, as if he was sizing me up. He shook my hand, thanked me and walked out the door to his tour bus.

I can’t sell that moment on Ebay, but knowing that me and his Sharpie were the only things standing between this musical legend and his herbal night cap…. was priceless!












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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Willie-and-his-Sharpie Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:55:44 GMT
Along The Way…100 Feet Up https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Along-The-Way-100-Feet-Up I made a few Facebook posts last week about a corporate job that I did for Terex, the big utility truck company from South Dakota. Here is a shot looking down from a 100 ft. boom above the Shelbyville Industrial Park.

I don’t think this photo does it justice, but when I was up there, and the bucket was swaying back and forth, the little truck that the boom was attached to looked like a Matchbox truck. That didn’t do much for my confidence. From now on, I’ll be sending up a remote camera and staying on the ground.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Along-The-Way-100-Feet-Up Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:42:41 GMT
Along The Way…Camping Out at Tent City https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Along-The-Way-Camping-Out-at-Tent-City In the debate over who has the greatest college basketball fans in the country, the first question has to be, “Do your fans camp out three days… just to buy tickets for a practice?” Tickets went on sale this past weekend for the upcoming Midnight Madness. Here are some photos of people setting up their tents ON WEDNESDAY just to be in line for the Saturday morning sale.





Okay folks, here is the new John Wall & Brandon Knight. His name is Marcus Teague.















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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/10/Along-The-Way-Camping-Out-at-Tent-City Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:41:22 GMT
The Babe Turns 14 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/The-Babe-Turns-14 It’s hard to imagine that mine and Natalie’s baby is turning 14 today. I love telling new parents that once you have kids it’s really hard to remember what life was like without kids. You have memories of things you did before them, but the feeling of life without kids quickly disappears. But there is one feeling that I had without kids that I’ll never forget, and that was how overwhelmed, happy, & scared I was that morning in February 1997, when I drove Natalie back to Stanton to see our childhood, hometown doctor, Dr. Charles Noss, to see why she was so sick. She got back in the car and said, “I’m pregnant!” I’ll never forget that moment as long as I live. In so many ways, the first 27 years of life as I knew it, ended at that moment, and a whole new chapter began.

I can say that Nolan has taught me more about being a father than my other two kids. When people see him they say he looks just like me. My reply is that I put all my eggs in one basket. And what they don’t realize is that Nolan on most days is truly reliving my life. He has all my characteristics, both good and bad. I look at pictures of me at his age and we could be twins. He tells me about the struggles of middle school, and I think, “yep, I was right there in 1982, 1983, and 1984.”

Nolan is my first born, he’s my military man, he’s my History Channel Freak, and he’s my hunting buddy. Happy Birthday Nolan!

Nolan has never been short on hair, even from day one.

Well…what’da you know. I used to be skinny. That all changed with kids too.

There’s a slight possibility that he’s flipping the camera off.

Nolan relaxing with a sippie cup, watching Barney, after a long hard day at the baby sitters. Nolan was a Barney fanatic!!!

The Cu l-de-sac Kids:  Riding the Gator with Cameron

His athletic days only lasted a few years, when we figured out he was more of the hunter-gatherer type.


Taking pictures with Daddy

Nolan’s very first day of school


His 5th Grade trip to Washington DC
Nolan wins Model’s science fair, with what else, rifle ballistics

Hitting the waves at Indian Shores, Florida
Mr. Military Man sits in the cockpit of a WWII bomber at air museum in Midland, Texas

Nolan, Laura, Cameron in the Rocky Mountains

Deer Hunting 2009

Disney World 2010

Pouting behind Mommy’s truck 2001
Looking cool at cool at Disney World, 2010

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Kids & Home https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/The-Babe-Turns-14 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:30:26 GMT
Along the Away…Small Cars, Big Prize https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-the-Away-Small-Cars-Big-Prize My hometown of Clay City was host of the largest paying go-kart race in the history of the sport Saturday and Sunday, with a grand prize of $50,000, and I covered it for the Lexington Herald-Leader. I was very impressed with the whole thing. Over 600 racers from 41 states descended on the small town of 1,300, for a chance to win the $50,000. There were several wrecks and tempers were flaring as racers got closer to the big prize. It was a lot of fun to shoot as a photographer. Clay City has always been known for its racing from the old oval dirt round track, to the go-kart track, to the dragstrip that’s been around since 1963. Clay City may be small in size, but it’s big in the world of racing. Fun Stuff!!!!













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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-the-Away-Small-Cars-Big-Prize Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:15:04 GMT
Along The Way…Louisville beats Kentucky https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-Louisville-beats-Kentucky Here are a few shots from Louisville’s win over Kentucky Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium. The highlight of my night was getting a bath because I was standing too close to Cardinal Coach Charlie Strong when his players doused him with the water cooler. Luckily I keep a golf towel in my fanny pack, and was able to wipe off my cameras.

I’m a Kentucky fan through and through, and always will be. But I’m first and foremost a Kentuckian. And in this game, the state of Kentucky never loses.











Rondo comes home!!!!





This photo is a little soft, but the beauty lies in capturing the moment. Pure ecstasy with the coach that used to roll into
Commonwealth Stadium and beat UK with ease when he was a coach with the Florida Gators. He found out last year that
Kentucky-Louisville was an entirely different game.


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-Louisville-beats-Kentucky Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:25:24 GMT
Along The Way… The Keeneland Yearling Sales https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-The-Keeneland-Yearling-Sales Keeneland Race Track is as much a part of our Central Kentucky culture as the name Bluegrass itself. When I meet people from out of state who don’t completely understand horse racing, I like to tell them that Churchill Downs is home of the Kentucky Derby, but Keeneland and the surrounding horse farms of Lexington, Versailles, Nicholasville and Paris, is where it all starts.

On the surface, races are held at Keeneland during the prime times of the year, the peak of spring and the peak of autumn. But in reality, Keeneland is a place of elegance that never shuts down 24/7/365. Racing on the track is only part of it. It’s a photographer’s dream to watch the horses go through their early morning workouts, as the sun rises over the grandstand, and warm steam rolls off their backs. Thoroughbred racing at Keeneland is one of the few places in sports where the super stars are close and accessible. Its a place where you can get close and rub elbows with horses, jockeys, owners, trainers, grooms, hot walkers, and exercise riders.

A pageant almost as big as the races themselves lies with the variety of thoroughbred sales that take place between the spring and fall meets. The Keeneland Sales bring together a cornucopia of international spectators and buyers, along with the local celebrity horse farms such as Taylor Made, & Gainesway. These buyers are prepared to drop over a million dollars on a single colt, based solely it’s Mommy and Daddy.

Each year the big question is whether or not Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the world’s leading thoroughbred buyer, will be in attendance. He accounted for more than a quarter of all revenues at a sale last month in New York. When I was there Sunday for the opening night, he wasn’t there, but no one ever knows when his luxury private jet will make surprise landing at Bluegrass Airport.

With or with out Sheikh Mohammad, Keeneland is, and always will be, a central Kentucky jewel. Here a few shots from the opening night of the 2011 Yearling Sales.







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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-The-Keeneland-Yearling-Sales Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:17:17 GMT
Along The Way… Scenic Shots from Shaker Village & Rt. 169 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-Scenic-Shots-from-Shaker-Village-Rt-169 My biggest regret in life will be all the beautiful photos that I recognized and saw, but was too busy to pull over and capture, along the way to the assigments that help me to actually make a living. The older I get though, the more I’m slowing down and taking time to capture the little things that I see along Kentucky’s highways.

These are a few shots that I grabbed after doing a magazine shoot for the November cover of Kentucky Living at Shaker Village Friday Morning, and then brought Rt. 169 cross country back home to Richmond.







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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/9/Along-The-Way-Scenic-Shots-from-Shaker-Village-Rt-169 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:05:49 GMT
Northern Arizona’s Highway 89 Revisited https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/Northern-Arizona-s-Highway-89-Revisited Here are some of the few thousand shots that I captured on our RV trip across America last summer. Highway 89 in Northern Arizona had the prettiest scenery of the whole trip. It didn’t hurt that we were there at sunset either!!!

















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When the Red Met the Kentucky https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/When-the-Red-Met-the-Kentucky As a native of Clay City, I’ve seen Red River annually destroy my hometown with its flood waters.

I’ve waded it, swam it, drove through it, drank it, fished it, photographed it, and floated most of it in a john boat with some of the purest muskie fishermen in the world.

I’ve been at its headwaters in Morgan County, but only a few times have I been at its mouth in Clark County. I was on an assignment in Trapp this morning and decided to go down and see what I could find with my camera at the point where Red River empties into the Kentucky River.

It was no Cape Cod, but it was quintessential Red River.




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Along The Way… Inside the Boiler https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/Along-The-Way-Inside-the-Boiler An East Kentucky Power Employee welds inside a boiler at Dale Station Power Plant on the Kentucky River at Boonesboro. The temperatures that day were hovering around 105 degrees.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... Corporate https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/Along-The-Way-Inside-the-Boiler Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:33:06 GMT
Little Miss Magic Turns 8 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/Little-Miss-Magic-Turns-8 I’m a few hours late with this. Laura turned 8 years old Saturday. I know this sounds like a cliche, but it’s hard to believe that my little baby girl is growing up so fast. In true Laura fashion she planned her own birthday party, which included calling her grandmothers and telling them what they needed to cook and bring.

Laura and I have decided that Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett is our song. Here are a few lyrics and pictures of my Little Miss Magic over the past 8 years.

 

Constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling
The clever little glances she gives me can’t help but be appealing
She loves to ride into town with the top down
Feel that warm breeze on her gentle skin
She is my next of kin

Chorus:
I see a little more of me everyday
I catch a little more moustache turning gray
Your mother is the only other woman for me
Little miss magic, what you gonna be?

Sometimes I catch her dreamin and wonder where that little mind meanders
Is she strollin along the shore or cruisin oer the broad savannah
I know someday she’ll learn to make up her own rhymes
Someday she’s gonna learn how to fly
Oh that I wont deny

Chorus:
I catch a little more dialogue comin my way
I see those big brown eyes just start to lookin astray
Your mothers still the only other woman for me
Little miss magic, what you gonna be?

Yes she loves to ride into town with the top down
Feel that warm breeze on her gentle skin
She is my next of kin

Constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling
Those clever little looks she gives just can’t help but be appealing
I know someday shell learn to make up her own rhymes
One day she’s gonna learn how to fly
That I wont deny

Chorus:
I see a little more of me everyday
I feel a little more moustache turning gray
Your mother’s still the only other woman for me
Little miss magic, what you gonna be?
Little miss magic, what you gonna be?
Little miss magic, just can’t wait to see

Its raining, it’s pouring
Your old man is snoring

It all started here, December 20, 2002

We took Laura to the beach with us the summer before she was born.

August 6, 2003

Big brothers checked out all the equipment before she was born.

I bought her this little pink bear at the hospital gift shop the day she was born, and she still sleeps with it 8 years later.

Helping Mom make a grocery list

Angie gives Laura her first haircut.

She spent Christmas Eve 2003 in the same gown that Natalie wore on her first Christmas in 1973.

Laura shares some of her first birthday cake with me.

Playing war games with her brothers

When we moved to our new house in 2005, she didn’t want to sleep in her new bedroom, and spent the next nine months sleeping on
a recliner in our bedroom.

Little Mary Poppins

Kissing mommy

In the shadows with Nolan

Her little pink bear still in tow

You’re all grown up now (or at least it seems that way)

Happy Birthday Laura Kathryn!!!!

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Along The Way… Kentucky Fiddler John Harrod https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/8/Along-The-Way-Kentucky-Fiddler-John-Harrod I was pleasantly surprised to come home from church camp this week and see the August issue of Kentucky Living. I had put a lot of work and mileage into the August and September issues of Kentucky Living. While September is still on the editing table, August is in the mailbox with Kentucky Fiddler and music historian John Harrod gracing its cover. I did the shoot with John and his wife Tona at their home, on a beautiful, green ridge in Owen County. Their home is the epitome of sustainable living with rain barrels, compost, a garden, and solar panels in the works. The house on the hill even comes equipped with a separate library, and John’s vast collection of Kentucky traditional music. In his early years, John was a Rhodes Scholar from Centre College, even making the basketball team at Oxford.

I pretty much pulled out all of my lighting gear for this shoot. I did a Joe McNally special on the outside shots, including the cover shot, with several smaller speed lights, then I set up three strobes with beauty dishes, and a spot grid for the inside shots. For the outside shots, I ramped up my shutter speed to darken the background, and then darkened the corners even more in Lightroom. It had just rained that morning, and the overcast skies made it easier to use my lights, because I wasn’t fighting with the sun or shadows.

As a Kentucky deer hunter, I looked forward to making this trip to Owen County, because it’s the deer hunting capital of Kentucky. By the time I left, I had spied eleven deer.










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Along The Way…The Alltech Symposium https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/7/Along-The-Way-The-Alltech-Symposium This was my 8th year of covering the annual Alltech Symposium at Lexington Center for Kentucky’s best kept secret, Pearce Lyons and Alltech, the natural bio feed company. I’m always amazed at the international flavor of Lexington’s largest conference, with an audience of over 2,000 people from around the world this past May.


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Along The Way… Chevrolet Self Portrait https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/7/Along-The-Way-Chevrolet-Self-Portrait

I love doing unique self portraits when I can a canvas outside the box. I shot this at the Licking Valley RECC Annual Meeting, near West Liberty, in May. In addition to scholarships, and a beauty contest, they have a really nice car show. It looks like I really need to lose weight!

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Along The Way… State Tournament Baseball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/7/Along-The-Way-State-Tournament-Baseball It took me nearly 25 years, but I finally made it to the state tournament baseball championship. Getting there wasn’t at all how I imagined it would be. This wasn’t what I imagined during all those evenings of passing ball with my Dad in the front yard, or playing whiffle ball games with Darby, Dustin, and Shim in the summers, or playing four years of high school baseball at Powell County from 1985-1988.

I always imagined me in my Powell County uniform, wearing #3 of course, being carried off the field on the shoulders of my teammates after throwing a no-hitter… no, no, a perfect game in the championship. Of course my championship performance would’ve been against one of those big city teams from Louisville or Lexington. My baseball fantasy was always based on a David vs. Goliath scenario. All the while, the ultimate championship songs like We Are The Champions, by Queen, and Don’t Stop Believing, by Journey, would be ringing out through ball park.

I don’t think there has ever been a  kid who was serious about baseball who hasn’t dreamed this dream. And there is an equally impressive fantasy about doing equal major league feats in the World Series, for the Cincinnati Reds of course. Except in that dream, Pete Rose and Johnny Bench, are let onto the field afterwards to personally congratulate me for defeating the Yankees in Game 7.

But in reality, I made it to the state championship, as one of the official photographer’s for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, along with my buddy Jim Osborn. I made it to the state tournament as a 41-year-old who is technically overweight, according to my daughter’s Wii Fit game, and I now have more gray hair than black. I’ve traded my Wilson A-2000 ball glove, which was top shelf during Christmas 1986, in for my Nikon camera and lenses. I traded my cleats and uniform in for a fanny pack full of camera equipment. Darrell and Dustin Billings were in the stands for the championship game and texted me saying I “looked like I was going into combat.” I feel like that sometimes. A photographer’s fanny pack system is like a woman’s purse, you stuff it full of crap, never knowing when you might need something. Preparation is the key to success in my business.

When it was all said and done, two Cinderella teams played for the championship after a week of great baseball. Unfortunately, Mercer County ran out pitching in the 6-day tournament, and got pounded 21-3 by Central Hardin. It felt great to run out on the field with Central Hardin and document their celebration, with Journey and Queen as the house bands.

Whether its a soap opera, a great movie, novel, or yes, even wrestling, the human spirit needs to fantasize and dream about something other than waking up on Monday mornings and going to work, paying bills, and taxes. Photography is good to me. It allows me to live my dreams everyday.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Along the way... https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/7/Along-The-Way-State-Tournament-Baseball Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:58:02 GMT
Along The Way… Plank Board Museum at 89 & 2001 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Along-The-Way-Plank-Board-Museum-at-89-2001 I’ve always loved old abandoned houses. And Kentucky is full of them. Every time I see one I wonder about it’s story. I wonder what the walls would say if they could talk. I wonder who used to live there. I think about how many kids were raised in that old house, and how many people passed on from there. I think about the storms, the snow, and the rain that it endured over time. I think about the warmth of Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve get-togethers, and the kids and grand kids who came running down the steps each morning.

Now they just sit there. Fragments of our of heritage, deteriorating a little more each year. Kentucky is a perfect place for these old houses, because we’re still a state that has more land than population. I enjoy seeing these plank board museums, as I drive by listening to my satellite radio and probably talking on my cell phone. Its a reminder that the old and new can still coexist.

Although I have no emotional or physical ties to these houses, it’s a little sad to think about the livelihood that used to exist within them, and now see the stark contrast with its slow, dilapidating death. But then I remind myself that its all part of the circle of life, and that someday my grand kids will make fun of cell phone and my satellite radio because they were so old fashion.

This is an old house that I see every time I go back to Clay City. It’s at the intersection of Hwy. 89 and Hwy 2001.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Along-The-Way-Plank-Board-Museum-at-89-2001 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:17:35 GMT
Blue Bucket List https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Blue-Bucket-List I cover several of the electric co-op annual meetings each spring. Blue buckets and light bulbs are always part of what they give away at registration. This is a shot of of a warehouse full of buckets at the Licking Valley RECC Annual Meeting in West Liberty.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Blue-Bucket-List Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:19:45 GMT
Nocturnal Spurlock https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Nocturnal-Spurlock Here are a few shots that I took over a couple of trips to the Spurlock Power Station in Maysville. These are set to come out in the July issue of Kentucky Living.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/Nocturnal-Spurlock Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:28:30 GMT
18 years & Counting https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/18-years-Counting Today is mine and Natalie’s 18th Wedding Anniversary. Like any other couple we’ve experienced our ups and downs, and our magical moments, and those moments that weren’t so magical.

She and I have done a lot of soul searching recently on the magic of a marriage and how it disappears over time. If you think about it, magic is usually a poof of smoke or abracadabra that comes and goes quickly. Magic wasn’t meant to be sustained over a period of time. Magic is a fleeting moment, just like a photograph. It comes and goes. John Lennon said it best in the lyrics of the song Beautiful Boy, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Really, if you think about, life itself is what makes a marriage and its also what can destroy a marriage.

Over the last 18 years, really 20 years if you count the time that we dated, there has been lots of magic, and lots of moments. Many times, we didn’t recognize those moments as being magical at the time. It happens that way when you’re in the moment. Magical moments are like good vacations, you need to step away from them a few months later to see how good they really were.

One of my greatest treasures in life are the rocks in our flower garden. We decided from the beginning that rocks were great and cheap souvenirs from our travels. Each time I pull in the driveway, regardless of where I’ve been, regardless if I made money that day or lost my ass on a blown assignment and all the mileage that went with it. I can pull into my driveway and get a glimpse of the rocks that surround my mailbox and my house, and it reminds me that it’s not about a single moment, or a single day, but rather life is about the long haul. Just like mine and Natalie’s marriage.

There are rocks from Tennessee that we collected when she was 8 months pregnant with Nolan. There are lava rocks from when her parents sent us to Hawaii to reward her for graduation with her Masters. There are memories embedded in those rocks of snorkeling Molokini, climbing up to Haleakala, and our unplanned 5-hour-drive, zig zag adventure, around the road to Hana (we were lucky to even make our flight after that trip). There are rocks that we packed out of the Grand Canyon, when we hiked there in the 1990s. And of course there are rocks there from our epic RV trip last year across America.

There are two rocks in particular from that trip that represent our marriage. One is a deep red rock from Arizona and the other is the big rock that she and kids worked on digging out of the snow illegally in the Rocky Mountain National Park, while I was in the car with elevation sickness. These two rocks represent a marriage because of  these reasons: the red rock from Arizona wasn’t meant to be in a rainy climate that Kentucky has had this year, and it’s disintegrating and breaking apart. So I had to move it closer to the house to protect it. It’s not strong enough to stay out in the open. And the Rocky Mountain Rock is tough! It was designed to survive any type of weather.

Mine and Natalie’s lives are like those rocks. There are moments with our kids, that are like the Rocky Mountain Rock, that could survive any weather, under any conditions, 365/24/7. We’d kill for our kids. We relish in our kids, like when Cameron hit a triple to the fence last week in Little League. And when Laura comes up with some bright idea on how to make money with her own business selling brownie cakes, and when Nolan gives us a dissertation on something he learned off the History Channel and then applies it to his real life. And then there are moments like the Arizona rock, that are more tender, and needs more care, like when we put so much time and effort into our kids, and into our careers, that we forget about those moments of infatuation, like when I first met Natalie at the Powell County High School lunch room during her honors banquet in the spring of 1991. We often tend to lose sight of what got us here to begin with. And the weather starts chipping away at us, every time it rains, until eventually we disintegrate! We have learned, although painfully at times, the parts of our marriage that needs protection from the house itself and the parts that can withstand the test of time.

I’ll always be a creative brain. Natalie will always be a math brain, (whose check book is never off by even a penny). I feel good myself as a person if I make through the month without the bank telling me I’m overdrawn…yet again. I ran into yesterday, perhaps the greatest teacher I ever had in college or high school, and although I struggled with every high school algebra class I ever had with Diane Davis, she and I agreed that the world needs people who made straight A’s as well as those people who made D’s.  I’ll always be a photographer who is obsessed with his work, and with high blood pressure, and Natalie will always be the greatest mother in the world. God made her, and designed her to be a mother, from the moment her little brother Brent Douglas was born. God designed her to be a caretaker, to be compassionate, to be understanding, and above all else to be patient in ways that I will never understand or be capable. To me that’s what a marriage is about. It took me many years understand that. Marriage is about love, but it’s also about a partnership between two people who bring both their strengths and weaknesses to the table, and commit to that partnership. God may have designed me to see and help save the world through the lens of a camera, but he also brought me together, as a team with four other people in this world. And without US, or without that TEAM, I’m nobody.

Happy 18th Anniversary, and on June 30th, Happy 20 years together! Rock On.

 

I went to the 1991 PCHS Honors Banquet to award a scholarship from the Clay City Times,
and met my future wife in her pretty white dress.

This is a photo of Natalie and I while we were dating. Very few people have ever carried my camera bag, but I let her pack it
while we were visiting my Papaw Tojo, a true Eastern Kentucky man, in the Spring of 1992. A fellow photographer, Rob Carr, saw this print later and
said it looked like Natalie was standing in Honduras. After several years of hard work, my parents have turned this farm on Garvin Ridge into
a weekend get-away.

I proposed to Natalie with a half-carrot diamond slid onto half of a carrot. I couldn’t pass the opportunity to insert
a little humor into the moment.

My Graduation from Eastern in 1992.

Natalie’s Graduation from Morehead in 1995.

Our Wedding Day, June 5, 1991, Stanton First Presbyterian Church (look at all that black hair in my head…geez where did all of it go to?)

The same three kids that stole all of my black hair tried to tell me how to drive to the pawn shop this weekend that used to be Gales Market
back in the day. I said, “we used to live there, I know how to get there!!!”

The birth of Nolan Gale, September 23, 1997

The birth of Cameron Wayne, April 3, 2001

The birth of Laura Kathryn, August 6, 2003

Making babies sure was fun! But maintaining babies wasn’t any fun at all.

Natalie and I have vowed to go back to Hawaii as skinny people and retake this photo.

This was my third trip hiking the Grand Canyon when Natalie got to go with me in 1999. I’ve hiked over 100 miles
in the canyon between 1996 & 1999, and went Rim to Rim in 1999.

Niagra Falls 1995

I’m going to trade in my Guy Club card here with this photo. God gives us these beautiful women as our wives. And then we tend not to appreciate their bodies after they give us our children. Stretch marks are signs of character and sacrifice for the children that go on to ultimately continue our families.

A 2-foot snow storm at our trailer park in Richmond, 1996.

Vegas 2007

An elevator in the Downtown Boston Marriott, February 2006

Kelly Wells’ Wedding, sometime 1991…I think…maybe 1992.

Happy Anniversary Nattie!!!!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/6/18-years-Counting Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:10:48 GMT
Momma…is that you? https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Momma-is-that-you I think these baby birds are ready to fly the coop in my front yard.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Momma-is-that-you Mon, 30 May 2011 17:03:44 GMT
Along The Way… The Kentucky Derby & Oaks https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-The-Kentucky-Derby-Oaks *Editors Note: This post is way late since The Preakness was ran last weekend.

Growing up, I never did get into or understand horse racing very well. I remember going to my 8th Grade May Dance, in my pearly white John Travolta tuxedo, listening on the radio as Swale won the Kentucky Derby. Later on in life, I started going to Keeneland, treating it more as a cultural event rather than a love of horse racing. Still to this day, there are certain math-minded people in my family, including my wife, who make fun of me because I can’t figure out the betting system. Back to the culture of horse racing…. when I left Eastern in 2004 and ventured out on my own as Tim Webb Photography, I covered my first Derby at Keeneland and its 25, 000 fans, watching Smarty Jones cruise to victory  for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The next year, I covered the first turn at Churchill Downs for the Louisville Courier-Journal. I’ve been there ever since then, from Giacomo in 2005 to Animal Kingdom this year. My greatest moment on the first turn of the Derby came in 2008, when Big Brown came within inches of my camera lens after winning the Derby.

Regardless if you understand horse racing or know how to bet on it, The Kentucky Derby and the sport of racing is a big part of our culture in Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby should be to Kentuckians like Cinco De Mayo is to Mexico, or like Saint Patrick’s Day is to the Irish. It’s not only about the horses, the race, and the culture, such as mint juleps, big hats, sear sucker suits, and the beginning of Spring, it’s about our culture and heritage as Kentuckians. Its our time to shine, when the world is watching us. Celebrities from Jessica Simpson to  Queen Elizabeth come to Kentucky to experience our culture. We should too.

The following photos are from the Kentucky Oaks on Friday and the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Enjoy the Kentucky culture!!!!

The view from the Spires

A buffet in the Jockey Club Suites

Terry Bradshaw

Relaxing in my room on Friday night with Jethro and the gang from NCIS

One of my mentor’s Robb Carr, aka Bobby Lee, with Getty Images in Baltimore, the 1992 author of “Shoot ‘em up Webbie!!!”

Bill Frakes of Sports Illustrated, adjusting one of his many remote cameras.

And where is Animal Kingdom at this point?

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-The-Kentucky-Derby-Oaks Wed, 25 May 2011 10:40:11 GMT
Along The Way… Hanging in Whitesburg https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Hanging-in-Whitesburg On Monday I traveled to Whitesburg and different parts of Letcher County, working on a story for the Associated Press on water quality, or I should say…lack thereof. I’ll leave the politics of the situation to the story’s author. Instead, I’d rather talk about the uniqueness of Whitesburg and its surrounding communities. First of all, for those of us who grew up in Powell County, we never strayed too far from Highway 15. The city of Whitesburg takes Highway 15 and twists it like a pretzel. I’m no highway engineer, but technically I know that odd numbered roads typically run north and south, and even numbered roads run east and west. Within the small city limits of Whitesburg, Highway 15 goes all four directions and has the signs to prove it. Also within the city, the northern fork of the Kentucky River crisscrosses under several bridges.

At the turn of the other century (the 1900s) there were a number of Italian immigrants who settled in Whitesburg to work in the coal mines and on the railroads that first opened a very isolated Eastern Kentucky. Although they were there for other reasons, they left their mark on the city’s architecture. Many of the old houses and buildings look as if they were lifted out of Italy. One building in particular was built right on the river, reminiscent of Venice.

Along the way (no pun intended) yesterday, I found a city that has come and gone with coal, but is still working hard to maintain its identity.

A barbershop in downtown Whitesburg

I even found a sign with name on it.

 

The North Fork of the Kentucky River is in the heart of Whitesburg

Italian stone workers who came with the railroad in the early 1900s left their mark on Whitesburg's architecture.

 

A duck flies up stream over the headwaters of the Kentucky River.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Hanging-in-Whitesburg Thu, 19 May 2011 07:25:46 GMT
Along The Way…Derby Day Self Portrait https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Derby-Day-Self-Portrait It’s Sunday night and I’m just now getting around to editing my Kentucky Derby and Oaks images. Keep in mind I’m not lazy. I was working for Saint Joseph and their new hospital in Mt. Sterling at the first of the week, and then UK and their new hospital the rest of the week, through today. And oh yea, throw in a late night trip to Maysville for time exposures of  Spurlock Power Station. Plus, tackling 1,600 + photos takes time. I’ll post a Derby gallery sometime this week, but until then, here is a shot that I had forgotten about until I found it tonight. This was an accidental self-portrait of sorts. I was in the infield, fulfilling my 2:00 Courier-Journal deadline on Derby Hats. This young lady was very happy to see me and my camera, although I doubt her enthusiasm had anything to do with her amount of beer consumption. It was her birthday and she was looking to party with anyone willing! The thing I love most about the Kentucky Derby is the Social Contrast between those in the grand stands and those (crazies) in the infield.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Derby-Day-Self-Portrait Sun, 15 May 2011 19:38:47 GMT
Along The Way… Back Home on the Porch https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Back-Home-on-the-Porch It’s been a long time since I stayed all night at Mom and Dad’s without Natalie  and the kids. I stayed there a couple of nights this week, while I was working on some late night assignments nearby. I got in one night about one o’clock, and just sat on the back porch for a while. My mind was  instantly flooded with sights and sounds of growing up on Blackcreek in Clay City. The House Band that night was a group of deep-bar-atoned frogs and other assorted insects. You talk about a great stress reliever! I just sat there and soaked it all in.

The assignment that I was working on was photographing power plants at night for Kentucky Living (coming out in July…I think). I already had my tripod set up for time exposures, so I tried to capture a little bit of the Blackcreek Night. This is a 30 second exposure with the neighbors lights illuminating the hill behind Mom and Dad’s house. It really isn’t all that dark at night.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Back-Home-on-the-Porch Thu, 12 May 2011 05:57:56 GMT
Along The Way… 2010 Kentucky Derby Scenes https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-2010-Kentucky-Derby-Scenes Since we are now only one day away from the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are a few memories from last year’s washout.

David Harrison, photo director of the Louisville Courier-Journal

David Stephenson, UK Photojournalism director

Courier-Journal photographer Michael Clevenger strikes a pose in the media pavillion.

 

Lexington Herald-Leader Photographer Mark Cornelison makes final adjustments on his remote cameras

Next to the NBA Finals, the Derby media pavilion is considered one of the nicest accommodations for journalists.

Calvin wins #3

Stuck in the mud!!!

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-2010-Kentucky-Derby-Scenes Fri, 06 May 2011 05:12:28 GMT
Along The Way… Equestrian Acrobatics https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Equestrian-Acrobatics My idea with this blog when I first started it was to make it a daily photo diary. Life tends take over each day and I don’t always get to post photos like I want. But I’ve decided to try my best at making daily posts. I’d like to give people an artistic and visual reason to return each day. As a photographer, I get to see so much and go so many places. I’m truly blessed. I’ve never felt arrogant about the history that I get to record or the magnificent people that I get to immortalize by preserving small moments in time. I just feel lucky to be there, and because of that, I want to share what I see.

I love this time of year! This is when the world of photography turns its attention from the almighty orange bouncing ball to the moving hooves of the horse. For me, it starts with a few trips to Keeneland, and then the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, seen here, and then on to Louisville tomorrow for Oaks Day and the Kentucky Derby.

 

Great Britain's Mary King rides Kings Temptress to a first place finish in the jumping portion of the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.

A large, partly international crowd watches the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Kentuckian Hannah Sue Burnett, aboard St. Barths, places eighth during the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park. Burnett entered the day fifth place.

 

 

Last year's winner William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain, clears a fence during the jumping portion of the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Great Britain's Mary King rides Kings Temptress to a first place finish in the jumping portion of the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Great Britain's Mary King, pats Kings Temptress, after winning the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park. King was the first rider to ever win first and second places at the Rolex, as her second place horse Fernhill Urco, right, looks on.

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/5/Along-The-Way-Equestrian-Acrobatics Thu, 05 May 2011 08:07:49 GMT
Along The Way… Genesis 9:14 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Genesis-9-14 My idea with this blog when I first started it was to make it a daily photo diary. Life tends take over each day and I don’t always get to post photos like I want. But I’ve decided to try my best at making daily posts. I’d like to give people an artistic and visual reason to return each day. As a photographer, I get to see so much and go so many places. I’m truly blessed. I’ve never felt arrogant about the history that I get to record or the magnificent people that I get to immortalize by preserving small moments in time. I just feel lucky to be there, and because of that, I want to share what I see.

I got a glimpse of God’s power with weather a couple nights ago in Frankfort. There is a message there.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Genesis-9-14 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:03:53 GMT
Along The Way…Commonwealth Legacy Awards https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Commonwealth-Legacy-Awards My idea with this blog when I first started it was to make it a daily photo diary. Life tends take over each day and I don’t always get to post photos like I want. But I’ve decided to try my best at making daily posts. I’d like to give people an artistic and visual reason to return each day. As a photographer, I get to see so much and go so many places. I’m truly blessed. I’ve never felt arrogant about the history that I get to record or the magnificent people that I get to immortalize by preserving small moments in time. I just feel lucky to be there, and because of that, I want to share what I see.

I don’t always get to see a photo assignment come full circle, but I did back in the winter with Commonwealth Legacy Awards, given by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. The Kentucky Chamber celebrates Kentucky with its Commonwealth Legacy Award. It is presented exclusively to individuals, companies or organizations which have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made a profound impact on the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This year the award was being given to two gentlemen in tribute to their vision and leadership; Dr. Pearse Lyons for bringing the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to Lexington and Mr. Jim Host for making the KFC YUM! Center in Louisville a reality.

In January I did some preliminary photographs with the award, that was created by Kentucky artist Dan Neal Barnes. My photo buddy Chris Radcliffe and I set up a small studio inside Dan’s studio to create the images that were later used for promotion by the Chamber. Then in february I photographed the actual ceremony, where the speakers list included the likes of Wayne Martin, Lonnie Ali, wife of Muhammad Ali, former governors Ernie Fletcher, John Y. Brown, Martha Layne Collins, and Steve and Jane Beshear.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Commonwealth-Legacy-Awards Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:18:46 GMT
Along The Way… Framed Innocence https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Framed-Innocence My idea with this blog when I first started it was to make it a daily photo diary. Life tends take over each day and I don’t always get to post photos like I want. But I’ve decided to try my best at making daily posts. I’d like to give people an artistic and visual reason to return each day. As a photographer, I get to see so much and go so many places. I’m truly blessed. I’ve never felt arrogant about the history that I get to record or the magnificent people that I get to immortalize by preserving small moments in time. I just feel lucky to be there, and because of that, I want to share what I see.


This little girl was peeking out the front door window at me while I was photographing her grandmother in Winchester last week.

I love when color and composition come together in a photograph.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/4/Along-The-Way-Framed-Innocence Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:21:04 GMT
How Sweet It Was…the 2011 sweet 16 https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/How-Sweet-It-Was-the-2011-sweet-16
I’ve been going to the Kentucky Sweet 16 Boys State Basketball Tournament since early high school. I look forward to this tournament every year. Kentucky’s tournament is top shelf and is studied by other states. In my opinion, the thing that makes it great is that there are no class distinctions like most states. The small schools play the big schools, the public schools play the private schools, and you still never know who will win. This year nobody saw Rowan County making it to the championship game, and nobody certainly didn’t see the Western Kentucky boys from Christian County knocking off #1 Louisville Eastern, on their way to a double overtime thriller and the state championship on Saturday night.
The thing that I love most about the Sweet 16 is that it signals the true beginning of Spring to me with warmer weather, and a steady dose of basketball in the middle of March. You can watch the high school kids play in front of you, while catching NCAA updates and games on your iPhone.   

Oldham County's Tyler Wesley shoots over Clark County's Jaylen Daniel. Clark County won the opening game of the Sweet 16, 56-39.

Clark County's Bopper Stenzel passes around Oldham County's Kerry Smith, left, and Tyler Wesley, right, during the opening round of the Sweet 16.

 

Eastern's Kameron Woods uses his face to secure a rebound against Warren Central's George Fant, during the opening round of the Sweet 16 in Lexington. Eastern won 54-51.

Eastern's Arman Marks drives the lane against the Warren Central defense, during the opening round of the Sweet 16 in Lexington. Eastern won 54-51.

Bullitt East coach Troy Barr makes a point to his team from the sideline against Bardstown.

Bullitt East's Trey Rakes is fouled under the basket by Marshall County's Chase Buchanan.

Eastern's Jon Davis fights for a loose ball against Warren Central's Adam Bradley, during the opening round of the Sweet 16 in Lexington. Eastern won 54-51.

Warren Central's Jordan Shanklin tries to send the game to overtime on a 3-pointer over Eastern's Byron Sanford with one second left, but the ball rimmed out, during the opening round of the Sweet 16 in Lexington. Eastern won 54-51.

Warren Central's Jordan Shanklin is fouled by Eastern's Arman Mark's, during the opening round of the Sweet 16 in Lexington. Eastern won 54-51.

Eastern Coach Jason Couch revs up his team after cutting into Christian County's lead on Saturday morning.

 

Wayne County & Rowan County

Wayne County's Gavin Dunagan drives the basket against Rowan County's Adam Wing.

Rowan County's Adam Wing celebrates after hitting a 3 pointer in the semi finals against Bullitt East.

Rowan County's Corey Hunter breathes a sigh of relief after knocking off Bullitt East in the semi finals.

Eastern's Remy Abell drives around Clark County's Vinny Zollo.

 

Lexington Catholic's Taylor Martin drives on Christian County's Anthony Hickey.

My 9-year-old son Cameron and our cousin Austin Monnett got to enjoy the tournament this year.

Cameron gets to talk smack with his favorite Associated Press photographer James Crisp, as Herald-Leader photographer Charles Bertram, Austin, and I look on.

Cameron gets to talk smack with his favorite Associated Press photographer James Crisp.

Kameron Woods sat in disbelief after heavily-favored Eastern was knocked out by Anthony Hickey and Christian County.

The heavily-favored Eastern team sat dejected after losing to Christian County on Saturday morning.

Christian County celebrated after beating Eastern in the semi finals on Saturday morning.

Christian County's Kenyon Wheeler consoles the Eastern team after knocking off the top team in the semi finals.Christian County piles on the floor after their big upset on Saturday morning.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/How-Sweet-It-Was-the-2011-sweet-16 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:36:51 GMT
Post Disney https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/Post-Disney

The Webbs at Disney

 

On every trip to Florida we seem to accidentally stop at the same exit in Ashburn, Georgia with the cow.

 

Waiting on the bus

An explosion at the Indiana Jones show at Disney Hollywood

Laura found her 2nd Grade Teacher Mendi Lake at Disney on Ms. Lake's birthday!

We DO have three kids, Cameron just hates having his picture taken!

Laura doing her Hop Scotch thing.

 

We got to see & hear the Space Shuttle Discovery make its final landing across Florida. The sonic boom sounded like a two big coal trucks hitting a pot hole.

Natalie & Nolan taking in the thrill of Big Thunder Railroad

Hey! There's our third child!

Cinderella's Castle at night with the fireworks.

 

Mommy & Daddy time on Sarasota Beach

Creative Rejuvination

Hanging out with Maw & Paw Wayne in Bowling Green, Florida.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/Post-Disney Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:11:08 GMT
A Moment of Warm Fuzzy https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/A-Moment-of-Warm-Fuzzy The Kentucky General Assembly passed a pretty important piece of legislation this spring in the Corrections Bill. It was refreshing to see both sides of the aisle agree on something. I enjoyed covering the last step of the process in the Senate and then it’s signing into law. Now, with the governor’s race looming this year, I doubt the warm-fuzzies will last long in Frankfort.

The corrections reform bill received unanimous support in the Senate.

Secretary of Justice and Public Safety J. Michael Brown, right, speaks with Rep. John Tilley about the corrections reform bill that passed the Senate Monday. Tilley sponsored the bill in the House.

Senators Robert Leeper, left, and Tim Shaughnessy, right, talk during a recess, before the Senate unanimously passes the corrections reform bill.

Senate President David Williams spoke from the floor during the Senate's passage of the corrections reform bill.The corrections reform bill received unanimous support in the Senate.

 

Tom Jensen, who sponsored the corrections reform bill in the Senate, smiles during a recess, before it received unanimous support.

 

Gov. Steve Beshear signed the bill into law with key members of the House and Senate.

Gov. Beshear signs the bill into law with key legislators and officials who made the bill a reality.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/A-Moment-of-Warm-Fuzzy Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:43:42 GMT
The Sacrifice of Parenthood https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/The-Sacrifice-of-Parenthood I often have people who are both parents, and not parents, ask “why would you want to go spend a week walking around Disney World, fighting the crowds?”

The answer is simple. My kids love it!

Being a parent is all about love & sacrifice. That doesn’t mean you have to give up your life as an adult, but your frame of mind changes after having kids. It’s no longer JUST about you.

A few years ago when Natalie’s grandmother died, one of her friends from work came to the funeral home for visitation. The kids asked why did that person come when they never knew “Momaw Crystal.” We told them it was because she came to see Mommy, and because she cared about Mommy.

That story made a really good moral. Too many times in life we do what’s convenient for us instead of doing what’s right for the people around us.

I feel like I’m blessed with the greatest job in the world, or at least Kentucky. I’ll be shooting the Sweet 16 next week when I get back and doing what I enjoy, so taking off a week to do something that makes my kids happy is more than worth it.











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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/The-Sacrifice-of-Parenthood Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:32:19 GMT
More UK Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/More-UK-Basketball Here are a few more shots from the UK-Florida game and the UK-Vandy game. I shot both games for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/3/More-UK-Basketball Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:52:13 GMT
The All-A Classic https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/2/The-All-A-Classic Each year I cover The All-A Classic in Richmond for Touchstone Energy. I run my own little Photo Agency by providing images to newspapers across Kentucky. On any given day during the tournament I’ll have photos published from Paducah to Pikeville, and several points in between. It’s pretty much a photographer’s marathon with 30 games in 5 days. I knew I was going to be in trouble this year by trying to do it one month after surgery. So I recruited the help of my friends Jim Osborn and Chris Radcliffe. By Friday evening I found myself sitting in a stupor watching the game instead of shooting it, and decided it was time to turn it over to better eyes and go home. I was sound asleep by 8:45. I left my son Cameron there to watch the games with Jim, and after the last game was a thriller in overtime, they got home at 1:30. We left the door unlocked but Cameron didn’t know, and he thought it would be funny to  ring the door bell several hundred times. At first I jumped up and hit the alarm clock, then I tried to answer my phone. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper when I opened the door.

The Owensboro Catholic Lady Aces win the girls championship

The 15th Region captures the boys title three years in a row, as Betsy Layne beats Louisville DeSales for the title.

Remember this name, Rebecca Greenwell of Owensboro Catholic is a sophomore who averages over 30 points a game!

Lexington Christian double-teamed Greenwell the entire game and she still scored 16 points.

Laura Kathryn, my onsite editor

The doorbell ringer himself

Jimmy Oz saves me and my shoulder by filling in for me for several games.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/2/The-All-A-Classic Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:03:40 GMT
UK vs. Mississippi State https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/2/UK-vs-Mississippi-State My shoulder is much better now, and I was able to cover the UK-Mississippi State game for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Both coaches provided a lot of action to photograph.

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/2/UK-vs-Mississippi-State Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:21:37 GMT
How I Spent My Christmas Break https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/1/How-I-Spent-My-Christmas-Break Just like the first day of  school, I’m going to write a small narrative  on what I did over Christmas break. Of course it’s three weeks late, but I can get an excused absence for medical reasons. My right shoulder had been bothering me ever since I picked up a light stand and felt the pain on my very last wedding ever, back in August.  Several thousand painful photos, The World Equestrian Games, a cortisone shot, physical therapy, and four months later, I had shoulder surgery on January 5th. I’m just now getting to where I can type and mouse again. It’s still a little sore, but I think I’m good for another 41 years.

We had a great Christmas as always. How can you not have a good Christmas with three kids who believe. We watched A Christmas Story a hundred times as usual, and they finally stood their ground and said no more Polar Express on Christmas Eve! Come on kids, Daddy loves that movie. We kept our new Christmas Day tradition going two years in a row by staying home all day, playing, being lazy, and going to eat Chinese, just like Ralphie and his family. Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra…Ra Ra Ra Ra!

After Christmas Natalie and I headed south to the Smokies for a few days of R&R sans kids. It was really pretty once we got there after being stuck in traffic forever on the interstate.

I brought in the New Years a little differently this year. The boys and I went Coon Hunting for the first time. I won’t mention any names, but a certain cousin of mine that I hunt with a lot, allowed us to get lost in the woods in the middle of the night. Then, shortly before midnight, I remembered that I had a GPS on my iPhone and thought it might be a good time to use it. So we brought in 2011, on a very memorable night, lost somewhere deep in the Carter County woods, between McGlone Creek and Jordan Fork. The only thing that would have made the night more complete would’ve been a little banjo music…ouch!

Finally, on January 8, I got to do something that I never thought I would do. I went to a wrestling match with Cameron and his friend Lee (sorry Jim Chadwick of Stanton, I mean no disrespect to the sport of wrestling, it’s just never been for me). But Cameron, however, loves it, and never misses a Monday or Friday night to watch it. He and Lee even give me verbal and written tests on the super stars of WWE, and they love to test my knowledge of different types of matches and the rules (rules!?! Really????). Anyway, I enjoyed it, and although I like to make fun of it, there is a lot of real pain and athleticism involved.

Well, that’s all I know to write for now Mrs. Whitabird, I’ll do it again when school starts back in August.

Cameron wraps himself for Christmas on the last day of school.

The Stephens grand kids and Uncle Brent

Somewhere near the Kentucky-Tennessee boarder, south of Williamsburg

Downtown Jellico, Tennessee

Stuck for hours on I-75 Southbound. And why? I still don't know.

We had to use four wheel drive to get to our cabin in Sevierville

Slip Slidin' Away

"Look Mom...it even has a fireplace!"

Gimping with my sling, with Nolan and Laura

This little piece of cartilage had been floating around my shoulder for months. So long pain!!!!

It looks like Jupiter, but it's not... it's the inside of my shoulder!

Alberto Del Rio and R-Truth battling out in the Smack Down ring at Rupp Arena..

Cameron and his friends Lee, left, and Chase, right

Cameron and Lee

Three days removed from shoulder surgery, but keeping my promise to Cameron, this was my view most of the night.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2011/1/How-I-Spent-My-Christmas-Break Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:12:26 GMT
Transatlantic https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Transatlantic I recently did my first international assignment. It was for the Harvard Business Manager, which is the German version and a sister to, the Harvard Business Review. I actually thought it was somebody playing a joke on me when a woman named Heidi called my cell phone from Hamburg, Germany. It was odd that her number showed up on the caller i.d. with no dashes between the numbers. They needed an environmental portrait of Joe LaBianca, an associate professor for Management and International Center for Research on Social Networks in Business at the University of Kentucky. It turned out to be a good shoot with Joe and one of his doctoral classes, who were in the middle of a social networking research project that had received quite a bit of national and international attention. Here is what I shot, and here is what they used.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Transatlantic Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:14:38 GMT
Powell County Basketball https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Powell-County-Basketball I had a chance last Sunday to cover Powell County’s basketball team and my cousin Austin Monnett, who is a point guard on the team. They played Bracken County on the floor at Rupp Arena. It was a really good game that went back forth until the final seconds. It’s always fun for me to photograph Powell County because that’s where I first learned to shoot basketball for our high school newspaper, The Pirate Press, and the yearbook my senior year, 1987-1988. Back then I used to shoot from the stands because I was too nervous and embarrassed to go sit on the floor like I was supposed to.

Doing things like this reminds me of my age, when I look into the stands and see the parents with their cam corders cheering for sons. These parents were people that I went to school with and played baseball with. I remember our parents doing the same thing at our ball games back in the 80s. I used to go to Morehead and watch Austin’s uncle Alex, who was also #11, play in the 16th Region. It’s funny how it all comes full circle.

If Nolan is my hunter, then Cameron is my athlete. Cameron loves to go to ball games with me. He went with me Sunday and had some great conversations with Austin’s Daddy Roy. The doctor expects to have Roy’s left ear sewn back on any day now.


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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Powell-County-Basketball Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:46:12 GMT
Winter Scenes https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Winter-Scenes Here  a few shots of my favorite landmarks in the snow. The first is the Ivyton School House in Magoffin County. It’s an old school that was built with WPA money in 1938 during The Great Depression. It was used as a school until it eventually burned, leaving only the skeleton of its rock walls in the 1990s.

One of my other favorite landmarks is the little wooden boat dock that sits on Lake Ellerslie, which is located across from Jacobson Park on Richmond Road in Lexington. I was driving into Lexington early this morning and the fog coming off the water was lit up like a Christmas tree by the early morning sun. It was one of those occasions where I passed it up at first, thinking it was too cold to get out of the car. Then I reminded myself as I turned around to go back that great photos seldom happen during ideal weather.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Winter-Scenes Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:53:17 GMT
Kentucky vs. Indiana https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Kentucky-vs-Indiana  

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Kentucky-vs-Indiana Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:31:02 GMT
Missionary Nurse https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Missionary-Nurse I recently did a windy shoot at Bluegrass Airport with Saint Joseph cardio-nurse Bryan Boling, who takes medical missionary trips to Haiti.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/Missionary-Nurse Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:14:19 GMT
The Greatest Day https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/The-Greatest-Day Today is one of those days that I dream about all year. We woke up this morning to a beautiful 3-inch blanket of snow, which is kind of rare this early in December. But what really makes this such a unique day is that we’re all five home doing nothing and enjoying it. The kids have been out in the field behind our house playing in the snow. We’re really lucky to have lots of friends, neighbors, and sidewalks on the front of our house, and a large field with rabbits, deer, trees, weeds and a big pond behind our house. It gives the kids the best of both worlds when it comes to playing. Although UK lost today in Chapel Hill, it was a great game to watch with a fire roaring in the living room. Like most other modern-day parents we spend a lot of time running to the ball fields, and gymnastic and karate lessons for our three kids. So it’s days like today that are very rare, but very well deserved and appreciated.

The Three Amigos

Smack Down in the snow

Self-Portrait with Laura

Daredevil Cameron spins his mini-bike in the snow.

The garden troll, watching over our winter garden

Our winter garden

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/12/The-Greatest-Day Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:06:19 GMT
A Weekend on McGlone Creek https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/A-Weekend-on-McGlone-Creek I did my Horses and Hospitality presentation for the Friends of the Library at Eastern Kentucky University on Friday night, and then changed from my suit to my hunting coat and drove to Olive Hill to go hunting again. The weather was beautiful and the deer were stirring. Jack Corn drove up early the next morning to join, Me, Dad, and Nolan on our family farm on McGlone Creek.

Moonrise on McGlone Creek

Saturday was a blue-sky day

I got an Eight-Point Saturday Morning

Uncle Paul’s Barn

Uncle Paul’s Barn

Nolan is working hard at becoming a good deer hunter.

The Spike decided to run over the hill into Lewis County and reminded us of the old saying
about deer hunting, “the fun ends when you pull the trigger!”

We had a great day on Saturday. I got a doe and an eight-point, and Dad got a spike.

Mamaw Evelyn and Laura

Walking back in for the afternoon

Nolan is not driving on the farm as a 13 year old, it just looks like he is.

Death of a frozen mole

Reading Material

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/A-Weekend-on-McGlone-Creek Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:04:08 GMT
The Scent of a Tobacco Barn https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/The-Scent-of-a-Tobacco-Barn I went on a routine assignment today for Central Baptist Hospital. I was doing an environmental portrait of a Jessamine County farmer named Ray Waits, a patient that they are featuring in the upcoming issue of their magazine Care Central. When I arrived at his farm I figured out from the aroma in the air that this wasn’t going to be routine. I smelled something that immediately flooded my mind with memories that took me back to my childhood. I smelled wood burning in a pot belly stove, coming from a small room on the side of a barn, and along with it I could smell the scent of a tobacco. Although I never had the pleasure of working in tobacco very much as a kid, I did spend a lot of time hanging out in my grandfather’s stripping room watching my parents work in it along side my aunts and uncles. My job was to always pick up the leaves that fell on the floor. My uncle used to tell me that that was a very important job!!!

Ray Waits had as much character as his tobacco barn did. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of him, in surroundings that once was Kentucky’s mainstay and is now almost forgotten.

 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/The-Scent-of-a-Tobacco-Barn Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:09:06 GMT
My Downtown View https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/My-Downtown-View I do a  lot of work each year in Louisville. Almost all of my clients now use the Marriott instead of the Galt House. I counted up, I’ve stayed there nine nights just in the last year. I did a job there today and yesterday for the Kentucky Association of Electric Coops. My room always seems to be on the backside, overlooking Liberty Street, at an old parking structure. It’s not much of a view but I’ve grown used to seeing it each morning when I wake up and look out.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/My-Downtown-View Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:07:32 GMT
Opening Morning https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Opening-Morning This year is my 15th season of hunting. After taking a trophy buck last year, and with Nolan turning 13 this year, I wanted to make it all about him. So for the first time I didn’t even take a gun into the woods with me on Opening Morning. I gave him the lead and put him in front with my old .30/.30. I became the eyes in the back of his head and was the official grunt caller. Nolan is still working on how to step quietly in the woods, but for the most part he is quickly becoming a good hunter with the patience to sit still. The deer weren’t very kind to us this weekend, but the weather was beautiful on Saturday and typical for November on Sunday. The Corn family, our friends from Madison County, came up again this year and hung out with the rest of my family of hunters. As usual Mom, Natalie and the kids came over to Mom’s old home place on McGlone Creek and joined us with a crock pot of vegetable soup.

 

 

There’s nothing like opening morning, on the second Saturday in November.
I even have dreams during the year about that first day break.

Day break on my Uncle John Fred’s portion of the family farm on McGlone Creek in Carter County.

The sun light spills out of the sky

Even if it hadn’t been opening morning, it was still a beautiful morning to be sitting quietly and peacefully in the woods.

5 a.m. came a little too early for Nolan. Good thing that Daddy has his back.

The Corn girls play a game of Corn Hole

Jerry & Mac McGlone

Laura and Emmy Corn, with Nolan the fire tamer in the background.

Mom and her brother Paul McGlone

Mac with his Daddy Jeff McGlone

Nolan, with Jack & Lisa Corn

Nolan and his .30/.30

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Opening-Morning Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:10:23 GMT
Carpenter Bees https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Carpenter-Bees We built a fire on Saturday. While Nolan was helping me chop wood he found six carpenter bees hibernating in the wood. So we dug them out and put them in a jar and brought them back to life. Nolan is allergic to stings so he didn’t want anything to do with the bees, so Cameron and Laura adopted them. Cameron is taking them to school Monday morning.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Carpenter-Bees Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:42:55 GMT
World Equestrian Games Snappers https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/World-Equestrian-Games-Snappers When photographers take photos of other photographers we call them snappers. Here are a few that I took during the Equestrian Games.

 

Larry Smith, a shooter out of Wichita, Kansas, for the European PressPhoto Agency, finds himself shooting from a corn field during the Endurance portion of the games.

Larry and I shared a table for 16 days in the Media Village at the games. He's a great guy, and we got to be good friends. I left WEG and came home. He left WEG and covered the World Series.

 

Larry Smith transmitting in the corridor

Hey Dude! You're not in Europe anymore.

Media Village

Waiting for a golf cart with Herald-Leader photog and fellow smart-ass Mark Cornelison.

Self-portrait with Mark

The Media Village

Photographer Jeff Rogers. If you've ever seen your luggage pop out of a horse farm onto the conveyor belt at Bluegrass Airport, that photo is his.

Herald-Leader photographer Dave Perry

From beginning to end I shot 13,889 photos. After I packed up and was walking out of the Media Village on my last day, I thought this was an appropriate image to end it with.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) A Kentucky Corporate Commercial & Editorial Photographer Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/World-Equestrian-Games-Snappers Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:56:02 GMT
World War II Honor Flight https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/World-War-II-Honor-Flight  

One of the most fulfilling assignments that I’ve ever had was with a group of World War II veterans from Kentucky back in October. The Honor Flight program takes vets, totally free of charge, from all over the country, to Washington D.C. to see the World War II, Korean, and Iwo Jima Memorials. Civilians and service men and women came out at all of our stops to thank the men and women who saved the world in 1945. Our World War II vets are leaving us at a fast rate. They were able to defeat Hitler and Tojo, but they can’t escape time.

Just by lucky chance, the University of Louisville LaCrosse team was on the flight back with us from Baltimore after playing Temple. It was such a neat contrast seeing these young girls 19 and 20 years old genuinely taking an interest in these men who are in their late 80s, and even one young man who was 95. But nothing could prepare us for the parade and reception of over a hundred people that awaited us in the Louisville airport when we returned late that night. Words and photographs will fail to do it justice when Kentucky Living runs this article in time for Memorial Day next May.

 

Flying out of Louisville, bound for Baltimore, then on into DC

I found out that these guys weren't too old to flirt. Actually they were quiet good at it!

A warm reception at the Baltimore airport

The Army Band from nearby Ft. Meade played God Bless America in the Baltimore terminal.

The reception line at the WWII Memorial with a soldier's wife dressed in her throw back dress and gloves.

Cruising around the WWII Memorial

The local servicemen really step up each weekend for the Honor Flight program.

Raising the flag one last time.

Picking up chics in the airport

The men with the U of L LaCrosse Team

The LaCrosse girls were a real treat for the vets!!!

Welcome home!

Back home in Louisville

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/World-War-II-Honor-Flight Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:36:33 GMT
Keeping The Lights On https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Keeping-The-Lights-On Coal is coming under tremendous political fire more than ever before. Nobody really knows what the future holds for our nation’s energy production. But for now, coal is how we keep the lights on in Kentucky. I’ve spent part of the summer and much of the fall doing annual report photos for the electric generation, transmission, and distribution industry, including East Kentucky Power and many of the local electric co-ops. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to keep the lights on.


 

 

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Commercial Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Keeping-The-Lights-On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:41:32 GMT
Cajun Jockey https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Cajun-Jockey Jockey Corey Lanerie of Louisiana, has had a good run at racing this year.
I did these photographs with him one afternoon in October while he was racing at Keeneland.
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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/Cajun-Jockey Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:43:02 GMT
The Campaign Trail https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/The-Campaign-Trail I spent a little time toward the end of election with Rand Paul and Jack Conway. I missed the excitement of the their third debate, but photographed a more civilized fourth debate at KET. Then I followed Paul on the campaign trail in London and Lexington the Saturday before the election, all for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/The-Campaign-Trail Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:30:41 GMT
UK vs. Pikeville College https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/UK-vs-Pikeville-College  

UK's DeAndre Liggins reverses a lay up

 

Coach John Calipari schools UK big man Eloy Vargas

 

Former Paintsville star and UK walk on Landon Slone returns to Rupp

 

UK's Brandon Knight soars for a dunk over Pikeville College

 

Kelley Wells took Rowan County to the Sweet 16 in 1988 as a player, won the tournament with Chris Lofton and Mason County in 2003, and returned again in 2010 with Pikeville College.

 

UK's Brandon Knight fights for a loose ball against Pikeville's Landon Slone, left, and Vance Cooksey, right.

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[email protected] (Tim Webb Photography) Commercial & Editorial Photographer A Kentucky Corporate Tim Webb https://www.timwebbphotography.com/blog/2010/11/UK-vs-Pikeville-College Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:53:52 GMT