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The Local Lens
September 02, 2024 - 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-styl...
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2024 Washington Youth Tour
June 24, 2024 - 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...
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A Mere Shadow of Myself
May 29, 2024 - 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....
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Derby 150
May 01, 2024 - With the running of the 150th Kentucky Derby coming up Saturday, I thought I’d do a little reminiscing about the 11 Derb...
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High Fiving Joe Lieberman
March 28, 2024 - I thought about this photo of Senator Joe Lieberman when I heard that he passed away yesterday. I took it at EKU during...
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The Ansel Adams Mural Project
March 26, 2024 - 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 Wash...
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Old Friends Volume II
February 26, 2024 - It’s funny how some people come and go in your life while other friendships can transcend space and time. One of those f...
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Old Friends
January 26, 2024 - In a March 31, 2022 blog post titled Jones 305 #2, I wrote about one of my former student photographer's Kevin Martin. K...
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Heavy Lifting at the Lexington Christmas Parade
December 14, 2023 - Here are a few shots from the Lexington Christmas Parade of LinkBelt's hydraulic boom crane that's the largest of its ki...
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Friday Night at the Old Photographers Home
November 29, 2023 - 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 official...
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A Thriving Artist
November 21, 2023 - Since my last blog post was about Kevin Osbourn and his Daniel Boone painting, I think I’ll keep the artist vibe going b...
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This is Boone Country
October 24, 2023 - Back in April my good friend Kevin Osbourn asked me to work on a special project with him. Before retiring last year, Ke...
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The Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo
October 04, 2023 - Here are a few shots from the Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo that was hosted by Warren RECC in Bowling Green.
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Hipstamatic Fun
June 21, 2023 - I love being creative with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. Lately, I've been shooting black and white with it. I know...
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Preserving My Archive
May 21, 2023 - "When my Dad first got sick in 2017 I really came to grips with my own mortality, and I basically started 'nesting.' I s...
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Chasing 300
March 20, 2023 - I’m really proud to have been part of the special alumni magazine that Eastern did on Coach Roy Kidd. Covering his caree...
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Behind the Scenes With a Hurt Lineman
February 02, 2023 - I love working with Wade Harris. Wade is a videographer with the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives, who spent years working...
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Bad Weather Makes for Good Photos
January 17, 2023 - Former University of Kentucky and National Geographic photographer Sam Abell used to say that "bad weather makes good ph...
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Christmas Photo Ornaments
December 17, 2022 - My wife Natalie has always done a great job collecting Christmas photo ornaments for me. Here are a few from our main tr...
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People Along the Way
November 27, 2022 - 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 pe...
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The Salad Days: Volume Four
November 03, 2022 - One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These wer...
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The Salad Days: Volume Three
October 25, 2022 - One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These wer...
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The Salad Days: Volume Two
September 26, 2022 - One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These wer...
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The Salad Days: Volume One
September 08, 2022 - One of my all-time favorite movies is Raising Arizona. Nicholas Cage has a great line in the movie that goes, "These wer...
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The Washington Youth Tour
August 29, 2022 - My good friend Wade Harris with the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives compiled a really nice video while I was shooting the...
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Old School Numbers
August 15, 2022 - My latest t-shirt has caused some confusion because people don't understand what all these numbers mean. I guess this is...
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Kit Carson Commons Photo Exhibit
May 31, 2022 - Earlier this spring I worked with the Kentucky River Foothills to create a photo exhibit in the workforce training cente...
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R.I.P. Mr. Adams
April 22, 2022 - I had good intentions of making this post about Ansel Adams on his 120th birthday which was February 20th, but I got bus...
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Jones 305 #3
March 01, 2022 - As I wrap up my Jones 305 blog posts, which originated when I recently found several photos in my EKU digital archive th...
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Jones 305 #2
February 02, 2022 - As I continue adding to my Jones 305 blog posts, #2 will highlight my student photographers.
My very first student was...
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Jones 305 #1
January 20, 2022 - I was recently working on a project for EKU's Alumni Office for a magazine project that they're doing on Coach Roy Kidd.
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The Sorta Tornado
January 03, 2022 - I achieved one of my life-long goals on Saturday. Well, sort of. I've always wanted to photograph a tornado but I've nev...
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Behind-the-Scenes with Covid Providers
December 25, 2021 - Several times during this past fall, I got to work on a special project documenting behind-the-scenes with Covid provide...
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#75
November 01, 2021 - If you keep up with my photo blog then you know that I've been chasing my 75th cover photo with Kentucky Living Magazine...
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The Year of the Curly Horse
October 12, 2021 - It has been a good year for the Curly Horse photo that I took in Lawrenceburg in February of 2020. I won another nationa...
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5:51 A.M. 8-31-2020
August 31, 2021 - I’m pretty sure my Dad is somewhere up in Heaven today hanging out with Princess Diana, talking about how they both left...
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Not Puking With Officer Don
August 17, 2021 - I love the adventure of doing aerial photos from a helicopter, especially when it's done right with the door off. But us...
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Lee Kiefer Wins Gold
August 11, 2021 - I was excited to see Lexington’s Lee Kiefer win the gold medal in fencing this year at the Tokyo Olympics. I had the opp...
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Sweet Bonita
July 26, 2021 - I look forward each summer to getting some time away at Bonita Springs, Florida, where my mother and father-in-law have...
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Hanging With Tim Farmer
July 06, 2021 - As an avid hunter I've always admired Tim Farmer, who hosted KET's Kentucky Afield for 20 years. Part of that admiration...
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Best of Show
June 11, 2021 - When I first got serious about photography, while I was growing up in Powell County, I used to enter photos in the Powel...
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A Matter of Pride!
June 02, 2021 - 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 o...
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Rocking the Dress!
May 14, 2021 - 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...
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Almost There
April 28, 2021 - The little girl who burped out her ABCs during her Pre-K screening is about to graduate high school. It's so hard to bel...
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The Face of COVID
April 17, 2021 - Regardless of what your political beliefs are. Whether you believe in COVID or not. Whether you believe in wearing a mas...
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Speed Graphic with Corn
April 13, 2021 - Recently, I got to hang out with and eat lunch with The Mark Cornelison! Really, I just wanted it for his Speed Graphic!...
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A Scary Kind of Fun
March 07, 2021 - 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 S...
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The Ice Storm of 2021
March 01, 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 h...
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A Little Fun in the Snow
February 25, 2021 - 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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Covering Ice Storm Damage
February 19, 2021 - It's been a while since I've got to cover storm damage. Kevin Osbourn and I travelled to Magoffin County in Eastern Kent...
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#71
February 19, 2021 - I got photograph a really compelling story about Jim Warner of Flemingsburg, and his service dog Maurice for the Februar...
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#70...but whose counting!?!
December 13, 2020 - I've always told the editors at Kentucky Living Magazine that if a photographer ever tells you that they don't care abou...
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Curly Horses
December 07, 2020 - I had to wait almost a year before I could publish this photo that I took last February for Kentucky Living Magazine. So...
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A Hipstamatic Time Warp
October 08, 2020 - I've literally been living in a time warp for the past three months. The Hipstamatic app on my iPhone is one of my favor...
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My Mentor, My Dad
September 29, 2020 - I t'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 A...
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A Foggy Situation
August 18, 2020 - I'm definitely pro-mask, but it does make work interesting with safety glasses!
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Creating a Storm
June 29, 2020 - Every now and then I get to totally create the scene of a photo. I would never be able to do this with photojournalism o...
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How COVID-19 turned Kentucky's Meat Industry Upside Down
June 11, 2020 - As a deer hunter I've used local meat processors for a long time, but I had never photographed them before. COVID-induce...
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Nolan & Kelsie's Wedding
June 08, 2020 - Nolan and Kelsie turned their big wedding into a small private wedding at my grandmother’s church in Olive Hill on May 1...
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Say No to Drugs Kids!
June 05, 2020 - The last couple of years I've had to opportunity to volunteer photos for the Madison County Youth in Action anti-drug po...
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Damn You COVID!
May 05, 2020 - 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 mornin...
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#65
April 30, 2020 - I got my first Kentucky Living Magazine cover photo in July 1992. This current issue is my 65th cover. It's a great maga...
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Pizza Planet
April 25, 2020 - 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. Afte...
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My Daddy's Shadow
April 19, 2020 - My Dad left his shadow on the side of my house at sunset.
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A Reflection of Work
April 16, 2020 - 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...
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Negative Cameron
April 04, 2020 - Yesterday was my son Cameron's 19th birthday. I went looking through some old negatives trying to find some baby picture...
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The Teddy Bear Hunt
March 24, 2020 - I usually walk around my neighborhood at least once a day for exercise, and I began noticing all these stuffed animals i...
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Championship Games
March 23, 2020 - I love covering the emotions of a championship game! I've always been of the belief that athletes are there to preform b...
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COVID-19
March 17, 2020 - Action. Reaction. Overreaction. It doesn't matter at this point. This is the new reality!
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"Give Me a Camera Pops"
March 16, 2020 - I love this photo!!! My good friend and mentor Vickie Miller took this of Nolan and I when Powell County won the 14th Re...
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Nolan & Kelsie
March 12, 2020 - 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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Chamber Day 2020
March 12, 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 r...
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Cruising the Caribbean
March 12, 2020 - 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 an...
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Governor Andy Beshear's Inauguration
March 12, 2020 - 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 f...
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The Nature Challenge
April 05, 2016 - My colleague Michael Clevenger of the Louisville Courier-Journal recently challenged several of us to post some of our b...
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State Wrestling
February 29, 2016 - I always love shooting state wrestling each year in February. It's without a doubt the most intense sport I've ever seen...
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Chamber Day
February 01, 2016 - Kentucky Chamber's Chamber Day always kicks off the new year for me. This year was over 1,500 whos-who from Kentucky's p...
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Governor Bevin's Personal Photographer
January 06, 2016 - I had the pleasure to serve as Gov. Matt Bevin's personal photographer at his inauguration back in December. It was a 27...
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Psych!
December 28, 2015 - 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...
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What Mankind Left Behind: Shirts in the Wind
December 16, 2015 - I used to do an on-going photo series called What Mankind Left Behind. The rules were it had to include things that were...
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R.I.P. 457
December 02, 2015 - Covering a funeral is always hard, but it was an honor and a pleasure to document the funeral, and events leading up to...
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All Systems Failure: UK vs. Tennessee
November 04, 2015 - Here are a few shots from Kentucky's lackluster performance against Tennessee Saturday night.
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American Pharoah Arrives in Lexington
November 02, 2015 - 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...
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Fogged In On the Ohio
November 02, 2015 - Every now and then it's both good and fun for the creative brain to put down my Nikons and get creative with the Hipstam...
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Baptist Health Richmond Ad Campaign
October 27, 2015 - Here are the end-products of an ad campaign that I shot for Baptist Health Richmond back in the summer, as well as a pre...
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If the Glove Fits
October 07, 2015 - I liked this shot of a little guy trying on a lineman's glove at the East Kentucky Power Safety Fair back in September....
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Hope
September 29, 2015 - About twice a year I get to be involved with an organization called Flashes of Hope. It's where professional photographe...
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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis
September 11, 2015 - Regardless of how you feel about Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, gay marriage, and the United States Supreme Court, one th...
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A Wild Night to be a Kentucky Republican
May 22, 2015 - It was a wild and emotional night for Republican gubernatorial candidate James Comer. At first he was in third place and...
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A Most Memorable Season
April 28, 2015 - Here are a few images from UK's incredible run this year. We may have lost a heart breaker on the edge of perfection, bu...
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2014 KHSAA Sweet 16
May 05, 2014 - Covington Catholic players, and fans, storm their way to the state title.
Scott and Kyle Bottoms become the f...
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2014 KHSAA State Wrestling
May 05, 2014 - This is by-far the most intense state tournament that I cover each year.
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The 2014 All-A Classic
April 15, 2014 - This year's tournament in January was an anniversary of sorts. I've been covering the All-A Classic for Touchstone Energ...
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State Competitive Cheer
January 01, 2014 - My former high school classmate Donna Bliss Perkins, second from left, helped lead the Letcher County Central squad to t...
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The Faces of Lung Cancer
January 01, 2014 - I first started working on The Faces of Lung Cancer project for the Kentucky Cancer Program back in June. I photographed...
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EKU Volleyball Poster
December 31, 2013 - It had been a long time since working on an EKU athletic poster, but I was asked to work on the volleyball poster this y...
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USAA/American Legion Ad Campaign
December 31, 2013 - This job sort of came out of nowhere back in the September. I hooked up with Campbell Ewald, an ad agency out of Detroit...
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East Kentucky Power Line Crew
December 31, 2013 - I love when I get the chance to photograph electric utility line crews on the job for East Kentucky Power or some of the...
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Big Blue Madness
December 31, 2013 - I had never shot Big Blue Madness before this year, usually because I'm in Carter County hunting. But I was able to do i...
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The Sandman
January 04, 2013 - I did a shoot recently for the Lexington Herald-Leader of Richmond native Joe Castillo and his sand art. Joe did very we...
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The Honor Flight
November 27, 2012 - 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 predic...
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Round 4
October 08, 2012 - Here are some pics that I did of this year’s Kentucky Wildcats, for the Louisville Courier-Journal during Picture Day, b...
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Mad Men
January 01, 2012 - 2012? The year to end all years. Right?
If the Mayan Calendar is right, it won’t be necessary to make my house payment...
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Steel Magnolia Without Magnolia
December 11, 2011 - Here are some shots that I did for Chevrolet last week at Madison Southern High School. Chevrolet sponsored a nation-wid...
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Little Miss Magic Turns 8
August 06, 2011 - 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 be...
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Along The Way… Plank Board Museum at 89 & 2001
June 23, 2011 - 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...
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Blue Bucket List
June 11, 2011 - I cover several of the electric co-op annual meetings each spring. Blue buckets and light bulbs are always part of what...
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Nocturnal Spurlock
June 09, 2011 - Here are a few shots that I took over a couple of trips to the Spurlock Power Station in Maysville. These are set to com...
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18 years & Counting
June 05, 2011 - Today is mine and Natalie’s 18th Wedding Anniversary. Like any other couple we’ve experienced our ups and downs, and our...
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Momma…is that you?
May 30, 2011 - I think these baby birds are ready to fly the coop in my front yard.
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Along The Way… The Kentucky Derby & Oaks
May 25, 2011 - *Editors Note: This post is way late since The Preakness was ran last weekend.
Growing up, I never did get into or unde...
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Along The Way… Hanging in Whitesburg
May 18, 2011 - On Monday I traveled to Whitesburg and different parts of Letcher County, working on a story for the Associated Press on...
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Along The Way…Derby Day Self Portrait
May 15, 2011 - 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 laz...
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Along The Way… Back Home on the Porch
May 11, 2011 - 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...
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Along The Way… 2010 Kentucky Derby Scenes
May 05, 2011 - Since we are now only one day away from the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are a few memories from last year’...
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Along The Way… Equestrian Acrobatics
May 05, 2011 - 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 d...
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Along The Way… Genesis 9:14
April 29, 2011 - 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 d...
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Along The Way…Commonwealth Legacy Awards
April 28, 2011 - 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 d...
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Along The Way… Framed Innocence
April 27, 2011 - 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 d...
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How Sweet It Was…the 2011 sweet 16
March 24, 2011 - I’ve been going to the Kentucky Sweet 16 Boys State Basketball Tournament since early high school. I look forward to thi...
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Post Disney
March 20, 2011 - The Webbs at Disney
On every trip to Florida we seem to accidentally stop at the same exit in Ashburn, Georgia...
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A Moment of Warm Fuzzy
March 15, 2011 - The Kentucky General Assembly passed a pretty important piece of legislation this spring in the Corrections Bill. It was...
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The Sacrifice of Parenthood
March 09, 2011 - I often have people who are both parents, and not parents, ask “why would you want to go spend a week walking around Dis...
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More UK Basketball
March 03, 2011 - Here are a few more shots from the UK-Florida game and the UK-Vandy game. I shot both games for the Louisville Courier-J...
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The All-A Classic
February 25, 2011 - Each year I cover The All-A Classic in Richmond for Touchstone Energy. I run my own little Photo Agency by providing ima...
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UK vs. Mississippi State
February 15, 2011 - My shoulder is much better now, and I was able to cover the UK-Mississippi State game for the Louisville Courier-Journal...
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How I Spent My Christmas Break
January 25, 2011 - 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...
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Transatlantic
December 27, 2010 - I recently did my first international assignment. It was for the Harvard Business Manager, which is the German version a...
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Powell County Basketball
December 17, 2010 - I had a chance last Sunday to cover Powell County’s basketball team and my cousin Austin Monnett, who is a point guard o...
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Winter Scenes
December 14, 2010 - Here a few shots of my favorite landmarks in the snow. The first is the Ivyton School House in Magoffin County. It’s an...
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Missionary Nurse
December 06, 2010 - I recently did a windy shoot at Bluegrass Airport with Saint Joseph cardio-nurse Bryan Boling, who takes medical mission...
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The Greatest Day
December 04, 2010 - 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, w...
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A Weekend on McGlone Creek
November 23, 2010 - I did my Horses and Hospitality presentation for the Friends of the Library at Eastern Kentucky University on Friday nig...
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The Scent of a Tobacco Barn
November 17, 2010 - I went on a routine assignment today for Central Baptist Hospital. I was doing an environmental portrait of a Jessamine...
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My Downtown View
November 16, 2010 - 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 c...
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Opening Morning
November 15, 2010 - This year is my 15th season of hunting. After taking a trophy buck last year, and with Nolan turning 13 this year, I wan...
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Carpenter Bees
November 07, 2010 - We built a fire on Saturday. While Nolan was helping me chop wood he found six carpenter bees hibernating in the wood. S...
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World Equestrian Games Snappers
November 06, 2010 - When photographers take photos of other photographers we call them snappers. Here are a few that I took during the Eques...
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World War II Honor Flight
November 06, 2010 - One of the most fulfilling assignments that I’ve ever had was with a group of World War II veterans from Kentucky back i...
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Keeping The Lights On
November 06, 2010 - Coal is coming under tremendous political fire more than ever before. Nobody really knows what the future holds for our...
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Cajun Jockey
November 05, 2010 - Jockey Corey Lanerie of Louisiana, has had a good run at racing this year.
I did these photographs with him one afterno...
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The Campaign Trail
November 05, 2010 - I spent a little time toward the end of election with Rand Paul and Jack Conway. I missed the excitement of the their th...
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UK vs. Pikeville College
November 05, 2010 - UK's DeAndre Liggins reverses a lay up
Coach John Calipari schools UK big man Eloy Vargas
Former Paintsville s...
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