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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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

August 29, 2022 - My good friend Wade Harris with the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives compiled a really nice video while I was shooting the...

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...

May 31, 2022 - Earlier this spring I worked with the Kentucky River Foothills to create a photo exhibit in the workforce training cente...

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...

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.

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...

December 25, 2021 - Several times during this past fall, I got to work on a special project documenting behind-the-scenes with Covid provide...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

April 17, 2021 - Regardless of what your political beliefs are. Whether you believe in COVID or not. Whether you believe in wearing a mas...

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!...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

August 18, 2020 - I'm definitely pro-mask, but it does make work interesting with safety glasses!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

April 19, 2020 - My Dad left his shadow on the side of my house at sunset.

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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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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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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

November 06, 2010 - Coal is coming under tremendous political fire more than ever before. Nobody really knows what the future holds for our...