The New Salad Days

October 23, 2025

I've talked before about how my busiest time of the year is always in the spring and I call that my "Salad Days," which is a line from the movie Raising Arizona. This year was a wonky year and many people in the creative industry experienced their slowest year since covid. The spring was extremely slow for me as well, and even scary at times. Every dime that came in went toward paying our bills, and I had to then put other staples of life like, gas, chewing gum, Ale-8s, cheeseburgers, on my credit card, which I've never had to do before.

But then, like the flip of a switch, my summer and fall schedule exploded with work. The life expectancy of a freelance photographer is usually short, but thankfully, I have been able to weather many storms over the last 22 years. Freelance is not for the faint-of-heart because it can be such feast or famine.

Here are a few recent photos that saved my bank account.

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Steve Gates, with the Gates Auto Family, at his flagship dealership, Toyota South, in Richmond. This was actually an international job that I did for the Financial Times of London, England. They were doing a story on Trump's tariffs.

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Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb The annual CASA of Clark and Madison counties gala.

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The University of Kentucky's Hall of Distinguished Alumni induction ceremony.

Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb Photo by Tim Webb A very fun photo shoot with the Davis & Haymond Law Office in Richmond.

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Photo by Tim Webb Baptist Health Lexington breaks ground on it's new care facility in Georgetown.

Honor Flight Kentucky

September 07, 2025

I made my second trip back to Washington D.C. for the summer a few weeks ago with Honor Flight Kentucky. This year marked my 15th Honor Flight, and all have been with Touchstone Energy. This is always such a special trip, to journey with these veterans to see their memorials in our nation's capitol. But the highlight of any flight is the welcome home ceremony back in Lexington at Bluegrass Airport. The electric co-ops that make up Touchstone Energy always come out in full-force, as about a thousand people line the airport corridor from the first ticket desk down to the baggage carousel. The only drawback for me is that I have to set my clock for 2:30 a.m. Besides getting up to go pee and then go back to bed, there's just something wrong with having to wake up at 2:30 in the morning.

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The Greatest Photo I Never Took

August 26, 2025

Somehow, my iPhone created this photo inside my front pocket a few days ago. It reminds me of something that would've been on a Pink Floyd psychedelic album from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Groove on man! Groove on.

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Mr. Webb Goes to Washington

August 04, 2025

Here are a few shots from this year's Washington Youth Tour. We leave Winchester on Monday afternoon and come back on Saturday afternoon. This year we were able to visit the White House for the first time, and I created 17 magazine covers for Kentucky Living, that will come out in August and September.

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A selfie at the Vietnam War Memorial.

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Watching the Sunset Parade at the Marine Memorial. Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Photo By Tim Webb The Kentucky students placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Frank Bennett is a pretty special guy who formally worked at the Pentagon and was inside the building on 9-11. He regularly volunteers his time with anyone who will listen, as he talks about the details and intricacies of the Pentagon 9-11 Memorial. I was able to call him and he made a special trip out just for the Kentucky kids.

A couple of selfies at the White House.

Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Dorothy's ruby red slippers at the Smithsonian Museum for American History. Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Senator Rand Paul talks to the students during our visit to the capitol. Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb Photo By Tim Webb

Through out the week, I get to go from mild-mannered photographer to history teacher.

Photo By Tim Webb I finally got to visit the new World War One Memorial and was very impressed.

A couple of cover shots from last year.

The Great Picture Hunt

July 03, 2025

As I have said before, I love to collect photography books, especially photojournalism books. A staple in any photojournalism book collection is The Great Picture Hunt, by Dave LaBelle. LaBelle is a former photojournalism professor at Western Kentucky University. I used to study that book from cover to cover, hoping to find a little inspiration.

There is a definite art form to looking for and creating feature photos. It's a lot like deer hunting. You have to look for signs that are favorable and put yourself in a position to capture it when it happens. Instead of looking for rubs, scrapes, and trails, like I do while deer hunting, I look for good light, good angles, and emotion, for a good feature photo.

One of my clients is Transylvania University and I work their Spring Commencement each year. I love this particular job because they have other in-house photographers who have specific assignments which allows me to do nothing else but go on the feature hunt all morning. I get to concentrate on nothing but features. And just like a deer hunter, I become a fly on the wall, and blend in, watching and waiting.

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