Meet the Meramec Spring...

I went to St. James, Missouri, for about 24 hours this past weekend to shoot a story for my graduate component in Picture Story. After meeting with the people I needed to talk with, I drove around aimlessly, enjoying the rolling hillsides and nice weather. I happened to catch a sign pointing to Meramec Spring and thought I'd check it out, since I'd never seen a spring before. It's impressive to see so much water just pop (er, "spring"...?) out of the ground like this. The area is also a fish sanctuary and had several pools chock-full of various sizes of fish. [Insert lame joke about "shooting fish in a barrel" here.]

Meet the Youth Day Gospel Concert

I shot a youth gospel concert a few Saturdays back so I could make some contacts for doing a story on liturgical dance. Here are some photos!

Meet the published LBC Gospel Choir!

After a lot of hard work by a lot of talented people, the LBC gospel story is live on the Columbia Missourian's website. A big, exciting print spread will hit newsstands tomorrow, but for now, check it out:

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/media/multimedia/2009/02/13/media/Archive/index.html

Woo hoo!

Meet my first season covering Boston University's men's hockey team

Tonight, I listened from 1500 miles away as my Boston University Terriers claimed their 29th Beanpot Tournament title, wearing my BU hockey jersey and driving my Twitter followers mad with incessant updates reacting to Bernie Corbett's call.

While chatting after the game with some fellow Terriers, I suddenly remembered an article I had written for the opinion section of The Daily Free Press, the paper for which I began truly covering hockey. I cut my teeth with assignments here and there through the Boston University Office of Photo Services, but with Steve and Mike, with our road trips and access to behind-the-scenes, I started to understand not just the game of hockey, but the world of hockey.

And thanks to the Internet, keeper of eternal records, I found said article and am sharing it here. It's not just about hockey, but about my first season photographing hockey. I hope you enjoy it:

Learning the game, loving a team, all through the lens.

As my friend and fellow Freeper Joe Rouse wrote, "Though you only get four years as a student, you get a lifetime as a Terrier."

I have a photograph I want to post here, but it's on film and needs to be scanned. I'll update soon.

Also of note:
My first-ever published photograph of hockey, taken at the first hockey game I'd ever seen: http://tinyurl.com/aj5lgd

Meet the Super Bowl party

Caption info gives a bit of insight into the images...but not much. Enjoy!

Meet my contribution to the Super Bowl party

My legendary brownies, made from scratch with love. (Frosting, too.)