Child Abuse Prevention

Haven't blogged for a while and thought I'd put up a recent photojournalism shot.

This is one I shot while out looking for features one day recently. April is Child Abuse Awareness Month and the kick-off for our community was the next morning so the photo was very fitting.

I went with a low angle and a wide lens to give a sense of importance to the scene as well as to fill the frame better and remove any unnecessary elements from the photo. Caption below.

Donna Fryman, foreground, hammers a wooden cutout representing a child into place as Mary Rushing, background, sets out more of the cutouts as the two work to set up a display outside of the Fleming County Public Library in Flemingsburg, Ky. Wednesday, April 9, 2008 for Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Digging Into the Archives

Well, I've been looking back through some of my older photos for stuff to print and hang on the wall and came across this one. It's a night shot of a local train station. I know it was shot with a Nikon D1 but as for any other details I'm not certain. Enjoy.

George Clooney and Colonel Sanders

Yeah you read the headline right. I really did say George Clooney and Colonel Sanders.

I had the chance to cover the premier of George Clooney's newest movie Leatherheads in a nearby town, just down the road from his hometown and Colonel Sanders even showed up to shake hands and have his photo taken.

I worked the event from the ground just prior to Clooney's arrival. Press credentials were limited but by the time he arrived I had secured myself a spot in the window of a vacant building directly across the street from the entrance to the theater so I had a birds I view of the event without having to fight with the crowd for space. It worked out for the better not being where the rest of the media was. I was even able to get out of town before the rush of leaving trafffic.

Now I can say I think I have officially covered all there is to cover. Movie premiers and a former President as you can see in my prior post.