st john’s prep, the catholic high school in frederick, plays their home football games at mccurdy field, a baseball last used professionally by the frederick keys in the early 90′s. the field is home to frederick babe ruth baseball and has a nice grandstand, complete with an old school press box above the seats and...
i made this image on an assignment for the local weekly newspaper. the story was about declining attendance at bingo halls around the county. i guess the story was right, not a lot of people playing that evening. i focused most of my shooting on the two ladies in this shot and did not really...
tuesday evening i had the pleasure of photographing a dress rehearsal for the musical “runaways,” which is being produced by met-x and the ensemble school at maryland ensemble theatre. wow! the theatre itself is in the basement of an old hotel/apartment building in downtown frederick, so the set was perfect for the production as it...
i knew i was in for a treat on this assignment the instant i stepped from my car. from across the street someone yelled to me, “hey cameraman!” they wanted to know why all the people in bustling downtown middletown! see, my subject that afternoon was myersville resident bernie lucas. bernie runs a blog, middletown...
saturday evening i had the pleasure of shooting a hot dog eating contest for the newspaper. the contest, sponsored by the downtown frederick partnership and five guys burgers, was in downtown frederick along the carroll creek linear park. there were two contests that evening, i took the second one, hoping more people would show up....
well, i thought i had done it all. my time in newspaper photojournalism lasted a brief 8 years, but in that time i had had my taste of some really great new (to me at least) foods. until this past monday evening. i had an assignment to cover the woodsboro fire carnival, and specifically their...
