While I wait for my email to come back online...

Just some work from the past couple of weeks. In case you hadn't noticed, I haven't really been keeping up with this thing. Just too much other stuff to do...

Weather

I was dispatched to find some weather photos today. Two storms, one just offshore and one to the south of us have caused some heavy surf and flooding. I didn't find any flooding, but I was able to find heavy surf. I also learned a very valuable lesson. Waterproof boots are great... until the water level rises over the top of them and water gets inside. Then, the Gore-Tex actually keeps the water in, rather than letting it drain. Not fun.

Because of a computer glitch, this one never made it back to the office, and will never see the light of day other than on this blog.

Big Giant Head

While covering a fundraiser at an art gallery, this piece just struck me as creepy.

It's a giant baby head suspended from the ceiling. And when there are people standing next to or behind it... well, you can see for yourself. Creepy.

Sports, Glorious Sports

Getting ready for another week to begin, here are some sports images from my last couple of weeks...

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9/20



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9/13



9/12

It's Been a While...

Plus, I really don't feel like writing all that much... so here are some pics to catch us up.

9/11



9/10



9/09



9/05



9/04



8/29



8/28



8/19

It's Been a While

I've been slacking, but here's some new stuff since my last update...

08/15/08



08/15/08



08/09/08



08/08/08



08/07/08



08/02/08



08/01/08

More Work

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7/26



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7/23

More Recent Work

Well it's still summer so it's still really slow. I was able to shoot some sports though... A football game and a lifeguard tournament. Also a S.W.A.T. training drill, and a county fair. Still, it's all very slow.

07/18/08



07/17/08



07/10/08



07/08/08

Lazy Days of Summer...

It's still summer, and things are still slow...

07/05


07/05


07/05


07/03


07/03


07/02

Slow Week

It's summer, so things have slowed down a bit... Here's the best of what I was able to salvage.

06/28


06/28


06/25


06/25

Battle of Monmouth

So today I shot a re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth at, fittingly, Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan. I don't get re-enactments. As if it wasn't bad enough to actually participate in the actual war, to participate in it for no real reason boggles my mind. And here are a few other things I don't understand. Were soldiers back then (American Revolution, for those who didn't know) really so stupid as to march with drums to announce their presence? It's like, "Here I am! I'm gonna kill you now!" Why the hell wouldn't they sneak up in the middle of the night? I don't get it. And another thing... With all the shooting, at nearly point blank range, I might add, not one soldier "died." Huh? How can we bring our kids to this re-enactment, tell them that this is what war was like back in the 1700's, and then not have a field littered with "dead" bodies? (Apparently in Massachusetts it's actually a law that no one can "die" during a re-enactment. But we're in New Jersey. Still, what's the point?) One last rant. I think New Jerseyans inflate the importance of this battle. Sure, the good guys won, actually it was more of a draw from what I hear, and to the Americans that was a win, but until I moved here I'd never heard of the Battle of Monmouth. I think they inflate its importance just so they can run around in their costumes. I guess I could be wrong.

I'll give them this though. It's fun to look at. The uniforms look pretty authentic, and uncomfortable as all hell. I feel bad for the horses standing right next to the cannons... At least the re-enactors have a choice in the matter.

One other gripe I had today. Not with the re-enactment itself, but with one particular member of the audience. Apparently in the course of doing my job, I got in his way. So the big man with a 200mm f/4 lens attached to a prosumer body, with everything mounted on a monopod (we call people like that "photo-weenies") took it upon himself to whack me right in the small of my back with said monopod. Really? I asked for his name and address so I could file assault charges, and he ran away. Moron.

Anyway, I've babbled more than enough. Here are some photos...