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Archive for July, 2008

Sunday afternoons this summer are usually dedicated to studying. I’m wrapping up a mini-semester of radiation physics at the moment, and our tests generally fall on Monday. Today is no exception. Henry Fork River Park has a huge covered area with metal picnic tables, and it makes a great place for me [...]

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Legion Baseball

I think that American Legion baseball is almost over for me this summer. I covered the last games for the Taylorsville and Caldwell teams on Friday. Both teams were swept 3 games to 0 in a best of five series. The only local team that is left in the playoffs is the [...]

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Grypton

I have been eyeballing this little tripod for a while since I purchased the Canon PowerShot G9. It’s a perfect companion for this camera. This model is the Targus Grypton XL and I purchased it at Wal-Mart for $17.97. It’s rated at up to 3.3lbs capacity, so it will hold my video [...]

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Hindsight

I went downtown tonight with a newspaper assignment to photograph people and events going on at Hickory’s summertime Friday night ritual called “Hickory Alive.” This one won’t make the newspaper, but I was quick to ask her for a photo op anyway :) She was quite receptive to the idea of being photographed, [...]

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Independence Day

The text of the Declaration of Independence…
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another
and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal
station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a
decent respect [...]

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Friends, I just wanted to pass along the announcement of Joe Young’s upcoming photo exhibit.
The Release:
Photographer Joe Young Exhibits Work: “Living the Country Life”
Joe
Young, an award winning photographer and photographic technology
instructor at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, will be
exhibit a special collection of his photography called “Living the
Country Life.”
The [...]

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