Kinda quiet
February 19th and 20th
New London - Just a late feature on a local teen organization. I was chasing the sunset and found these guys hanging out. No matter what I tried to do earlier in the day, I had no luck what so ever.
New London - Just a late feature on a local teen organization. I was chasing the sunset and found these guys hanging out. No matter what I tried to do earlier in the day, I had no luck what so ever.
February daze...
Monday Feb. 11, 2008
New London - "Daze" as in dazed. I got in touch with my inner college student today. I have not let him out of his cage in a while. Sitting in a coffee shop, scribbling notes in my journal, planning big plans, thinking big thoughts. What else do you do on your day off when it is 5 degrees out besides pay bills and vacuum. Might as well try to go be inspired. Some-days it is good to just go have fun and not care a whole lot while you are doing it.
brought to you by a photog having funA slice of Heaven???
Saturday Feb. 9, 2008
Mystic - Lunch at the somewhat famed Mystic Pizza. No Julia Roberts was not in attendance. Em and I eat here on occasion, and though not a slice of heaven, the food is not bad. I was just screwing around, so I guess you could also title this photo "A slice of boredom".
Elderly housing bomb scare
Friday Feb. 9, 2008
Waterford - An elderly housing complex had to be evacuated today due to a bomb threat. I am not sure what type of sick and twisted individual would do such a thing, but I hand it to the emergency personnel who handled the evacuation of 60 plus residents with dignity. I was not on duty, but once again, was working the night desk. I was sent to the scene as they were re-loading the busses to take the residents back to the facility after it was cleared. Not bad when I have to work the desk shift and still get front page. 
Connecticut Primary
Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008
Lyme - Natually I was out covering the primary vote today. I was told to try and get a real "slice of life" Connecticut voting photo. So I went to the back-woods to see what I could find. These are what I came up with. *As a side note, the woman at the left of this image was knitting stocking caps for her church. This was her second of the morning. 
Tuesday Jan. 29, 2008
New London - It is not often that you find live entertainment in a coffee shop in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday, but I am glad that I did.Busy night on the photo desk
Friday Jan. 25, 2008
New London - Working the photo desk means staring at a computer from 4:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. the following morning. Tonight however I took a night scene from The Day's roof and then went to a double shooting around 11:00 p.m. Both victims were taken to the hospital and their injuries do not sound life threatening, though one was flown to New Haven after being shot multiple times. I will not go into detail as to where he was shot, but lets just say he will have a hard time sitting down for a while. Needless to say it has a been a crazy night. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Thursday Jan. 24, 2008
Foxwoods Casino - I had to photograph a local boxer who is making his professional debut tomorrow night. Today was the weigh-in, and after getting the standard pose and flex shots I decided to hang out with him back stage waiting for his physical. Even though the exposure was a beast in this shot, I like the look of intensity in his eyes. Of course when he fights tomorrow night, I will be working desk shift.Ode to my Grandfather
Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008
Mystic - No this is not my Grandfather. Its not even the right state. However my Grandad was (amongst other things) a barber in Beverly Mass. many years ago. It did not hit me until I got back to the office, that somewhere he was watching me feature hunt in an old school barber shop, and it probably brought a smile to his face.
Tuesday Jan. 22, 2008
Hartford - I started today off at the State House working the special session on criminal justice reform. It was a real barn burner. Anyhow, I used to fear going to the State House. I was always worried that I was in the way, or standing somewhere I should not be. That has been replaced by an almost joy of getting the assignment. It is a privilege to be on the floor, sometimes just inches away from the senators and reps at work. Mind you I am working at the time to. This shot is of one of our local senators. 
Local Senators standing on the business side of the brass rail. 
New London - Ah, but no day is complete with out the hunt for the elusive feature photo. Even after spending the morning in Hartford, I still had to track some art for the Region section down. The editor even exclaimed "Oh Sweet!" over this one, which is often NOT said of a child sitting at a computer in a public library. I guess I was just in a playful mood, either that or we were REALLY desperate.Saturday Jan. 19, 2008
New London - A New London youth is video taped for the Connecticut CHIP (Child Identification Program) at a local event in New London. The CHIP program records the child's name, age, address, still photos and video, finger prints, teeth imprints and DNA. 
Groton - I finished my assignments by 10:30 a.m. and spent the remainder feature hunting. Considering that it has been far too warm for ice, I found skating indoors. The only problem here is that I did not get the name of the girl on the right, so I had to submit a different shot.
