VI and VII.

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind because of my trip to cover the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup for The Dallas Morning News. I only had a few assignments for weeks 6 and 7 but they were wonderful as always. Thanks for looking. Better late then never.

(left to right) William and Wesley Shelmire wait for their parents to pick them up after they were released from lockdown after bullets were found in a Highland Park High School bathroom in Dallas on February 27, 2013.

Collin College’s Spring Creek campus was closed today after a bomb threat was made in Plano on March 1, 2013. All entrances to the school were blocked off my police and campus employees.

Rubber duckies are poured into the lazy river for the ducky race at the Ducky Palooza hosted by the Miracle League of Frisco to raise funds for Hope Park Frisco, a park made especially for special needs children, at the Frisco Athletic Center in Frisco on March 2, 2013.

Miller Wiese, 7, watches as rubber duckies drift past him during the rubber duck race at the Ducky Palooza hosted by the Miracle League of Frisco to raise funds for Hope Park Frisco, a park made especially for special needs children, at the Frisco Athletic Center in Frisco on March 2, 2013.

Light reflects off the pool of the Frisco Athletic center onto a water slide in Frisco, Texas on March 2, 2013.

Richard Malmgren looks at exhibits of stamp collections during the Texas Philatelic Exhibition show at the Hilton conference center in Grapevine on March 3, 2013.

Dallas Stars’ Erik Cole skates after the puck after being hit by a St. Louis Blues player while a fan reacts to the proximity of the players during a game at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on March 3, 2013.

Dallas Stars’ players enter the ice at the beginning of a hockey game versus the St. Louis Blues at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on March 3, 2013.

Rudy Torres pulls a tool used to flatten sod as workers continue to work on renovations of Dealey Plaza for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK in Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas on March 6, 2013.

(left to right) Andy Fertitta, Rob Maxwell and Greg Schneider watch as construction workers continue to work on renovations of Dealey Plaza for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK in Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas on March 6, 2013.

Mark Howell throws a basketball over a pipe in the South Grand Prairie boys high school basketball locker room as the team prepares for the 5A State basketball championships in Austin in Grand Prairie on March 7, 2013.

Summerlee Foundation president John Crain and Board member and past president David Jackson pose for portraits in their office at the Caruth Homeplace in Dallas on March 7, 2013. The foundation has donated millions of dollars to preserve Texas state history in the past.

A missile sits on the edge of a yard at the Granbury U.S. Veterans Museum in Granbury, Texas on March 11, 2013.

In Between Home.

There are certain photographic journeys I dream of but don’t think will ever come true.  They take time, money and patience but are rewarding. Driving has become a way for me to slow down and relax. There are so many interesting and beautiful things that accompany the rigid, peppery asphalt that we use to transport from one place to the next. They bring visitors, commerce and everything in between. They allow us to see.

When I was given the opportunity to intern in Dallas, Texas I decided to take the long road and to make my drive longer and a bit off the path. I gave myself a week to make it from New Jersey to Texas which allowed me to stay off the highways and explore what I dream about.  With a Mamiya 7 in hand borrowed from my great friend, Meg Roussos, I looked to let myself be curious. Stopping, sometimes violently, whenever something caught my interest. I shot 5 rolls of film to narrate my trip. These are the pictures that resonate with me, the pictures that allowed me to slow down and touch on some of those wandering dreams. Thanks for looking.

The pictures are ordered chronologically from when they were made.

Amigos, Bishopville, Maryland

Flock, Newark, Maryland

Lone Tree, Painter, Virginia

Coast, Eastern Shores, Virginia

Accident, Near Fayetteville, North Carolina

Kendrick and Tia, Atlanta, Georgia

Jaws, Biloxi Beach, Mississippi

No Justice, New Orleans, Louisiana

NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana

Oyster Shells, Houma, Louisiana

Swamp, Near Morgan City, Louisiana

Surrounded, Houston, Texas

Refinery, Houston, Texas

Under the Bridge, Near Fort Bend, Texas

Cattle, Near Fort Bend, Texas

Vulture Tree, Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend, Texas

Wetlands, Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend, Texas

Tree Moss, Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend, Texas

Troop 616, Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend, Texas

Frozen Plastic Flowers, Austin, Texas

Dan Reese, Austin, Texas

V.

This week was interesting as usual with an array of different assignments coming my way.  The paper has pool Hasselblads so I have been shooting with that from time to time.  Just a bunch of pictures. Thanks for looking as always.

IV.

These are a selection of images from assignments from my fourth week as an intern at The Dallas Morning News. This week I covered a military antique store, a gay senior citizen, story time at a train museum, a Six Flags Hurricane Harbor group wedding, dance rehearsal, a car show, high school basketball and the Dallas Stars hockey game. It was quite the assortment and has been keeping me on my toes while I am out here. I have been realizing that all the pictures that I post are generally medium or wide images compositionally and will be trying to work on that in the coming week. Thanks for looking. 

III.

These are a collection of images from my third week in Dallas working for The Dallas Morning News.  I think I am started to get the hang of things now and am really enjoying the work they are giving me. Its fun making pictures all day, everyday no matter what the subject matter.  The people I get to meet because of where I am intrigues me and I am extremely excited to announce that I will continuing my intern career at the San Francisco Chronicle during the summer. This metal, plastic and glass image creator brings me to amazing places and I am grateful for it every single day. Thanks for looking, y’all.

 

This weeks assignments included: Football Signing Day, Mardi Gras Parade, Light painting practice, Environmental Sheriffs Officer, Comicon and the worlds largest donkey along with some random pictures.

II.

These are images from my second week at my internship at The Dallas Morning News. It is great to be here. Thanks for looking.

These first images are from a profile on a school based police officer.

Outside of my apartment building.

Texas Governor Rick Perry recaps his State of the State address.

I went on a walk.

Business portrait of a new president of a real estate company.

Fitness profile on a yoga instructor.

Dallas Stars versus the Phoenix Coyotes hockey.

Bus tour of a small town North of Dallas that got a grant to redevelop.

Symbolic march for the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in honor of African American History Month.

A car garage while searching for an interview with a writer.

Bouquets of flowers lay in the parking lot where Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down.

A rooftop/fly-by marriage proposal.

Getting Started.

This past week I started as an intern at The Dallas Morning News in Texas. I am super excited to be here doing what I love everyday in a new place. The next few months are going to be a blast especially after what I experienced in my first week. The first two images are from my first day. There was a staff-wide warm weather feature hunt so I went out of the city and came across a father and his sons playing in the street with their horse and bicycles.

These next few images are from a ski trip to Utah that I went on with my friends a week before heading to Dallas.

These images are from an assignment I had to photograph the worlds tallest professional basketball player in the world getting a pair of cowboy boots made for him while he was in town for his Harlem Globetrotters game.

These are from a 5K run I photographed early in the morning.

Below are images from one of the rodeos at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. I was assigned to shoot barrel racing for an article but made other pictures that I was more fond of.

These last few portraits are from an assignment with AARP Bulletin where I had to shot iPhone portraits of people in Ohio for their Instagram campaign. These were shot on my DSLR.

Thanks for looking, y’all.