Ruff stuff
NOTE: (I recently started a new shift here at work that primarily deals with crime, murders, fires, missing people etc. You know, some of the worst situations society has to offer. So, I’m going to...
View ArticleLinking it, the Odyssey
The Masters, one of golf’s greatest tournaments starts today. Here’s my story about last week’s Shell Houston Open. One of my favorite stories is the Odyssey. It’s about the Greek king Ulysses and the...
View ArticleGetting close to a story: The Berry family
As a photojournalist you quickly learn how to build up an emotional wall. A wall that blocks all of the sadness, jubilation, exhaustion, opposition and belief you have when covering a story. We cover...
View ArticleSlick Willie’s
I have always loved the game of pool – I could play for hours. My love for pocket billiards started when I was 16-years-old after an ex-girlfriend continuously beat me with no remorse. I played every...
View ArticleHabitat Restoration in Montgomery County
My latest adventure was working with Matthew Tresaugue and visiting the Cook’s Branch Conservancy. The Mitchell family, owners of the conservancy, won the 2012 Leopold Conservation Award, the state’s...
View ArticleLearning Something New
This photograph is essentially a mistake. I was working on building the environment for a picture of this woman, and her dress, in the fashion boutique she works in. I made a quick picture as she spoke...
View ArticleEvery assignment counts
I was assigned to photograph Andrew Luck when he was a senior in high school. I really didn’t prepare and took minimal lighting gear (See below). He is tall, six feet four inches, so I couldn’t really...
View ArticleGridiron Diary, 2012: Goodbye Big XII, Hello SEC
A look back at some favorite pictures from the old Big XII conference.
View ArticleCapturing art through simplicity
Simple elements of design can help create pleasing images.
View ArticleYours, Mine and Ours
Most often you hear the phrase, “there’s always two sides to the story,” or, something similar. In a story reporter Zain Shauk and I recently covered, I felt there were actually three sides to this...
View ArticleA Human Tragedy
“A Human Tragedy,” is photo essay I just finished it examines the stories of 24 Texas exonerees who served lengthy prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. The feature includes a portrait...
View ArticleA Human Tragedy / Tim Cole
Timothy Cole was an African-American military veteran and a Texas Tech University student wrongly convicted of raping a fellow student in 1985. He was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison,...
View ArticleiFun Photography
Sometimes it’s fun to walk around with just your iPhone and take photos. That said, just like everything else, I think there is a time and place for it. For example, you won’t see, for a long time at...
View ArticleWhat A Pretty, Colorful Month
I’ve been on the Go Team at the Chronicle for about 6 months now. The Go Team is a shift that starts around 6 a.m., and ends in the afternoon. While on this shift you cover lots of fires, wrecks and...
View ArticleSportraits
Every spring and fall the Chronicle features a male and female high school athlete from each sport in the Houston area that they’ve chosen as the best athlete in that sport for the year. I look forward...
View ArticleState to State: Covering the UIL Texas State Track Meet and TAPPS State Baseball
Every year come mid-April, I start to look forward to May when I get to cover the state track meet with my dad. He raised me in photography from a pup shooting everything together for a long time....
View ArticleOuttakes
I wanted to share some outtakes from the past month. Some made the paper and some did not. Some just ran in black and white.
View ArticleThey Call the Thing Rodeo
It seems like every time I go home, my dad puts me to work. It’s almost like being a kid again – when you’re home, you work. It’s fine with me though because working for or with dad is always fun. In...
View ArticleRoof Collapse
Yesterday my boss sent me out to photograph a roof collapse of a Shell Gas station near Cypress. When I arrived, it shocked me to see that the vehicles remained under the collapsed roof because no...
View ArticleHigh School 2-A-Days
It’s football time again in Texas. I have shot high school football 2-a-days somewhere every year since my freshmen year of high school. It’s a time of year that I have always looked forward to because...
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