So last week was an interesting one for photos. On Monday, I started out shooting what was probably one of the most ridiculous assignments I've ever had. Kids reading to dogs... Chelsea, our education reporter, and I went to a local elementary school to do a story on a program that partners dogs with students who need a little extra help with reading skills. The dogs are apparently a good incentive to keep the kids interested in reading. But this has to be one of the most ridiculous pictures I've ever shot. 

The next photo is the one that ran on the front page.

And here is the photo that ACTUALLY tells the story about that day.

Those dogs couldn't care less about being read to. Imagine that. But hey if it helps the kids...

The middle of the week wasn't too exciting but I got a couple good images. One from the National Law Enforcement Week ceremony at the Sheriff's Department and the other from a story we are doing about live music at the General Store Cafe in Pittsboro.

Since Relay for Life was Friday, we did stories about cancer patients/survivors on Thursday. One story we did was on Olga Horton, who was diagnosed this April with stage four stomach cancer. Instead of staying in the hospital, Olga decided to spend her last days at home surrounded by her loved ones. Although Olga was probably in a lot of pain, she smiled nearly the whole time during the interview. Shortly after coming home, Olga decided to cut her waist-length hair and donate it to Locks of Love.  

I saw her the next night walking during the Relay for Life event. Something her family didn't think she would have the energy to do but she proved everyone wrong.

First wedding

So it's been a little while since I've posted something...I guess I'm not so good at this blogging thing. But I shot my first wedding a couple weekends ago and here are some of my favorites. Give me some feedback :)

Pic picks

These are some of my favorite photos taken at work the past couple of months.

Jesus floats on the water

This is perfect for my first post because it illustrates just how wonderfully ridiculous working at a small town paper is sometimes.
We've been in a serious drought all Summer and now into Fall so when it rained Wednesday of course I had to go out and get a rain feature for the paper. As I was at Kiwanis Park in Sanford, waiting in vain for it to rain again, I saw a puddle with colorful leaves in it so shot a few photos. But what I didn't know was that I was actually photographing an image of Jesus!! Yes, THE Jesus Christ, hanging out in a puddle of rain right here in Sanford! I only realized this after checking my voice mail at work. I got messages from these two ladies about how wonderful it was that Jesus made an appearance...and why wasn't this pointed out in print in the Herald?
The image of Jesus is supposedly in the leaf to the right.


Can you see it?