Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Almost Empty Barn
The barn at the Braun Farm sits almost empty with little hay and grains and only a few implements used for farming. My Final Photo for Jan. 18, 2021.
Snow Squall Sunday
A heavy snow squall blows across the open door of the barn at the Braun Farm where a corn picker waits for repairs. My Final Photo for Jan. 17, 2021.
Hoover Winter Shoreline
Ice is beginning to form along the shoreline at hoover Reservoir after a long period of below-freezing temperatures during the night with the daytime temperature barely above the overnight. My Final Photo for Jan. 16, 2021.
Alum Creek Beaver Cut Nears Completion
A tree at Alum Creek North bears the destructive scars of a beaver’s overnight work cutting timber to build a lodge along the creek in Westerville. My Final Photo for Jan. 15, 2021.
Corn Picking
Kevin Scott runs a single row corn picker through the fields at the Braun Farm completing the season of corn for the year. My Final Photo for Jan. 14, 2021.
Trying Out The Tiller Truck
Westerville firefighters tested hose couplings on the department’s new Hook and Ladder Co. 111 tiller truck at the fire station creating a small rainbow over a retention pond behind the building. My Final Photo for Jan. 13, 2021.
Sharon Woods Solitude
A woman walks the Spring Creek Trail across a section of the prairie at the center of Sharon Woods Metro Park. My Final Photo for Jan. 12, 2021.
Collapsed Corn
A section of corn lies flattened with the ears of corn picked clean by deer that roam the Braun Farm on Cleveland Ave. My Final Photo for Jan. 11, 2021.
St. Paul Sunday – Jan. 10, 2021
Parishioners enter St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville for the first Mass of the day. My Final Photo for Jan. 10, 2021.
Retirement Drive-By
Former Westerville City Manager Dave Collinsworth leans in to greet one of the well-wishers who drove past his home marking his first weekend after retiring from his job for the city. My Final Photo for Jan. 9, 2021.
Creek Chub Fishing
A fisherman smiles as he holds up the hand-sized creek chub he pulled from a holding pond near an office complex as his first fish of the year. My Final Photo for Jan. 8, 2021.
Copper Cable Collection Correction
A technician adjusts the placement of a section of the ATT copper cable connection box on Huber Village Blvd. during repairs for the structure damaged by a car crash. My Final Photo for Jan. 7, 2021.
Braun Farm Morning
The morning sun breaks over the roofline of the Braun Farm farmhouse where the front yard bears the mark of excavator tracks as the house and barn are prepared for demolition. My Final Photo for April 3, 2023.
Spring Cleaning
Volunteers clear weeds and overgrown grass from around the infield at the St. Paul baseball fields in preparation for the start of the season. My Final Photo for April 2, 2023.
ONPA Convention Panel
Ohio News Photographers Association President Andrew Dolph, left, listens as convention speakers, from left, Pulitzer Prize winner Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times, Cara Owsley of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Cleveland portrait photographer Angelo Merendino answer questions during an afternoon panel discussion on topics ranging from photojournalist trauma and PTSD to what type of gear to use. My Final Photo for April 1, 2023.
In The Front Window
Firefighters guide a hose through the front window of a house In Huber Ridge that was heavily damaged by fire requiring assistance for Westerville by four other departments. My Final Photo for March 31, 2023.
Creekside Cleaning
Volunteers and Otterbein University students clear invasive honeysuckle plants growing along the shoreline above and below the low-head dam in Alum Creek in Westerville. My Final Photo for March 30, 2023.
The Finishing Stage
A worker checks alignment on one of the last sections of flooring installed in the stage in Cowan Hall at Otterbein University completing repairs to the water-damaged structure before it gets a final coat of paint. My Final Photo for March 29, 2023.
Gone Fishing
A young fisherman’s bicycle lies in the grass near the Alum Creek dam where he and a friend dropped their bikes, donned wading boots, and traveled into the waters of the dam for an afternoon of testing their skill and luck in the high waters of the creek. My Final Photo for March 27, 2023.