Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Summer clouds at State and Schrock
A pickup truck plastered with a melange of stickers turns onto State Street under a cumulus cloud-filled sky. My Final Photo for July 30, 2024.
Water Fetch
A dog leaps off the dock at Red Bank Marina to retrieve its water toy during a fun training session at Hoover Reservoir Monday afternoon. My Final Photo for July 29, 2024.
Autograph Attack
“Zack Fresh,” the lead singer for “Zack Attack,” signs an autograph for a fan during the rock band’s performance as part of the Sunday Concert Series at Alum Creek Amphitheater. My Final Photo for July 28, 2024.
Twin Bridges Sunset
A fisherman casts for his bait as another returns to the Twin Bridges boat ramp on Hoover Reservoir late Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for July 27, 2024.
Car Crash Investigation
A Westerville Police crash investigator inspects the scene of a car crash Friday on Sugar Grove Square where a driver went left of center and struck a utility pole guide wire flipping it on its side and into two trees. My Final Photo for July 26, 2024.
Signaling Upgrades
Westerville Electric workers install the final wiring harness in a traffic signal pole at Africa Road and County Line Road, replacing everything but the poles at the intersection. My Final Photo for July 25, 2024.
Hoover Morning
A pair of white waterfowl search near the shore for a morning snack as the sun roses over Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for July 24, 2024.
RePavering East Main
A stack of recycled pavers is waiting to be reinstalled at an entrance to a parking lot on East Main Street after sections of the cubs and gutters have been replaced. My Final Photo for July 23, 2024.
Concrete Culvert Arrives
A section of preformed concrete culvert is lowered into place on Hempstead Road, replacing a much older decayed culvert. My Final Photo for July 22, 2024.
The British Have Arrived
An overflow crowd gathers at the Alum Creek Amphitheater to hear the British Invasion band’s annual Summer Concert in the park. My Final Photo for July 21, 2024.
Addicted To Catfshing
Whiskers Addiction, a Cleveland-based catfishing club, sets up their gear on the spit of land jutting out from the docks at Hoover Dam, hoping that their planned overnight adventure results in fish stories worthy of the trip. My Final Photo for July 20, 2024.
Friday Night Music and Friends
Jim Meadows performs in front of Middlefield Bank in Uptown Westerville Friday night where two women mistakenly identified as his groupies enjoy a laugh between themselves. My Final Photo for July 19, 2024.
Sketching Uptown With Photographs
Westerville artist Dennis Rano stands under a ginkgo tree on South State Street for a series of photographs from various angles that he said would be part of a future body of work featuring Uptown. My Final Photo for Nov. 2, 2024.
The Replacements
American Electric Power linemen switch electrical cables onto a replacement power pole on 3C Highway just north of Maxtown Road in Genoa Township. My Final Photo for November 12, 2024.
Feeding It To The Hogs
Pete Carmona, left, and Chris Smiley toss pumpkin remainders from the Scout Troop 84 Pumpkin Patch at the Masonic Hall into shipping cages where they will end up on a pig farm as fodder for a porcine dinner. My Final Photo for October 31, 2024.
Empty Hook
A fisherman retrieves his empty hook for rebaiting while fishing below the low-head dam at Alum Creek Park North Wednesday afternoon. My Final Photo for October 30, 2024.
Pie Face Scrunch
An Otterbein student scrunches her face just before getting a paper plate of whipped cream from a donor who made a cash contribution to Children’s Hospital as part of the Otterthon Trunk or Treat event on campus Tuesday evening. My Final Photo for October 29, 2024.
Sparkling Water Fishing
Two fishermen sit on the spit of land that once was Walnut Street, now uncovered by low water levels in Hoover Reservoir, as a third angler configures his lures from a boat. My Final Photo for October 28, 2024.
Sunrise Over Highlands Fields
Sunrise brightens the morning across the fields at Highlands Park and the surrounding neighborhood with Hoover Reservoir as a backdrop. My Final Photo for October 27, 2024.