Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Spring Sunset
A golden sunset shines through a U.S. flag blowing straight in a strong wind. My Final Photo for March 26, 2025.
Measuring Main Street
An Otterbein University environmental science student radios her counterpart while using a transit to measure and record elevations between Otterbein and Collegeview Road along West Main Street. My Final Photo for March 25, 2025.
In The Shadow Of Clouds
A man sits quietly in the shade of a passing cloud over Red Bank Park at Hoover Reservoir, his back to the wind, his gaze fixed on the water and drifting clouds. My Final Photo for March 24, 2025.
Rainy Run
A runner makes their way to the parking lot after finishing a set of stair runs at Hoover Dam on a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for March 23, 2025.
Moving Showcase
One of the jewelry showcases from Westerville Jewelers is wheeled across College Avenue from the old location to the new storefront next to Java Central, where the relocated store is set to open on April 1, 2025. My Final Photo for March 22, 2025.
Not Fish But Still A Favorite
While her family dines on fried fish, mac and cheese, French fries, coleslaw, and dessert at St. Paul the Apostle church, this nine-month-old enjoys her favorite treat: applesauce. My Final Photo for March 21, 2025.
Framed By Light
The Renaissance Hotel’s patio lights frame the illuminated DHL building, whose lights are reflected in Guitar Lake, which lies between them. My Final Photo for March 20, 2025.
Ice Cream Imagination
After having ice cream at Graeter’s in Uptown, siblings gather twigs, rocks, and ginkgo fruit pits to build a small altar for an unnamed, unidentified creature born from their imagination. My Final Photo for March 19, 2025.
Tapper’s Toe Injury
Generations dancers gather around an injured teammate, concerned about her toe injury that will keep her from Tuesday’s tap lesson. My Final Photo for March 18, 2025.
Paddling In The Pond
Duane Yarnell returns to shore after inspecting objects in the farm’s pond on County Line Road. My Final Photo for March 17, 2025.
Briefly Casting
An angler briefly tests the rushing waters below the Alum Creek North Dam on Sunday afternoon before being called back to the car by less enthusiastic, non-fishing friends. My Final Photo for March 16, 2025.
Front Row Seats
Five-year-old Sam sorts through the baseball cards his father bought for him and his two older brothers while helping them sort cards at the front window seats of Old Bag o’ Nails in Uptown. My Final Photo for March 15, 2025.
Playing With Nine Fingers
A guitarist performing in a small group in Uptown on Friday night carefully worked the fretboard, avoiding his little finger, which is recovering after its tip was severed in a hedge-clipper accident earlier this week. My Final Photo for August 8, 2025.
Brickwalk Retailers
A group of shoppers approaches a lemonade stand offering two flavors of lemonade, chocolate chip cookies, and handmade bracelets beneath the heritage oak along the brickwalk at Java Central. My Final Photo for August 7, 2025.
If You Plant Them …
A Westerville Parks and Recreation gardener works through a dense flower bed at the entrance to the Cleveland Avenue sports fields, pulling weeds in the summer heat. My Final Photo for August 6, 2025.
Garden Guardian
Florist Dave Talbott strikes an en garde pose with his gardening hose, playfully guarding the colorful sidewalk garden outside his Uptown shop. My Final Photo for August 5, 2025.
Schrock Lake Ripples
Ripples from a fishing lure spread across the smooth waters of Schrock Lake, breaking the glassy reflection of towering clouds as an angler searches for the perfect catch at Sharon Woods Metro Park. My Final Photo for August 4, 2025.
Afternoon Scooter Ride
A lone scooter rider glides along a shaded path at the Westerville Sports Complex, framed by deep shadows and sunlit fields beneath towering clouds. My Final Photo for August 3, 2025.
The Final Bubble
A lone two-foot soap bubble drifts across the sky above the Saturday Farmers Market, the last remnant from The Great Bubble Show as it floated beyond the crowd. My Final Photo for August 2, 2025.