Heron Hunting

A blue heron glides across the fog-shrouded surface of Hoover Reservoir, passing its distant relatives—mallards and seagulls—as it searches for a better fishing spot. My Final Photo for February 15, 2025.

A blue heron glides across the fog-shrouded surface of Hoover Reservoir, passing its distant relatives—mallards and seagulls—as it searches for a better fishing spot. My Final Photo for February 15, 2025.

Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter

Spring Arrives In Winter

Spring Arrives In Winter

First of the season flower seedlings are off-loaded from a truck Sunday afternoon at Hoover Gardens in between thick flurries and despite strong wind. My Final Photo for March 10, 2024.

Comics To Go

Comics To Go

Jerome Rogers shows off the comic books, action figures, and lunch boxes he bought at World’s Greatest Comics 13th Anniversary Sale Saturday in Glengary Center. My Final Photo for March 9, 2024. 

Uptown Tuneup

Uptown Tuneup

Gary Puckett restrings a mandolin in his music studio in Uptown Westerville as he waits for his Cardinal Pizza to be done. My Final Photo for March 8, 2024.

Racing Rowers

Racing Rowers

A kayaker steers away from a rapidly approaching Westerville Crew rowing boat practicing with other boats at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for March 7, 2024.

Measuring Ups And Downs Uptown

Measuring Ups And Downs Uptown

Surveyor Matt Preston measures elevations and locations along West Main Street for the city which plans to lay new water mains in Uptown. My Final Photo for March 6, 2024

Distillery’s Doors

Distillery’s Doors

Carpenters finish attaching the second of two new doors to the south side of the old post office after the doorways were added to open onto a planned elevated patio to serve customers of High Bank Distillery. My Final Photo for March 5, 2024.

The Blues On Monday

The Blues On Monday

Joseph Domanik plays blues on his Stratocaster while leaning on an oak tree still burdened with last summer’s leaves. Domanick decided his day off from work and the temperature in the low 70s at the start of March gave him good reason to sit in the afternoon sun at Red Bank Park even if to play the blues. My Final Photo for March 4, 2024.

Peaceful Sunday At The Lake

Peaceful Sunday At The Lake

Brian Cooper and his 10-year-old daughter, Aleah, enjoyed a peaceful moment on the dock at the Hoover Walnut Boat Ramp, lounging in the lawn chairs he keeps in his car for spontaneous outings like this when the weather is nice and they have no other obligations. My Final Photo for March 3, 2024.

Saturday Cookies

Saturday Cookies

Six-year-old Lucy Todd bites into a cookie as her brother, Mike, 3, chews on the cookie his parents got for them at the Cookie Walk in Uptown Westerville Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for February 2, 2024.

Youngest Fish Fry Disciple

Youngest Fish Fry Disciple

Six-year-old Benjamin Galio, the youngest and smallest server at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church’s Lenten fish fry pauses for a moment to smile and have his picture taken before serving another group of diners. My Final Photo for March 1, 2024.

Brick Walk Trees

Brick Walk Trees

Workers cover freshly poured concrete designed to be platforms for grating surrounding trees to be planted in the Brick Walk between Java Central and High Bank Distillery. My Final Photo for February 29, 2024.

Fixing The Flooring

Fixing The Flooring

A flooring crew installs new tongue and groove maple strips to match the existing floor at High Bank Distillery in Uptown, which will be sanded and stained for a new durable surface. My Final Photo for February 28, 2024.

Under The Clouds

Under The Clouds

A fisherman readies his canoe for an afternoon fishing on Hoover Reservoir under a cumulus cloud-filled blue sky. My Final Photo for August 12, 2024.

Dam Fisherman

Dam Fisherman

A fisherman standing in the late afternoon light at Alum Creek North Dam is framed by trees and bushes along the creek’s edge. My Final Photo for August 11, 2024.

Uptown’s Untapped Beer Night

Uptown’s Untapped Beer Night

The crowd for Uptown Untapped fills part of East Main Street and adjacent parking lots, where food, dancing, and drinking continue into the evening hours in the home of the Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition. My Final Photo for August 10, 2024.

Book Time Uptown

Book Time Uptown

Ignacio Perez reads a book in the light from the sunset down Main Street sitting with his evening drink in front of Old Bag of Nails in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for August 9, 2024.

Road Leveling

Road Leveling

Workers level fresh asphalt at the seam connecting a new road surface to the old at the new culvert and bridge spanning a creek on Hempstead Road in Westerville. My Final Photo for August 8, 2024.

Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Belegarth Grim’s Keep warriors battle each other during a Wednesday evening practice session at Alum Creek Park North. My Final Photo for August 7, 2024.

Bruno’s Show

Bruno’s Show

Westerville Police K9 Officer Kyrell Baggoo and Canine Officer Bruno demonstrate teamwork at National Night Out at Huber Village Park. My Final Photo for August 6, 2024.