“Take my Picture!” Request Granted

Friends and family gather at the crossroads of State and Main Streets in Uptown Westerville during the Fourth Friday festival, pausing to request their portrait for Take My Picture!, a 50-year photographic series capturing community life at the invitation of those photographed. My Final Photo for June 27, 2025.

Friends and family gather at the crossroads of State and Main Streets in Uptown Westerville during the Fourth Friday festival, pausing to request their portrait for Take My Picture!, a 50-year photographic series capturing community life at the invitation of those photographed. My Final Photo for June 27, 2025.

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Memorial Concert

Memorial Concert

The Westerville Symphony performs a concert of patriotic music at the Veterans Memorial, located several hundred feet from the Field of Heroes flags at the sports complex. My Final Photo for May 24, 2025.

Warching From The Balcony Level

Warching From The Balcony Level

Young dancers watch from the second floor of Generation as older performers take the stage on West College during Fourth Friday in Uptown. My Final Photo for May 23, 2025.

Rescue Training After-Action Report

Rescue Training After-Action Report

Westerville firefighters gathered at the Walnut Street Boat Ramp for an after-action report following a training exercise involving the rescue of a kayaker on the Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 22, 2025.

Roof Removal For Renovation

Roof Removal For Renovation

Carpenters remove the facing and lower portion of the city hall roof where an addition will be added connecting the building with the old police station as part of the renovation of the two buildings. My Final Photo for May 21, 2025.

Dark Skies and Dangerous Currents

Dark Skies and Dangerous Currents

A nighttime rainstorm is moving in from the west, swelling the already high waters rushing over the dam at Alum Creek Park North in Westerville. My Final Photo for May 20, 2025.

Tree Trimming Makes For Better Harvest

Tree Trimming Makes For Better Harvest

Workers removed low-hanging branches Monday from the Braun Farm and Otterbein farmland along Cooper Road and Collegeview to prevent interference with farm equipment ahead of planting and the hay harvest. My Final Photo for May 19, 2025.

Between Two Trees

Between Two Trees

A fisherman settles into his lakeside seat, framed by two trees along the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for May 18, 2025.

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

Farmhand’s Lending Hands

A C.A.B.B. farmhand lends a hand by holding down the farm’s tent during gusty winds at the Saturday Farmers Market—the first day of the season at its new location in the COhatch and North High Brewing parking lot on South State Street. My Final Photo for May 17, 2025.

Frog Friday Tadpoles

Frog Friday Tadpoles

A mother looks on as children use their headlamps to examine tadpoles found during Frog Friday at the Highlands wetlands. My Final Photo for May 16, 2025.

Uptown Swarm

Uptown Swarm

Bees swarmed above a tree in front of Talbott’s Flowers on Thursday afternoon before moving on in their search for a new home in Uptown. My Final Photo for May 15, 2025.

Sunset Sailors

Sunset Sailors

Sailors ease into the wind across Hoover Reservoir as they position for the start of a friendly afternoon race, the near-still waters mirroring the approaching sunset. My Final Photo for May 13, 2025.

One By Land. One By Limb.

One By Land. One By Limb.

Two fishermen—one casting from the shore, the other balanced on a fallen tree—try their luck in the high waters of Hoover Reservoir at the Red Bank Boat Ramp. My Final Photo for May 13, 2025.

Looking For Lost Lure

Looking For Lost Lure

A fisherman wades into the deep waters below the Alum Creek dam to retrieve a favored lure snagged on the creek bottom. My Final Photo for June 8, 2025.

Community Band Festival Backstage

Community Band Festival Backstage

The Westerville Community Band performs at the Alum Creek Park Amphitheater Saturday evening as part of the day-long Community Band Festival in the park. My Final Photo for June 7, 2025.

Soybean Seed Cloud

Soybean Seed Cloud

A large cumulonimbus cloud gathers to the east of the Yarnell Farm, where the recently planted soybean seeds have begun to sprout after the warm weather and spring showers. My Final Photo for June 6, 2025.

Sharon Woods Storm Front

Sharon Woods Storm Front

Storm clouds roll in over Schrock Lake at Sharon Woods Metro Park, signaling a shift in the weather as late afternoon sunlight briefly breaks through a thinning patch of sky. My Final Photo for June 5, 2025.

Abandned Eggs

Abandned Eggs

Five turkey eggs sit in an abandoned nest in a hay field, left exposed to the elements after the hay was cut and baled. My Final Photo for June 4, 2025.

Cruisin’ Uptown

Cruisin’ Uptown

Passengers in a Chrysler LeBaron convertible enjoy a late afternoon cruise through Uptown Westerville on one of the warmest days of the year. My Final Photo for June 3, 2025.

Road Hazard

Road Hazard

A driver inspects his car after 10 five-gallon buckets of white roofing sealant fell from a truck in front of him at State Street and Maxtown Road, splashing his car and forcing the closure of the intersection into the evening for cleanup. My Final Photo for June 2, 2025.