Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Skating Like Summer
Kadin runs her skates crisscross over Haywood Alley in Uptown enjoying both the warm February weather and the smooth surface of the roadway to help relieve stress and get some exercise. My Final Photo for February 27, 2024.
Spring Soil Sampling
Farmer Kevin Scott displays a soil sample bored from a field off Cooper and Collegeview Roads where after having the sample tested will be planting a crop as soon as early April depending on soil and weather conditions. My Final Photo for February 26, 2024.
Into The Wind and Cold
Foilboarder Jim Schneider works to lift his board onto its foil running into nearly 30 miles per hour wind gusts across Hoover Reservoir Sunday afternoon with other boarders. My Final Photo for February 25, 2024.
Piper’s Final Notes
A bagpiper treads away from the American Legion Honor Guard and the family and friends of 97-year-old Donald Conard, World War II veteran and survivor of the Japanese strike on the USS Franklin CV-13, after his funeral Saturday at Blendon Cemetery. My Final Photo for February 24, 2024.
Hollyhocks and Black-Eyed Susans
Carole Bond holds some of the seeds given away by the Central Ohio Herb Society as part of the Westerville Library’s seed giveaway on Saturday. My Final Photo for January 25, 2025.
Upwind From the Dust
A cloud of concrete dust blows away from a worker cutting a section of one of the preformed panels installed for the outer wall of Smashpark, a sports and entertainment being built at Cleveland and Polaris. My Final Photo for January 24, 2025.
Indoor Skateboarding In Uptown
Skaters, kept out of the skatepark by the winter storm and brutally cold temperatures, settle for the second choice, video gaming in OldSkool at a skate park in Hawaii. My Final Photo for January 23, 2025.
Officially Los Altos
A worker installs new letters onto the marquee at 8 North Street, marking it as Los Altos Mexican restaurant. My Final Photo for January 22, 2025.
Shell After Sunset
The brightly lit Shell gas station at State and Schrock sits against a clear blue and frigid sky after sunset Tuesday. My Final Photo for January 21, 2025.
It’s Not Snow. Its Brine.
A dusty layer of dried salty brine used to melt snow covers sections of West Main and other streets in Westerville, creating the illusion of a snowy or icy surface. My Final Photo for January 20, 2025.
Frozen Lake Rock Skipping
A man stretches to add energy to his final demonstration of skipping stones across the frozen lake at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for January 19, 2025.












