Focused Performance

An Urban Strings Youth Orchestra violinist sets herself for the opening of the group's next piece of music at a performance at the Westerville Public Library. (My Final Photo for February 7, 2026)

An Urban Strings Youth Orchestra violinist sets herself for the opening of the group’s next piece of music at a performance at the Westerville Public Library. (My Final Photo for February 7, 2026)

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Shoreline Sailing

Shoreline Sailing

A sailor watches from shore as his younger companions prepare themselves and their boats for competition on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for September 21, 2023.

Windows On Uptown

Windows On Uptown

Workers install windows in the upper floor apartments of a building being built on West College where the Book Harbor once stood. My Final Photo for September 20, 2023.

Controlled Training

Controlled Training

Westerville firefighters watch a controlled burn after training in a home to be demolished was donated to the department for training. My Final Photo for September 19, 2023.

Wizards And Wands Walls

Wizards And Wands Walls

The Westerville Library gets an early start decorating for its Wizards and Wands Halloween celebration with one of the first changes to convert the library into a Hogwarts-style venue is modifying usually bright hallways into looks more like the halls of a wizard’s lair. My Final Photo for September 18, 2023.

Afternoon Hopes

Afternoon Hopes

A woman stands with two lines in the water of Hoover Reservoir where she and her friends are hoping for the good luck that a day fishing might bring. My Final Photo for September 17, 2023.

Headed Home For Homecoming

Headed Home For Homecoming

The Otterbein Marching Band leads the school’s homecoming parade across the Main Street bridge toward Grove Street for the final procession through campus before ending near the football field for the afternoon game. My Final Photo for September 16, 2023.

Uptown Friday Night

Uptown Friday Night

A vintage Chevrolet station wagon travels past Graeter’s Ice Cream in Uptown Westerville on Friday night. My Final Photo for September 15, 2023.

Everbowl’s Opening

Everbowl’s Opening

Customers line up around the corner past the Holmes Hotel for the grand opening of Everbowl on State Street where the company planned to give away 300 of its craft superfood bowls. My Final Photo for September 14, 2023.

Heritage Sunflowers

Heritage Sunflowers

A plein air artist begins her art class lesson by painting sunflowers along the fence at the edge of Heritage Park in Westerville. My Final Photo for September 13, 2023.

Collegeview Corn View

Collegeview Corn View

Early evening clouds cast shadows over the cornfield along Collegeview near The Point at Otterbein. My Final Photo for September 12, 2023.

Remembrance Run

Remembrance Run

Ryan Garcia carries the American flag across the Main Street Bridge as he begins his run marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. My Final Photo for September 11, 2023.

Smallmouth Pride

Smallmouth Pride

A proud stepfather takes a photo of his stepdaughter after what he said was her first successful smallmouth bass fishing competition on Hoover Reservoir Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for September 10, 2023.

Climbing The Dam Embankment

Climbing The Dam Embankment

Karen Palmer and Doug Haubert run their custom-made remote-controlled vehicles across the terrain at the Alum Creek Park Dam in Westerville. My Final Photo for October 20, 2024.

Sunset Play And View

Sunset Play And View

Father and son stand and play at the edge of the high-water mark at Hoover Reservoir enjoying themselves and the view of sunset light hitting the eastern shoreline. My Final Photo for October 19, 2024.

End  Of Fall Fishing Day

End Of Fall Fishing Day

A woman returns to her car after retrieving the remainder of her fishing gear from a picnic table at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir Friday afternoon. My Final Photo for October 18, 2024.

Sharon Woods Fall Colors

Sharon Woods Fall Colors

Fall colors fill a corner of Sharon Woods Park overlooking Westerville and the Braun Farm property. My Final Photo for October 17, 2024.

Sunset Trail

Sunset Trail

A bicyclist makes a return path along the trail at the Highlands wetland, where she traversed the paved path in both directions during her late afternoon ride. My Final Photo for October 16, 2024.

Low Pressure Waiting

Low Pressure Waiting

With indicator lights noting low tire pressure and a seatbelt warning, a photographer waits in his car for the predawn rain to slow down long enough for him to photograph a store that is set to be closed during a bankruptcy process. My Final Photo for October 15, 2024.

One Hole. Two Trees.

One Hole. Two Trees.

A landscaper digs a hole for a tree in an island in the resurfaced parking lot for Otterbein’s The Point on Collegeview. My Final Photo for October 14, 2024.