Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
On and Off Shore
A landlocked pair of anglers watch their waterborne partners navigate the waters of Hoover Reservoir on a warm, bright spring Sunday. My Final Photo for March 26, 2023.
Water Power Watch
A man pauses walking the steps at Hoover Dam to study the heavy flow of water over the spillway after heavy rain fell on the already-soaked ground and waterways raising the level of the reservoir. My Final Photo for March 25, 2023.
Ready For Removal
Newly arrived demolition equipment sits about equidistance from the barn and farmhouse at the Braun Farm as work progresses to demolish the two structures. My Final Photo for March 24, 2023.
Stratocaster Tuneup
A Fender Stratocaster Player Plus guitar gets a tuneup and fret adjustment on the front counter of Music & Arts in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for March 23, 2023.
Perfect Painter Palette
A painter retrieves his roller from a paint tray as he paints 25-foot-tall walls in the stairway leading to the offices for Family Room Coffee & Bake Shop being built in a section of the old MCL cafeteria on South Otterbein. My Final Photo for March 22, 2023.
Spring Smoking
A man rakes leaves and debris from a fallen tree into a burning pile in the backyard of his home that borders Hoover Reservoir. My final Photo for March 21, 2023.
Gone Fishing Gone
A magnet fisherman tosses his best magnet into Hoover Reservoir from the concrete jetty at the Walnut Street boat ramp only to have it and a second magnet get caught on rocks forcing him to cut the ropes leaving the magnets until the water level is lower for retrieval. My Final Photo for March 20, 2023.
Cold Weather Soccer
The Otterbein soccer team is a blur as they run through drills at the start of practice with temperatures near freezing. My Final Photo for March 19, 2023.
Cold Canine Walking
A pair of dogs and their walker wear warm coats as they take a fast stroll into the wind and snow flurries in Uptown Westerville Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for March 18, 2023.
Friday Night Card Game
A family wearing St. Patrick green plays a card game after ordering their fish meal at the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church’s Lenten Friday fish fry. My Final Photo for March 17, 2023.
State of the City Photo
Mother and her children pose in front of a 2023 lighted display before Westerville’s annual State of the City presentation. My Final Photo for March 16, 2023.
Pool Permanently Closed
Very little of the Clearwater Pools buildings remain as the demolition crew nears the completion of removing the closed business at 3C Highway and Emrick Road in Blendon Township. My Final Photo for March 15, 2023.
Hempstead Closed
Road-closed barriers mark both sides of the creek where the city is replacing a culvert on Hempstead Road, causing the road to be closed until the end of summer. My Final Photo for July 8, 2024.
Sunday Concert In the Park
The Westerville Concert Band performs in the Alum Creek North Amphitheater, opening the July series of Sunday night concerts in the park. My Final Photo for July 7, 2024.
A Bubbly Attempt
A young girl tries to blow bubbles with her small wand that matches the heavy flow of bubbles from the nearby electric bubble-blowing machine at the Saturday Farmers Market in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for July 6, 2024.
Sidewalk Performance
Musician Bob May accompanies himself on guitar while singing on the sidewalk in front of Middlefield Bank during Uptown Friday Night’s music concerts. My Final Photo for July 5, 2024.
Preparing For The Next Candy Toss
Brother and sister share their perfect location as they stare down State Street looking for the next group tossing candy in the July 4th parade in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for July 4, 2024.
Patio Lighting
The LED lights on the patio at Jimmy V’s are refracted in raindrops falling from umbrellas on the patio after a brief rainstorm. My Final Photo for June 3, 2024.
West College Roofing
Roofers lean out of their bucket lift to install ribbing joining section of the metal roof atop the turret at the multi-use building under construction on West College in Uptown. My Final Photo for June 2, 2024.