Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
School Project In The Park
A student adjusts his phone camera before recording another segment of a school video project at the wetlands at Highlands Park in Westerville. My Final Photo for February 18, 2023.
Swift Allegiance
Teenage girls check their phones after writing Taylor Swift’s name in the foggy condensation on the front window of Java Central coffee shop in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for February 17, 2023.
Outbound Fliers
A pair of geese launch themselves over a fisherman hoping for a little angler’s luck near the boat ramp at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for February 16, 2023.
Not A Winter Sport
Otterbein University athletes take advantage of the warm weather to get in a javelin-throwing training session at their athletic field on North West Street. My Final Photo for February 15, 2023.
Shared Valentine’s Day Memory
A woman holds the child she babysits in front of a Valentine’s Day photo backdrop on the green at city hall as a couple makes their photo in return for the woman previously photographing them in front of the banner with heart wishes. My Final Photo for February 14, 2022.
Driveway And Parking Lot
A grading crew builds a new entrance to the old Westerville Armory where CoHatch is building an office center and North High Brewing is expanding its brewery operation into the old warehouse beside what will be the new concrete parking lot. My Final Photo for February 13, 2023.
Warming Up Winter
A couple finishes their picnic meal with a kiss after dining with their feet hanging off the rock wall at the Alum Creek Park North low-head dam. My Final Photo for February 12, 2023.
Gone Fishing Together
A father instructs his son in the proper casting technique about halfway through their day fishing off the shoreline at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for February 11, 2023.
Memorial Colors
A woman wears a jacket bearing patches marking the names of police officers killed in the line of duty including Westerville officers Morelli and Joering at a wreath-laying ceremony at city hall on the fifth anniversary of their deaths. My Final Photo for February 10, 2023.
South State Promise
Workers install a sign proclaiming the coming of North High Brewing to a space behind coHatch in the old Westerville Armory on south State Street next to the post office. My Final Photo for February 9, 2023.
Towers Hall Repairs
A welder fabricates a section of iron pipe that replaces portions of a pressurized 300-degree water heating system that failed filling the building with steam while students were on break. My Final Photo for February 8, 2023.
New Foundation For Uptown
A work crew pours footers for a three-story tall office/apartment building with parking on West College where the Book Harbour once stood. My Final Photo for February 7, 2023.
Not Painted Black
A worker applies paint stripper to the copper awnings at Jimmy V’s to remove black paint applied without approval from the city Uptown Review Board. My Final Photo for June 17, 2024.
Floating Fowl
Mary Ann Akin settles Ruby, one of her five chickens, on its perch in the front of her kayak as she launches into Hoover Reservoir from the landing at Twin Bridges on Red Bank Road. My Final Photo for June 16, 2024.
Family Fishing
A family fishes from the shade along the shoreline at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir on a windless, warm Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for June 15, 2024.
Senior Olympic Qualifier
A senior athlete twists his shoulders as he begins the hammer throw at the late afternoon national qualifier competition during the Ohio Senior Olympics at Otterbein University’s sports fields. My Final Photo for June 14, 2024.
The Best Downstream Seat
A fisherman sits on an upended five-gallon-bucket to fish the center of the Big Walnut Creek stream below Hoover Dam. My Final Photo for June 13, 2024.
Replacing Walk/Don’t Walk
The intersection of Africa Road and County Line Road gets new polycarbonate crosswalk signals replacing the original aluminum signals that had reached end of life. My Final Photo for June 12, 2024.
Hay Field Striping
Stripes of green freshly planted grasses between aged hay mark sections of the Sharp Farm hayfield which was recently tilled for soil studies on the land the city purchased more than a year ago for development. My Final Photo for June 11, 2024.












