Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Best Seats In the House At Otterbein Baseball
Relatively ordinary day with a late afternoon bike ride through and near Uptown with a side trip through the Otterbein campus where students, professors, and family gathered to watch the season opener for the...
The Difficult Moments Now Decorating Walls
Earlier today one of my Facebook friends pointed me towards a New York Times story with a remarkable photo of a lone person walking through dust and debris in a canyon of buildings destroyed by the war in Syria. I...
An afternoon in the sun in the park
It was a great Sunday afternoon with temperatures moving to the 70s, a bike in good condition, legs that were bared after a winter in jeans, and a smaller than normal complement of cameras. Great day for a bike...
First day at the sailboat races
One of the surest signs of spring is opening day for the Hoover Sailing Club's Spring Regatta. That day was today. Despite slow winds, cool temperatures, and the sun peaking in and out of frosty clouds, sailors in...
Sailor with his sailboat on Hoover Reservoir
When this sailor began the task of preparing his sailboat for its first water journey of the year the sun was bright in the cool sky and there was just enough wind to justify a late afternoon sail around the...
The perfect obituary for a photographer
My wife sings in the funeral choir of our church where all too often she learns about other people’s lives and family too late to enjoy the living. The eulogies are always gracious with friends and family speaking...
Life at the crossroads in Uptown Westerville
It's not often I labor over selecting the best photo for My Final Photo. I usually know which one I will use when I take it. Today was a little different. Not because of having too many great photos to choose...
Pair of kayakers enjoy early spring trip on Hoover Reservoir
Taking an afternoon trip across Hoover Reservoir wasn't a fool's chore for this pair of young kayakers who braved chill winds and choppy waters for their first outdoor adventure of the spring. Despite temperatures...
Pair of kayakers enjoy early spring trip on Hoover Reservoir
Taking an afternoon trip across Hoover Reservoir wasn't a fool's chore for this pair of young kayakers who braved chill winds and choppy waters for their first outdoor adventure of the spring. Despite temperatures...
The farm house on the hill
There's a lot of farm country near my daughter's home north of Johnstown. About two miles away on the crest of a small ridge sits an old farm house recently refurbished from a condition that showed years of...
The farm house on the hill
There's a lot of farm country near my daughter's home north of Johnstown. About two miles away on the crest of a small ridge sits an old farm house recently refurbished from a condition that showed years of...
Baseball, Chevrolets and Fords, and beer
I was offered a lot of liquid refreshment while on my bike ride, with cameras, today. Fortunately several were for beer including this spot of Americana near my house. Suburban house. Flag pole with a flag....
Man with feather in his cap portrait
I don't visit Hoover Dam often during the winter. It's too stark and void of people. As the weather begins to change in early spring there is a hint of color along the eastern shoreline as flower buds and leaves...
Five Days. Four Flats. One Portrait.
There is bad news, then good news, then bad news. Then a portrait. The first bad news is four flat tires in five days. I don't know what the odds could be for such a set of events, but they are probably more than...
Palm Sunday in Hipstamatic Tintype glory
Today was Palm Sunday. It begins Holy week in the church. We missed the early Mass because we overslept waking up five minutes after our normal departure time. I had forgotten that this Mass has lengthy readings...