National Clip Winner
I just found out that a photo story I did when I was back at the Daily News-Record won second place in the NPPA National Clip Contest. SWEET! The essay was a collection of photos of items that the local firefighters had recovered from fire scenes. I posted the essay on this site a few [...]
Marching on “Imperialism”
On the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, protestors marched from Lafayette Park across from the White House through downtown Washington D.C., Saturday carrying flag-draped cardboard coffins and signs calling for thto end to all wars and to “Indict Bush Now.” More images from the demonstration including the Arlington Midwest exhibit on the National [...]
Blizzard of 2010 – Part 2
Blizzard of 2010 Part 2 – Images by Pete Marovich Well I ventured out into the storm today to see what I could find near my home. Here are some of the images from downtown Herndon and Dulles Airport. The snow has stopped now but the winds are pretty strong.
Snowmageddon
“Oh the weather outside is frightful….” Well, we have been here officially one week and just like on moving day last Saturday, it is snowing. This time, just like the news keeps saying, it is an epic and maybe historic snowfall. It is not really safe or conceivable to make it into D.C. for photos, [...]
IMPACT ONLINE EXHIBITION: A Look Inside The Old Order
Welcome to the new IMPACT online exhibition, a project exploring the internet as a venue for insightful photographic work. In an effort to remind viewers of the important role photographers play around the world, we invited an array of imagemakers to share galleries on their blogs (like this one) that comprise 12 images representing an [...]
Moving to D.C.
Well, the time has come for a change. It may seem strange to voluntarily leave my job as director of photography at a newspaper for a freelance career, especially in this economy, but I feel the time has come to move on to be able to work on personal projects. My wife, Jenny, and I [...]
Basketball Remote – An Almost
I have been messing around with setting up a remote with a wide lens that sits on a small tripod in front of me when I shoot basketball. I shoot most of the game with a 70-200mm and I generally sit on one of the corners of the court. This works out pretty good except [...]
Merry Christmas 2009
Been busy with the holiday and a final edit of my essay on an Old Order Mennonite family, but I thought I would post this image taken on Christmas night looking out of our living room window. The reflection is our Christmas tree. Happy Holidays Everyone!
Youthful Curiosity
Photographing kids can be as challenging as it can be fun. Fun because it is usually easy photographs and lets be honest, what can be more fun than hanging out with children when you are supposed to be working? The challenge is getting them to forget you are there. Not every child likes to be [...]
Sleeping Cadets (Redux)
Back in October when I as redesigning my website, I posted a photo I had taken from a graduation ceremony at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. It was a bit of an amusing photo of non-graduating cadets in the audience and some of them had nodded off to sleep. Funny, but not uncommon at [...]
James Madison vs Norfolk St. Basketball
Here are some photos from the James Madison men’s basketball game against Norfolk St. on Wednesday night at the James Madison University Convocation Center in Harrisonburg. JMU won the game 72-64. It was pretty close for the first half but then JMU separated themselves a bit and kept about am 8 point advantage for most [...]
BURNED
BURNED In 2008 U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,451,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,320 civilian fire fatalities, 16,705 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $15,478,000,000 in direct property loss. (The direct property loss includes the California Wildfires 2008 with an estimated property loss of $1,400,000,000.) There was a civilian fire death every 158 minutes and a [...]
About the Burned Essay
I got the idea to photograph items from fires while covering the Harrisonburg Fire Department’s fire safety education display exhibited at the Valley Mall in the city each year. I was struck by how many of the items look like some sort of modern art, even thought I know a tragedy was responsible for the weirdly [...]
Harrisonburg High School Stumbles
First of all it was COLD and WINDY. And it was DARK. This was the first football game where we tested the ability of the NIKON D700 in low light. Of course we have played around with it, but this was the first live shoot where we shot at ISO 6400. I have to say, [...]
JMU vs Towson Football
James Madison’s football team clinched its sixth straight winning season beating Towson 43-12 on Saturday in the final game of the season at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va. This photo is featured in the New York Times college football slideshow on their website for November 21, 2009 - Click here.
JMU vs Georgetown Women’s Basketball
Here are some more images from the James Madison – Georgetown women’s basketball game. The Dukes upset the Hoyas in their season home opener in Harrisonburg, Va. Wednesday night.
James Madison Upsets Georgetown – Women’s Basketball
I covered the JMU vs Georgetown women’s basketball game at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va. tonight. It really was a great home opener for the Dukes. After getting off to a slow start, they overcame a 16 point deficit to pull ahead for the first time late in the game. After some very [...]
Execution of an American Terrorist
John Allen Muhammad’s final appeal for clemency from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine failed and he was executed by lethal injection at Virginia’s death chamber in Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt Tuesday night. Muhammad masterminded a wave of random shootings that left 10 people dead and terrorized the Washington region for more than three weeks in [...]
Halloween at the Artful Dodger
I am not much of a Halloween celebrant. I love to see the kids trick or treating in their cute little costumes. And I am fascinated but the overall creepiness of the holiday. But I have never been much for dressing up and going out on the town. But this Halloween my wife Jenny and [...]
Three Funerals in Two Days
Friday began with a funeral and ended with another. The day before I had covered another one. It was three too many. Thursday’s funeral was for 5-year-old Kaylee Whetzel. Friday morning’s funeral was for her mother, Allaina Taylor, 39, and the afternoon funeral was for her stepfather Dennis “Chip” Taylor, 36. The three were found [...]
Waffle House – Christiansburg, Va.
On a recent trip back to Beaufort, SC to visit my parents before they move to Pennsylvania, Jen and I stopped for the obligatory Waffle House breakfast. Seriously, where else would you stop at 6 a.m. in the morning?
Young Mennonite
I was visiting with the Old Order Mennonite family that I am working on a long term project with and got this shot of their youngest son, Jesse, letting one of the horses out of the barn. One of the photos that will probably not make the cut for the story, but I kinda like [...]
Afternoon at Jack Brown’s Bar
Took a break from wandering town for a feature photo and stopped in Jack Brown’s burger joint and bar for a coke. I keep hearing about the days of the two-martini lunch but I think that is a myth. Anyway this seemed like a photo. Maybe it is, maybe not.
