vijay singh - 2009 travelers championship
I spent today photographing the first round of the 2009 Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Normally I wouldn’t post a photo I didn’t submit to the newspaper, but I shot this photo with only one thought it my mind…Desktop Wallpaper!
While I waited for the players to make their way to the green on 14th, I noticed Vijay getting ready to take his shot right on the crest of the hill. I knew that the newspaper wouldn’t run the shot, but I could picture it looking cool as the backround to my computer.
I will post the photos that are running in the paper after it’s already run…
How it looks on my desktop..
bar mitzvah
I got a few phone calls recently asking me to shoot Bar Mitzvah’s, so I decided to post this image which I took last year.
my view of graduation
This past friday, I graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with my bachelors degree in Journalism. I took my camera on stage with me to receive my diploma, in order to get the picture you see here.
The man in the picture is Selase Williams the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Southern. He was slightly unsettled by the camera, but he laughed and shook my hand.
the face of foreclosure
William Vasquez whose house was sold to the bank this past Saturday at a foreclosure auction for $53,350. I shot this story for the New Haven Independent, here is a the link to the story, as well as my other pictures.
playing with cars
This picture was taken during Mason’s second visit to the hospital to see Scarlett. Mason and Scarlett got along really well, Mason even specifically placed a car on Scarlett’s legs so she could have one to play with.
spooner house homeless shelter - photo essay
Monday night I met with the residents of the Spooner House homeless shelter in Shelton, Conn. I had dinner with them and spoke to them about a project that I would like to do with one or more of the residents. I got an e-mail yesterday from case manager, John A. Trovarelli, who said that 6 residents of the shelter expressed interest in working with me. I am really looking forward to going forward with this personal project.
Attached is a photo I took last summer of Brad Redmond a resident of the shelter. He is pictured in the bunk beds of the old shelter, which the residents have since left. I took the photo for the New Haven Register for a story on the transition the residents were having moving from one shelter to another.
on the way to tijuana
I took this photo while I was on the trolley in San Diego. My friends and I spent the entire week in San Diego discussing the possiblity of traveling to Tijuana, Mexico for the day. We never ended up going, but I figured since today is Cinco de Mayo I would post a picture that reminds me the most of Mexico, considering that I have never been there.
sleeping in philadelphia x2
As I said in an earlier post, I walked around for about 15 minutes in Philadelphia photographing people sleeping on the streets. I really enjoy the light in this shot and the fountain in the backround.
scientology final project
I am working towards my first audio slideshow of the scientology protests I have covered for the past 3 months. Thursday I am doing my first interview with a representative of the Church of Scientology in New Haven. I hope to shoot the scientology protestors on May 9th right before the project is due.
sleeping in philadelphia
I went to Philadelphia this past weekend for a SPJ conference. On one of the nights, I walked around with my 70-200 shooting for about 15 minutes. I got around 15 pictures of people sleeping on the street or, in this case, the grass. This is one of my favorites in the series.