Category Archives: Writing / Reading
Salt Magazine tear sheets
The February issue of Salt Magazine was distributed today to most of our region’s newspapers, which means I can post some of my favorite tear sheets from it. This was my fourth issue as the magazine’s primary photographer, and the … Continue reading
Filed under Photography, Writing / Reading
First step into off-camera flash
For the past few months I’ve been planning my next steps into portrait and documentary photography. The two biggest hurdles in my way, among many others, were quality fast lenses — specifically their hefty pricetags — and off-camera lighting. The … Continue reading
Filed under Photography, Writing / Reading
2010 in review
I got an email this morning from WordPress which summarized this blog’s stats for 2010. Kind of ironic, no? Considering only a few hours earlier I was writing about writing a 2010 Year in Review. Huh. Here they are.
Filed under Random, Uncategorized, Writing / Reading
Christmastime roundup.
December was a whirlwind month, a fitting end to a crazy and memorable year. It was a month filled with long hours at work, longer nights with friends and a palpable settling-in at our new home. I’m considering posting a … Continue reading
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The MoJo’s toolkit
In the fall of 2007, I was in Washington for the annual Society of Professional Journalists conference, an organization with student chapters at journalism schools across the country. I went alone, because no one else from my chapter could make … Continue reading
Filed under Media Matters, Photography, Writing / Reading
A New Look
For the past couple of days I’ve been wrestling with the idea of changing the layout of this site. I liked the other one fine, and frankly I hate the idea of changing a look that was becoming recognizable, but … Continue reading
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Born to Run
I started reading this book a few days ago, after months of telling myself “You should really read that book.” I guess it just took seeing it in a local bookstore when I had some dispensable cash in my pocket. … Continue reading
Filed under Random Musings, Writing / Reading
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
For some time now, I’ve been a fan of Jon Krakauer and his adventure writing. In Into the Wild, he chronicled the mishaps of Christopher McCandless and his fatal foray into the Alaskan wilderness. (That book received more acclaim after … Continue reading
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