Monday, August 31, 2009

Welcome

Thank you for visiting my blog. I love photography and thought this would be a fun way to motivate myself to be more creative while sharing my work with family and friends. I've posted some of my favorite images from 2009 below. There are a couple pages of posts so please enjoy and feel free to comment.

Jump

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Simeon Stevens, 13, of Greensburg, flips while playing on a trampoline with his brother Solomon Stevens (left), 14, and Shon Holzapfel, 13, of Greensburg, on the 5th Ward Playground in Greensburg on August 13, 2009.

Thunder Mountain

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Cherokee descendent Alex Patton, of Millstone Township, Elk County, dances during the Thunder Mountain Lenape' Nation's 11th annual Native American Festival near Saltsburg on August 15, 2009.

Jeannette Community Days Parade

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Daniel Young (left), 11, of Harrison City, his sister Mary (middle), 8, and Katie Brooks (right), 7, of North Huntingdon, wait at Jean Cooke Dance Studio prior to marching in the Jeannette Community Days parade on July 25, 2009.

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Rick Snyder, of Jeannette, rolls up an American flag after riding in the Jeannette Community Days parade on July 25, 2009.

Shaving Cream Fight!

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Jeannette residents Emily Grimenstein (left), 11, Lindsey Lock (middle), 8, and Jessica Willochell, 11, participate in a shaving cream fight while attending the Swing, Slides, and Reading program at Altman Park in Jeannette on July 9, 2009.

Ohiopyle

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Cindy Schartner, of Highland Park, and her son Gordon, 3, play in the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park on June 13, 2009.

Grey Bear

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Grey Bear, also known as Bill Garrow of Aleppo Township, Greene County, wears a bear skin while telling a story during the 246th anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run near Harrison City on August 2, 2009. Garrow was introduced to the tradition of storytelling by his pure-blood Mohawk grandparents who raised him.

Spring

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Kindergartner Colleen King, 5, tries to keep her handmade kite airborne on her school's campus in Greensburg on March 31, 2009. King and her classmates created their own kites a couple weeks ago and have been waiting for the right day to fly them.

Rain Feature

Yeah I know. Another umbrella feature.
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Dawn Hixson, of West Newton, walks down Otterman St. in Greensburg after leaving the Westmoreland County Courthouse en route to a meeting on March 26, 2009.

T.E.A. Party

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James Pisano, of Ligonier, attends a Taxed Enough Already Party at Bushy Run Battlefield near Harrison City on July 4, 2009.

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Natalie Cognasse, of Jeannette, participates in a Taxed Enough Already Party at Bushy Run Battlefield near Harrison City on July 4, 2009. Cognasse, who moved to this country from Australia in 2002, is in the process of becoming a United States citizen.

Remembering Officer Stephen J. Mayhle

On Saturday April 4, 2009 Pittsburgh police officers Eric G. Kelly, Stephen J. Mayhle, and Paul J. Sciullo II were killed in the line of duty while responding to a 911 call in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh. I covered the viewing and funeral for Officer Mayhle who left behind a wife and two young daughters.
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Pittsburgh police officers leave the John A. Lefdahl funeral home after attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009.

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Pittsburgh police officers stand outside the John A. Lefdahl funeral home while attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009.

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Pittsburgh police officer Dawn Mercurio holds her daughter Alexis, 11, outside the John A. Lefdahl funeral home while attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009. Mercurio graduated from the academy with officer Mayhle.

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A horse-drawn hearse carrying Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle arrives at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.

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A color guard leaves Oakland Cemetery following graveside services for Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 11, 2009.

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The family of Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle arrives at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.

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A mourner carries a flag at Oakland Cemetery during graveside services for Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 11, 2009.

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Pittsburgh police officers console each other following graveside services for Officer Stephen J. Mayhle at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.

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Brooklynn Mayhle (middle) and her sister Jennifer (right) stand by as their family is presented with a resolution honoring their father, fallen Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle, by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania?s Council of Trustees on the campus in Indiana on May 1, 2009. Mayhle was a 2002 graduate of IUP.

Another February Weather Feature

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A pedestrian crosses John D. Reese Way while walking up East Pittsburgh St. during light rain in Greensburg on February 10, 2009.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

February Wind Storm

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Sylvia Gembarosky, of Banning, investigates an abandoned home which was leaning severely after an overnight wind storm in West Newton on February 12, 2009.