2011's Angel

There are some things you get the opportunity to shoot over and over again as a newspaper photog. The first baby of the new year is one of those and it forces you to make something different from year to year and it never ceases to amaze me that people let you experience/photograph these private moments. You can read the article here by Ashley Gebb.

Crystal Pitts, 28, holds newborn Angeline Jean Henderson, the first baby of the year, with big sister Nyla Pitts, 8, and father Anthony Henderson, 22, all residents of Olivehurst, Saturday afternoon at Fremont-Rideout Hospital, on Plumas Street in Yuba City on Jan. 1, 2011.

Friday Night Football and WildFire

My job allows me to experience many different things over the course of week some days bring more excitement than others just like any job and some days bring unexpected long hours. Last Friday I was assigned to shoot some color and atmosphere for the beginning of football season when I got a call from my editor about a large wildfire burning near Bullards Bar Dam in the Yuba foothills. These frames are from the 22 hrs of work in 48 hrs.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people

David Lewis shaves in the living room of his Linda apartment that he shares with his girlfriend, Carla Burnside. On March 3 Lewis, who was the service manager for Sanchez Truck Repair & Towing, stopped his mechanic's truck on the E Street bridge to assist a driver who had run out of gas. He was struck by a passing car which fractured his left leg and amputated his right leg just below the thigh. David and Carla are such wonderful people for letting me invade their lives at 6:30 am. The couple let me shadow them for several hours (which getting that kind of time with a subject is a rarity in the newspaper world) so our readers could see just how much their lives have changed since the dreadful night on the E Street Bridge from Marysville to Linda. David and Carla inspired me so much with the amazing love that they share with each other. We should all be so lucky. Read the story here and more pics here.

Donors also can help Lewis' medical costs by contributing to Account No. 295712 at Sierra Central Credit Union. Checks should be made out in Lewis' name and are accepted at all Sierra Central branches.

Maryville Metal!

After shooting ridiculously cute children dressed up as princesses and such for work, I spent the rest of Halloween night the way it should be spent with a bunch of black eye-make-up wearing freaks, at a really awesome metal show. It made me wanna be a rebellious punk rock teenager again, ya know minus the acne and perpetual teasing from peers. It was a great event put on by a local business owner, Ruth Soto for youth. Read about it here.

marysville house fire

shot a house fire on the way back from volleyball tournament earlier this month. it always amazes me how fast fire can just rip through a building. no one was injured in the house but two families were left without a home. You can read the story here by Ashley Gebb .

lake francis

Went to the foothills and took dip in lake francis to escape the valley heat.

airshow

i find shooting airshows really boring, baring there are no mid-air collusions. so i decided to step back and get the plane and the people in the same frame.

from the weekend

Went exploring the Mid-Valley with my camera and nathan you can see the pic he had to squat on the side of the road for here it's the 4th one. also found this amazing penny candy store in Gridley off Hwy 99 and got a candy necklace. next time i'm getting some candy buttons.

Bonanza Fire

This was a smelly & smokey fire that broke out in the storage closet of the bonanza motel on Hwy 20 in Yuba City.