February 24, 2003
The calm after a storm
You never know what you'll see when driving home with fried chicken for supper. The key is to keep your eyes open and your food hot.
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
The setting sun shines through the ice coated branches of a tree along Hancock street in Sandusky, Ohio. Northern Ohio was hit with a Saturday night storm that brought freezing rain followed by 4 inches of wet snow.
February 23, 2003
No pressure
Despite my assignment being a quick shot of the winner of a pageant, I hung out with the contestants beforehand to see if I could capture a moment...
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
Confederation for the Betterment of Black Students Queen contestant Alis Dorsey covers her face with a speech she is trying to memorize as Tikara Moore, at right, Ceressia Gresham and Catie Griswold watch. The pageant has been an ongoing tradition at Perkins High School since 1971.
February 20, 2003
Just the facts?
One of the greatest fallacies in journalism has to do with bias, or more accurately, lack of bias. "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."
Sometimes it's impossible not to show bias or editorialize in a story. Even if every news story read like a police report, what information gets included? Someone still has to separate the important facts from the irrelevant.
With photographs, those decisions about content are even more crucial. For most stories, only one photo is run. You only get one chance to let people "see" the story. What if you have two pictures that accurately describe a moment or a feeling but yet communicate distinctly different emotions?
This is the dilemma I had last night.
After photographing a local man diagnosed with a rather nasty form of Leukemia, I sat in my chair looking at two pictures that, if viewed separately, told different stories. I had to decide which story would be told through my photograph.
Please, take a look and tell me what you would have done (and why?)
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
Castalia resident Bruce Artrip was diagnosed with accute Myelogenous Leukemia in October of last year and is scheduled to undergo a bone marrow transplant in March. The Xi Iota Eta sorority is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner to help alleviate some of the medical and living expenses.
February 10, 2003
Whatever floats your, uhhh ice? II
God (and the Coast Guard) protects drunks and fools.
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
Two rescued ice fishermen, one obscured behind the other, are escorted by a flight mechanic as a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter takes off from a parking lot near the Miller Ferry dock Monday afternoon in Catawba Island Township, Ohio. The Coast Guard used two helicopters to rescue trapped ice fishermen from loose ice floes in Lake Erie near Green Island and Catawba Island Township.
Whatever floats your, uhhh ice?
It never fails to amaze me just how often history repeats itself. This happens every year there is ice on the lake.
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter comes in for a landing in a parking lot near the Miller Ferry dock Monday afternoon in Catawba Island Township, Ohio. The Coast Guard used two helicopters to rescue trapped ice fishermen from loose ice floes in Lake Erie near Green Island and Catawba Island Township.
February 09, 2003
Just how deep IS the genepool?
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Photo by DANIEL MILLER
A truck sits partially broken through the ice south of the Cedar Point Chausee. Police and Fire Departments were notified of the abandoned truck about 5 p.m. The owner of the abandoned vehicle later found at a residence at the 100 block of Lane D. Police say the owner and a friend had apparently been joyriding and “doing donuts” on the ice in the shallow part of Sandusky Bay. Police said the men had been drinking. The case was forwarded to the prosecutor’s office to determine whether the men will be charged.
February 05, 2003
Silhouette redux
Even though you may have seen a certain lighting setup before, you shouldn't let it make you ignore a good moment.
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
Minister Tracy Shoemo from the Agape Love Ministry in Sandusky raises his hands as the MLK Choir sings I'll Stand Until You Come. Shoemo was attending the NAACP Martin Luther King Day Program at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Sandusky, Ohio.
February 04, 2003
Updating the portfolio
I just wanted to share a few thoughts about one of the harder things a photographer has to do... update the portfolio.
It's never easy to evaluate your own work, but it only gets harder when you consider that it is the strongest and most important way you can represent yourself.
It's an impossible exercise because there is no right way to do it. Since it will be evaluated by different people with different opinions, it's doubtful it will ever be the right combination of images for every viewer.
The subjectivity of it all is compounded by the fact that none of the images are new to you either. The "impact" just isn't there anymore.
There are just so many things to consider. Should an image be more desirable because it is newer? Should your portfolio be balanced or should you play to your strengths? Should you choose overall technical quality over a great expression? All questions that have no right answer.
Sometimes you have to trust the opinions of other photojournalists. The importance of their impartiality should not be underestimated. But in the end, you rolls the dice, you takes your chances and make the best choices you can. And if you're lucky, you can be proud of the body of work that stands up and speaks for you.
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February 03, 2003
Good clean fun
What I didn't put in the cutline was that the two were laughing because they "accidentally" sprayed the winning team members in the face when they put their hose down.
Photo by DANIEL MILLER
DeWayne Neal, at right, laughs with his partner Aaron Cristarella after a loss in a water fight competition. The two, from the Sheffield Township Fire Department, were competing against the Rocky Ridge Fire Department at the 20th Annual Fireman's Festival in Wakeman. The festival, which included a 5K run and a parade, was a good way to bring the community together and to also meet members of other surrounding fire agencies.