THE COLONEL
This is Lt. Col. Bill Sheaves Jr. (Ret)….phew, I have got to get used to the proper AP captioning of these military ranks, since Colorado Springs is a big military epicenter. 64 years ago the colonel was shot down flying a B-17 Flying Fortress over Paris, France and spent the next two years in an [...]
THE UNDERDOG
Today I drove out to Centennial, Colorado, a few miles south of Denver and profiled a local college hockey star named Brandon Straub. Straub was co-captain of the Colorado College hockey team and was invited to the Colorado Avalanche (NHL) rookie camp. Straub, a defenseman, was out to prove himself from the start as he is a [...]
BALLOON CLASSIC
This morning I woke up at 5:30am and despite being heavily allergic, made my way to beautiful Memorial Park in downtown Colorado Springs for the Labor Day hot air balloon ascension. As soon as I arrived the first wave was inflating. There were tons of people out to watch the 90-something balloons lift off. Not [...]
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK #1
Today I got the chance to shoot the first Athlete of the Week sportrait (sports portrait for those not in the biz) for the Gazette’s special weekly highlight during the school year. The subject was Kory Harnell, a star golfer for Air Academy High School, which is situated on the Air Force Academy base. I wanted to [...]
THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY JOB
Last week I photographed the Ducros family here in the Springs. They fled the lower 9th ward after their home was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina and have lived in Colorado Springs ever since. The kind people in Habitat for Humanity have built the family a new home and I was there to see the family [...]
UNCLE WILBER FOUNTAIN
It’s my second day beating the streets in Colorado for The Gazette and I am already having a blast. Here is a little something I shot today. Enjoy! Nathan Murawzki, 4, enjoys the water of Uncle Wilber fountain in Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
