World Aids Day

Worlds Aids Day is Saturday and here are three different perspectives shot Friday from around the World to mark the event. The top photo shot by Ron Edmonds shows the large AIDS ribbon hanging from the North Portico of the White House in honor of World AIDS Day.


The middle photo was shot by M. Lakshman and shows a 4-months-old female child, who is reportedly HIV positive, sleeping inside a cloth hammock at a Community Health Education Society orphanage in Chennai, India.


The third picture shot by Jacquelyn Martin shows students from the George Washington University chapter of the Student Global AIDS Campaign protesting outside the White House, calling on the federal government to "cut the red tape" around access to AIDS prevention and treatment.

Funny pictures

Good photos spark emotions. The picture of the plane hitting the second World Trade Center tower on Sept. 11, 2007 and the picture of the firefighter carrying the infant after the Oklahoma City bombing are two examples that quickly come to mind. But sometimes it's nice to see picture that make us feel happy. Here are two pictures from today that made me smile. The first one, shot by Associated Press photographer Mike Thomas, is of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens throwing popcorn in his face after scoring against the Green Bay Packers. The second one, shot by Gazette Photographer Carol Lawrence, is a picture of local Chick-fil-A mascot Chris Loos playing around in front of the restaurant where he works in Colorado Springs. He won the distinction of being one of the Top-10 cow performers in the country.

Washed out

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward hits the soggy turf at Heinz Field after hauling in a first quarter pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger against the Miami Dolphins. I know this game wasn't any fun for the players and fans, but as a photographer, the opportunities are endless. Reminds me of the five years I spent in Oregon shooting the Oregon Ducks and high school football in the rain. Associated Press photographer Gene J. Puskar shot this one.

Wrong place at the wrong time

These fans were a little too close to the action when Los Angeles Clippers' Ruben Patterson jumped into the stands while running for a loose ball. One of the fans lost his dinner. Associated Press photographer Danny Moloshok caught the moment.

Santa Road

They aren't The Beatles and street isn't Abbey Road, but these Santas shot by Associated Press photographer Gary He cracked me up. The volunteers of America's "Sidewalk Santas" were walking across Fifth Avenue.

Moon over Colorado

Associated Press photographer Bill Ross shot this silhouette of a single engine plane caught in the full moon on Saturday evening over Denver.

On the Road

I told Christian I'd try to be more active on this, so here goes.
I covered the World Series in Boston for The Gazette. Unlike larger papers who send three or four photographers as well as a photo editor, I went by my lonesome. This is a shot of me, taken by the Rocky Mountain News photog Joe Mahoney, in my shooting position along the third baseline, between the dugout and homeplate. As a fan behind me pointed out, we were closer to the batter than the pitcher was.
You can just see my laptop computer to my right. A wireless signal let me transmit from my position, saving me having to miss action to go edit and transmit from the photo workroom, out beyond right field. It rained during game one, forcing me to transmit during breaks in the rain, but with no rain in game two I could transmit between innings, getting pictures to the paper often before the next inning started.
The other great thing about the trip was getting to use the Nikon D3 Christian has already posted on. The camera really is remarkable, focusing much better and being able to use 6,400 ISO with little noise.
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See you next time.