Redlights and Redeyes

One of the most intimate pieces of photojournalism you’ll see.

Stopped by tryouts for this year’s Sarasota Medieval Fair and was greeted with a bunch of t-shirts and shorts.  At least they were playing with swords at one point (get it?). You know, people who attend Medieval Fairs in period dress are easy targets, but then I realized they are basically people who are into [...]

Just got back from vacation (Colorado), and I was greeted with the obligatory town hall meeting on health care reform.  Ours was light on the yelling, heavy on the listening, and not a punch thrown – can’t win them all. I spent the better part of the meeting on the floor waiting for the spotlight [...]

This past Saturday, I got a reminder of why we do what we do and how amazing it is. We’ve had a recent spike of murders in Manatee County – 24 to be exact – and while that may not seem like a lot to those that call New York or Detroit home, it is [...]

Still waiting… Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota isn’t necessarily known for catering to their younger crowd, seeing that most of the population isn’t as such.  When a place happens to surface like The Box Social, which just opened its doors downtown, it makes me smile.  Two friends opened the place to cater to the – gasp – 18-30 year-old crowd and [...]