Redlights and Redeyes

Scientology. I don’t know if I need to say much more than that for people to already start construct a pre-conceived idea of what it is.  I got a rare opportunity to go inside Scientology for The New York Times a few months back with reporter Laurie Goodstein for her story that ran last week. [...]

I’ve always been completely anti-exercise.  I’ve also been completely anti-running photos.  I could never make it look an inch over mediocre.  It might have something to do with the fact that I was anti-exercise and covering marathons is always insanely full of exercise.  You end up running (well half speed-walking and half panting-like-a-dog-on-a-hot-summer-day) yourself just [...]

I was heading home after covering a track meet in the rain, when the rain-saturated softball and football fields caught my eye.  Not anything groundbreaking, but for me, I’ve shot on these fields so much to see them empty and out of season made for a sad little scene.  It might be time for Booker [...]

Sarasota is not really known for the Spring Break vacation destination as much as places like Daytona are, but it sure came through last night.  Siesta Key normally draws in (older, richer, familier (?!)) tourists or students crashing at their grandparent’s condo, but for a few months now it can actually rival the beach towns [...]