Random photos from the past couple of weeks

Found this Blue Herron on my way home from work.

The circus band performed on East 5th Street next to the Miami County Courthouse during Cole Porter Days.

Found this rainbow on the way home from the Class 3A sate softball tournament Saturday afternoon.

Finally a graduation photo from this year. This has to be one of my favorite photos from any graduation that I have done.

Tom Leonard and Jenell Hierholzer

I had the opportunity to photography Tom Leonard and Jenell Hierholzer's wedding a couple of weeks ago.

The couple was great to work with. They were married at McGrawsville Methodist Church and the reception was located at Amboy Friends Church.

Here are just a few of the photographs from the wedding.

Scott and Cory West Wedding

Here are just a few photos from Scott West and Cory Ward's Wedding.

Hope you enjoy their wedding photos. I don't have another wedding until May.

Foggy Morning

The other day early morning fog had froze on tree branches, fences, and other plant life. So being the photographer I am, I grab my camera and went hunting.

Here are just a few photos from Monday

Enjoy

New Year's Classic Action

Traveled to Mackey Arena last Saturday afternoon, for the SuperHoops New Year's Classic.

In the first game Huntington North played Triton, while the second game action saw Peru play Marion.

Normally this would be just one game for me to cover, with Peru and Marion there as well, I had to shoot for the Peru Tribune and Marion Chronicle as well.

The Huntington North game was a bit of a sleeper game. Triton brought their best game to the floor. Huntington on the other hand, I think just didn't play to their potential.

The second game pitted Peru v. Marion. What a great game. Peru has only lost one game in this early season. I think that they have the best defensive team that I've seen around.

Below are just a few of the photos from this past weekend games. Enjoy!!!!

Next are some Peru v. Marion photos.

Basketball again in historical Tig-Arena

Not since the early 90's has there been a Peru High School basketball game in old historical Tig-Arena.

Last Friday evening the Peru High School boys hosted the Wabash Apaches in the old gym for the first varsity basketball contest in many years.

The atmosphere was great. There was not a seat to be found in the old gym. What a great evening.

Here are just a few of the photos that I shot during the evening.

Extreme Home Makeover

With all of the hype over about the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, I thought I would post/blog about the whole experience.

Peru Tribune reporter Sherry Loshowsky and I previous covered the fundraising that Kori had been doing. I was somewhat familiar with the family but not as familiar that I would have liked to be.

It all started on Wednesday Oct. 21 with the door knock at the Cowan-Brown home in southern Miami County. Which the door knock was a long waiting period. I was looking forward to shooting the construction of the home, although knowing that the access was going to be somewhat limited.

After several days of rain, Sunday afternoon I finally decided to travel out to the site to photograph the construction. After waiting in line at the base for half an hour I made it to the muddy site. Grab my credential, hard hat off to the site, in the ankle deep mud. My first thought before shooting photos, wow this house to pretty neat.

After taking a few photos, walking around the house one time, I stopped to pause and check out the action. I guess that pause should have not been taken. I was told that I had to be on the other side of the road and was not allow to shoot photos of the construction. That left a bad taste in my mouth. So, I packed up my gear and left for the day after only being on site for a hour and a half. Time well spent!!!!!

Fast forward to Tuesday the day of the reveal. I got to the site about 10 a.m., this day was much better than Sunday. Tuesday I was able to walk around the whole house and grounds and shoot photos without any questions. This made up for what happened on Sunday. I was able to get some photos that were much better than Sunday.

The whole experience for Bunker Hill/Miami County was a great one.