I found Waldo

At a recent Sabres game where the Florida Panthers won 6-2.

You just scored your first NHL goal...

and this is what it looks like.
Buffalo Sabres prospect Tyler Myers scored the first goal of his NHL career Friday night against the New York Islanders at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. The Sabres won 6-3.

It was really cold (by Floridian standards)

...when I shot some collegiate football on Saturday. In the shade at UB Stadium it had to have been 45 degrees Fahrenheit. With three more home games left in the season it is the warmest it will get for the remainder of the season.
The Big South Conf. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs lost to the MAC Buffalo Bulls 40-3. It was pleasing, and settling to finally make some nice features images in UB Stadium - or soon to be ice bowl.


Buffalo tight end Jesse Rack (82) celebrates after scoring one of his two touchdowns in the second quarter against the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs at UB Stadium in Buffalo, NY.


Buffalo offensive lineman Andrew West (72) greets fans while entering UB Stadium before a game against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in Buffalo, NY.





Gardner-Webb Bulldogs cornerback Darren Rogers (15) approaches quarterback Stan Doolittle (8) toward the end of fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bulls at UB Stadium in Buffalo, NY.

Buffalo Sabres Opening Night

I apologize for abandoning the blog since heading up to Buffalo. I have been working on occasion, mostly covering Sabres hockey and U. at Buffalo Bulls football.
I have carried my camera around Buffalo since arriving, and I'll try to post some outtakes later on.
This one is from Sabres opening night against the Montreal Canadians at HSBC on Saturday. Tonight I get to head down to HSBC again to cover the Sabres/Coyotes match.

Jaguars Preseason

Here are some of my favorites from the Jaguars/Buccaneers game from Saturday. It was my last assignment with the Florida Times-Union.

Welcome to Buffalo

An All-American City.



"She said I can't go back to America soon
It's so goddamn cold it's gonna snow until June
Yeah, they're freezin' up in Buffalo stuck in their cars
And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars.
Customs man tell her that she's gotta leave
She's got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleeve
Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind
And any direction he blows will be fine."
-Jimmy Buffet, Manana

Before I knew...

I wanted to be a photographer.



Two more days in Florida, along the coast, before I move away for the first time in 22 years. Buffalo here I come.

In the dark...

looking for the 30 bullets that rang out on Poinsetta Street last night off Edgewood.

Produce stand keeps owner's mind on people, not pain

Selling roadside produce is a matter of survival for 76-year-old Wallace Lampp.

From Thursday to Sunday each week, Lampp sits on the back of his wooden trailer on Hecksher Drive selling tomatoes, peaches, watermelon and sweet corn.

"I'd rather sit out here and talk to people and watch the traffic go by," Lampp said.

His alternative is sitting at the home he shares with his son, Bruce Lampp, thinking of the prostate cancer that has been in his body for the last four years - the cancer he feels has likely spread to other parts of his aging body.

He'll sell a plate of Georgia peaches or ripe tomatoes for $3 each, but what he gets from that sale is worth a lot more.

He gets the interaction with customers and the prospect of making enough money so he can eat out once a week at a Golden Corral, CiCi's Pizza or Burger King.

But perhaps most importantly, the stand serves as a distraction from thinking about his cancer.

Lampp has two artificial knees, a failing back and bad hips. But he is resourceful when it comes to preserving his body. For example, to save his back, Lampp enables the help of a young neighbor to move three heavy coolers from his trailer to the stand.

Four days a week, he hauls his produce from his home to Blount Island so he can chat with customers such as Sage Johnson, who stopped in for boiled peanuts one Sunday afternoon.

"You see this operation?" Lampp asks her. "You pay attention. One day, you may want to do this."



This ran in the Florida Times-Union on Wednesday, August 12, as a vignette.

Media Day in Gainesville

Today at the Florida Gators media day I worked with the black backdrop of shooter Steve Johnson, as he was shooting with strobes.
Got a nice little series, I suppose. And Steve was nice enough to not kick me out of the way.