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New Hampshire Primary trail with Romney and Paul - Friday, January 6

2012-01-07T12:09:00.002-05:00

Selection of images from two separate stops with Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul ahead of the New Hampshire Primary.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas, speaks to a crowd during a campaign stop at the Nashua Airport in Nashua, New Hampshire on January 6, 2012. Paul stopped in Nashua ahead of the New Hampshire Primary set for January 10, 2012. (Andy Jacobsohn/MCT)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, while joined by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, speaks to a crowd during a spaghetti dinner-style campaign stop at the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire on January 6, 2012. Romney stopped in Tilton ahead of the New Hampshire Primary on January 10, 2012. (Andy Jacobsohn/MCT)

I may have ended the day coining the political campaign phrase "spaghetti dinner-style campaign stop."

Dog gone

2011-12-14T15:13:00.000-05:00

Backseat driver. Park Avenue, Long Beach, New York. December, 2011.

On the campaign trail with Romney and Perry

2011-11-24T02:25:00.001-05:00

This is a collection of images from the New Hampshire campaign trails of Gov. Rick Perry and former governor Mitt Romney.

Those in attendance listen to republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak during a town hall meeting at the Exeter Historical Society in Exeter, New Hampshire.

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry eats a pastry while greeting supporters at Popovers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Andrew Duany, 8, of Plainfield, New Hamphire, puts his head down while listening to republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak to a crowd during a town hall meeting at the Lebanon Senior Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry grabs a drink of water while answering questions from a group of workers while visiting Epoch Homes in Pembroke, New Hampshire.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd during a town hall meeting at The McConnell Center in Dover, New Hampshire.

Those in attendance listen to republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney fields questions while speaking to a crowd during a town hall meeting at the Keene Recreation Center in Keene, New Hampshire.

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry took a tour of Epoch Homes in Pembroke, New Hampshire.

Got to walk the canines

2011-11-23T17:10:00.001-05:00

Battery Park, Manhattan, New York. November, 2011.

Roses are red

2011-11-11T19:44:00.001-05:00

Outtake from a wedding I photographed last weekend at The Courtyard at Lake Lucerne in Orlando, Florida.

Space suit up!

2011-11-06T15:56:00.004-05:00

Weekend spent in college town; heading back up to New York tonight. Orlando International Airport.

King Tut on the autumn festival circuit

2011-10-25T01:35:00.002-04:00

Ending of the autumn festival season. Railroad station parking lot, Merrick, New York.

Run, run, run, run...

2011-10-22T15:22:00.000-04:00

Horace Mann School cross country team preparing to run the Mayor's Cup Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York.

If a seagull flies over the sea...

2011-10-21T19:02:00.003-04:00

What flies over the bay?

Fall. Long Beach, New York.

Orange Peels from Central Florida spring football

2011-10-12T18:13:00.000-04:00

Outtake from a story on Central Florida Knights' linebacker Cory Hogue after his bout with compartment syndrome. Nicholson Field House, University of Central Florida, Oviedo, Fla. April 2009.

Camp Camaraderie

2011-10-06T17:44:00.001-04:00

Scene from summer camp near the Catskills. Upstate New York. June 2011.

Herman the Husky

2011-10-06T14:13:00.003-04:00

The neighborhood blue-eyed gem. Long Beach, New York. October 2011.

*For some reason I have this canine posting trend happening of late.

Orange Peels from 3rd Inauguration of Gov. Perry

2011-10-04T01:50:00.000-04:00

Scene from Governor Rick Perry's third inauguration. The Texas Capitol Building, Austin. January 18, 2011.

Glowing

2011-10-02T09:53:00.000-04:00

USA Gas. Port Jefferson, New York. August 2011.

Lima Beanie Face

2011-09-26T16:50:00.001-04:00

Queen of the block. South Shore of Long Island, New York. September 2011.

Spumoni, Spaconi, faloni, mumoni, bologna

2011-09-04T12:45:00.000-04:00

Went to Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn for the first time with my steady and her family.

On the ferry to go photograph Perry

2011-08-23T23:38:00.004-04:00

...well, Romney. I'm on my way back up to New Hampshire this week to photograph Mitt Romney's doings in the Granite State. This was the first time taking the ferry from Long Island's Port Jefferson to Bridgeport in Connecticut; figure I'd bypass the traffic associated with New York City and just sail over Long Island Sound to get into New England. Even with Romney coverage filling the week, I'm still anticipating Gov. Rick Perry's campaign making another stop in the state after a brief trip back to Austin.

Fins to the left, fins to the right

2011-08-21T12:45:00.001-04:00

Northeast, Penn. July 2011.

Never a lone bull at the Depe Dene

2011-07-17T21:21:00.003-04:00

Lake George, NY. July 2011. United States' birthday week.

Orange Peels from college town

2011-07-06T22:55:00.001-04:00

Orlando, Fla. April 2011.

"I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
To want to pass that way again
But I could feel it"

Orange Peels from football in Texas

2011-06-11T17:34:00.001-04:00

Tailgating outside Cowboys Stadium prior to the 75th Cotton Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies in Arlington, Texas.

Weekend trip home, images of East Boca Raton, Florida

2011-06-09T20:25:00.003-04:00

In dance

2011-04-28T16:25:00.003-04:00

Orange Peels from last summer on LI

2011-04-25T22:24:00.001-04:00

We're moving back out to Long Island for the summer.

"There's a cowboy in the jungle...

2011-04-22T18:53:00.003-04:00

...And he looks so out of place
With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap cheroots
And his skin as white as paste."
-Jimmy Buffett, Cowboy in the Jungle

After nearly endless travel over the last few weeks I've made it to New York City.

Postcard from home

2011-04-18T20:03:00.001-04:00

The Fort Lauderdale Sheraton Yankee Clipper, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida.

"This side of Texas is all new to me." - Part 3

2011-04-15T17:30:00.001-04:00

iPhone images from Dallas and Jasper, Texas. Spring 2011.

"This side of Texas is all new to me." - Part 2

2011-04-12T16:07:00.003-04:00

iPhone images from Dallas and College Station, Texas. Spring 2011.

I drive my car back and forth, I drive my car back and forth...

2011-04-09T23:37:00.002-04:00

On the road again. Finding my way home to FLL for a bit. Fort Lauderdale in the morning.

Melbourne, Fla.

2011-04-09T01:04:00.003-04:00

Experiencing what growing up feels like with friends and family at Missi and John's wedding along the beach.

More from the Big D

2011-03-29T19:53:00.001-04:00

Elm Street at Akard Street during rush hour.

Kidd Spring Park.

"This side of Texas is all new to me." - Part 1

2011-03-29T00:25:00.001-04:00

A rockin' n' rollin' day running around Dallas

2011-03-28T20:14:00.002-04:00

Blake Schroeder, of Addison, stretches near Dallas City Hall before participating in the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. The race started in front of Dallas City Hall and finished at Fair Park. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Nimmy Issac (holding sign), Nisha Issac and Luis Garza (right), all students from North Mesquite High School, volunteer before the start of the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Runner Priscilla Tontge (right), of Plano, watches on while Amy Fryar, of Rockwall, stretches before running in the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Runners head down Houston Street before turning onto Elm Street near the beginning of the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Dan and Suzanne Thompson, of Allen, wait for their son, Jason, on Mockingbird Lane along the route of the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Lauren Baker, of Dallas, and Isaiah Baker, 3, watch for Baker's sister and brother-in-law along Swiss Ave during the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

A runner takes a break to stretch while others pass along North Haskell Avenue during the Rock N' Roll Dallas Half Marathon on March 27, 2011.

Open house at Dallas's raddest performing arts high school

2011-03-28T19:19:00.002-04:00

Booker T. Washington student perform for guests in an open rehearsal during Flyinghorse 2011, a performance festival benefiting Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in downtown Dallas on March 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Students at Booker T. Washington High School watch former student and Grammy winner Erykah Badu perform in the Montgomery Arts Theatre during Flyinghorse 2011 in downtown Dallas on March 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Freshman Mykal Stromile and sophomore Brianna Bryant observe an open dance rehearsal during Flyinghorse 2011 at Booker T. Washington in downtown Dallas on March 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Mr. Megalodon Dentist

2011-03-24T11:59:00.001-04:00

Dinner bird in Seagoville, Texas

2011-03-14T00:52:00.001-04:00

Dinner for the community

2011-03-14T00:29:00.001-04:00

Food Creates Community chef Jordan Swim grabs desserts from the service window to serve to guests at Legal Grounds coffee shop in Dallas for the group's 6 p.m. dinner seating. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Heavy lifting where downtown meets uptown

2011-03-13T22:48:00.003-04:00

I spent Sunday morning photographing the task of placing 140,000-pound beams across Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas. The beams that now span the north and south side of the freeway will be the foundation of the Woodall Rodger Deck Park, and will connect downtown Dallas with uptown.

Misael Jr. and Sr.

2011-03-10T17:43:00.000-05:00

Out at White Rock

2011-03-10T17:32:00.000-05:00

Dallas Can! Academy

2011-02-24T14:51:00.004-05:00

While tutor Michel Osornio (foreground) assists student Carlos Quintanilla (not shown) with a mapping assignment in Aubrey Leveridge's world history class, students (left to right) Daisy Garcia, Johnny Hernandez, Jose Ventura and Carlos Salazar prepare to work on their maps during a school day the Carrollton/Farmers Branch campus of Dallas Can! Academy on February 18, 2011. Osornio, a student at Briarwood College in Dallas, returned to Dallas Can! after graduating from the academy to tutor the academy’s students. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Carlos Quintanilla, left, passes a world history book to Stevens Diaz during a class taught by Aubrey Leveridge at the Carrollton/Farmers Branch campus of Dallas Can! Academy on February 18, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Stevens Diaz, a student at Dallas Can! Academy, looks away while receiving instruction from tutor and former Dallas Can! student Michel Osornio on an essay during a school day the Carrollton/Farmers Branch campus of Dallas Can! Academy on February 18, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Student Weldon James has his mohawk cut off by school security officer Alex Okolo in the main hallway of the Carrollton/Farmers Branch campus of Dallas Can! Academy during the school day on February 18, 2011. School Principal Melissa Groetsch would not allow James to walk that night at winter graduation if he wore his mohawk. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Libyan Rally in Dealey Plaza (2.20)

2011-02-24T14:31:00.001-05:00

I sat on "sex fabric" today...

2011-02-21T18:55:00.004-05:00

Before leaving the site of my first interior architecture assignment, interior designer Rick Rozas asked that I sit on the living room lounge chairs he fitted with the fabric he calls "sex fabric." According to Rozas, this faux fur tends drives otherwise conservative clients to unsuspectingly drop their draws.

I left the Dallas high rise apartment without missing any articles of clothing, but with a new appreciation for luxurious textiles.

McKinney Sommelier

2011-02-15T17:22:00.001-05:00

Faceplanted in Wantagh

2011-02-11T22:38:00.001-05:00

Super Bowl, Super Features - Part 4

2011-02-11T19:52:00.000-05:00

Super Bowl, Super Features - Part 3

2011-02-11T18:43:00.002-05:00

Super Bowl, Super Features - Part 2

2011-02-09T14:48:00.000-05:00

Super Bowl, Super Features - Part 1

2011-02-09T11:24:00.001-05:00

Portrait of a reverend

2011-02-07T20:55:00.004-05:00

First assignment post-Super Bowl: I have to get reacclimated to a photojournalist's life after Super Bowl XLV. Feels so strange right now.

And in an attempt achieve balance, I am leaving tomorrow to spend a few days with friends in New York City and Wantagh.

Super Bowl Eve

2011-02-05T18:14:00.002-05:00

(From left to right) Steve Hallsten, Paul Hofer, and Brayden Hofer, 15, all from Larimore, North Dakota, try to take a photo of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson while sitting in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas on the eve of Super Bowl XLV on February 5, 2011. Hallsten, who is attending his first Super Bowl, was voted the biggest Green Bay Packers fan in Grand Forks, North Dakota, between 1996-1997 by the Grand Forks Herald. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Media Center...day three...

2011-02-02T18:36:00.003-05:00

What happened to two?

Coach Billy Joe is interviewed by the NFL's Darryl Jones at the Super Bowl XLV Media Center at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas on February 2, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

From the XLV Media Center....day one

2011-01-31T23:24:00.001-05:00

Milt Ahlerich, NFL vice president of security, waits beside the podium as Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks to media during the Super Bowl security news briefing at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas on January 31, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Gang green, or yellow, or cheese

2011-01-29T17:57:00.001-05:00

Gustavo Pizarro, of Philadelphia, Penn., from Roe Fabrications, installs signage of the Green Bay Packers on windows outside of the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas on January 29, 2011. When the Packers arrive in Dallas on Monday they will be staying at the Omni in Las Colinas. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Globetrotters and the Grannies

2011-01-25T18:39:00.004-05:00

Harlem Globetrotter Special K Daley, of DeSoto, performs basketball tricks while in a joint practice session with the Texas All-Stars, also known as the Granny Globetrotters, at the DeSoto Recreation Center in Desoto, Texas, on January 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Laurie McGee, of Mansfield, a member of the Texas All-Stars, with the performance name Granny Globetrotters, prepares for a joint practice session with the Harlem Globetrotters at the DeSoto Recreation Center in Desoto, Texas, on January 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

...and now I'm off to photograph some H.S. basketball.

A lot of basketball lately

2011-01-24T13:53:00.001-05:00

Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson (92) looses the ball while guarded by Orlando Magic guard Gilbert Arenas (1) during second half of an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Orlando Magic at the American Airlines Center on January 8, 2011. The Mavericks lost to the Magic 117-107. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Governor Perry's Inauguration

2011-01-20T16:28:00.001-05:00

Governor Rick Perry's daughter Sydney rests her head on her mother, Anita Perry, during the benediction offered by former NBA player David Robinson after Perry (right) took the oath of office in front of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin on January 18, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

"It's the Big 12...it ain't Intramurals."

2011-01-18T18:15:00.002-05:00

Baylor guard A.J. Walton (22) drives the ball by Kansas guard Josh Shelby (32) late in the second half of an NCAA basketball game between Kansas and Baylor at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas, on January 17, 2011. Kansas beat Baylor 85-65. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Aniecia Lujan, a Baylor student, stands in the main concourse of the Ferrell Center prior to an NCAA basketball game between No. 2 Kansas and Baylor in Waco, Texas, on January 17, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

HS basketball

2011-01-14T18:56:00.002-05:00

South Grand Prairie post Chris Washburn (32) and Duncanville forward James Moody (40) both go up for a rebound during the second half of a high school basketball game between Duncanville and South Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, Texas, on January 11, 2011. South Grand Prairie beat Duncanville 61-52. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

One of the 49 states from last week...

2011-01-14T18:42:00.002-05:00

Austin Langley, 11, of Flower Mound, throws snowballs with neighbors in a nearby park after snow stopped falling on January 9, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Brad Burel, of Flower Mound, adjusts the hat on his daughter, Haylie, 5, while spending some time at a Flower Mound soccer field during wintry weather on January 9, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

A rainy, victorious New Year's Eve in Memphis

2011-01-06T01:13:00.002-05:00

I spent New Year's Eve in Memphis with my road trip companions, roommates and best friends. We were in Memphis to watch our UCF Knights (not Golden Knights) play Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. UCF won 10-6; earning its first postseason victory in program history.

Post-game: Beale Street was a river, thus hampering New Year's celebration. The Knights winning was enough for me.

Oh, yeah, and in 38 hours in Memphis all I ate was BBQ.

Officer Smith

2011-01-06T00:25:00.008-05:00

Jakisha Jones, a member of the Arlington Police Department Honor Guard, stands during the burial service for Arlington Police Officer Jillian Smith at Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

You can read Selwyn Crawford's story here. A video complied with a mix of still and video imagery by Ron Baselice, Jim Mahoney and myself, while edited by Ahna Hubnik, can be viewed below. The video segments consists of portions shot on a DSLR by Baselice and on an iPhone 4 by myself. I chuckled in appreciation of "mojo" journalism when I was asked, as my first assignment upon returning the DMN, to shoot video on the iPhone.

Rewind to Brooklyn

2010-12-21T20:21:00.002-05:00

Note: It is 75 degrees and sunny in Florida right now. So, allow me to say that it is a little strange to think we where watching the snow settle in Brooklyn from our roof just a week ago...

...okay, the time home in the sun may continue now.

Happy Floridays

2010-12-21T20:11:00.002-05:00

I suppose this is where beach and street photography meet, at the corner of A1A and Las Olas Blvd. Street photography really isn't my thing, but I spent part of this afternoon cruising down the coastal highway known as A1A.

South to Port Everglades

2010-12-21T04:18:00.002-05:00

...from the Yankee Clipper area of Fort Lauderdale Beach at 3 a.m. Went to the roof to view the eclipse.

Welcome home

2010-12-20T20:32:00.002-05:00

...if only for a short time.

What came first, the ramp or the palms?

Orange Peels from "half the summer that I spent In the wilderness, playing soccer and kissing girls"

2010-12-05T11:17:00.003-05:00

_ _ _ _

My time in NYC/Long Island is winding down, and quicker than I thought it would. In a couple weeks I'll return home for the holidays before moving back to Dallas for a second internship with The Morning News. This will be my first time spending more than a week at home since my freshman year in college. Fishing, camping with my brother and father, fried Mahi sandwiches with mom at Bahia and lounging in the sand will likely be highlights of my time home in South Florida.

REDESIGN

2010-12-04T18:25:00.001-05:00

I've hired an independent contractor to redesign my blog.

Let's just hope my creativity shows up to work.

Thank you for viewing - the changes will be completed soon.

Cheers,

Andy

A postcard from the North Country

2010-11-28T19:47:00.002-05:00

I spent Thanksgiving in Massena, located in New York's North Country, with close friends I've known since college. We ate way too much, seemingly on the hour, while consuming a proper amount of hard Apple Ciders.

The cold weather reminded me of my Florida upbringing with temperatures between the 10s and 30s.

Saturday morning we found ourselves driving into a ditch, and getting stuck, while taking "the shortcut" through the beginnings of Adirondack State Park. Heavy snow started to fall as we left the house for the city. Turns out we got to the fork in the road at Lake Ozonia Road before the salt trucks did. After 30 minutes in the ditch, keeping smiles the entire time, we were pulled from the ditch by way of kind travelers and an old pickup truck.

Halloween via Mineola - Part 3

2010-10-31T20:09:00.001-04:00

Halloween via Mineola - Part 2

2010-10-31T20:08:00.001-04:00

A postcard from Montauk

2010-10-31T19:23:00.007-04:00

Spent part of Halloween day checking off an item on my New York to-do list. Now that I've visited Montauk Point, I've traveled to the far west side and the far east side of the vast state of New York.

Halloween via Mineola - Part 1

2010-10-31T17:46:00.001-04:00

ALCS: Game 5

2010-10-24T14:16:00.002-04:00

This is a collection of images from my last day of features hunting for The Dallas Morning News at the American League Championship Series in Yankee Stadium.

10/20/2010 - Texas Rangers fans Bryan Henderson (far right) and Ryan Dollar, who are both from Dallas, walk up to Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, after riding the B train from Manhattan before game 5 of the American League Championship Series between the Rangers and the New York Yankees on October 20, 2010. Henderson and Dollar are missing classes at Texas A&M to attend games 4 and 5 of the ALCS in New York. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

10/20/2010 - Fans dressed for cool temperatures that fell into the high-50s in the Bronx for game 5 of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York on October 20, 2010. The series returns to Arlington after the Yankees beat the Rangers 7-2 in the Bronx. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

ALCS: Game 4

2010-10-20T00:11:00.002-04:00

One feature from today. Maybe another later, we'll see. I'm waiting on the nice light of the partial day game tomorrow.

10/19/2010 - Texas Rangers fan Lauren Mowery, who is from Bridgeport, Texas, though now resides in New York City, walks by a wall of New York Yankees retired numbers near Monument Park in Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, during game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the Yankees on October 19, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

ALCS: Game 3

2010-10-18T23:43:00.003-04:00

Just a couple features from game 3 of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium.

10/18/2010 - New York Yankees fans Joe Zach, left, and Bob Haludzinski, both of Smithtown, New York, take a break from their seats behind home plate to watch the seventh inning on a television during game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York on October 18, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

10/18/2010 - Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cliff Lee, shown here on the TBS broadcast, prepares to pitch to New York Yankees third baseman Marcus Thames during the third inning of game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York on October 18, 2010. The Rangers beat the Yankees 8-0 and took a 2-1 lead in the series. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

"Now I write when I'm away, letters that you'll never read"

2010-10-14T22:26:00.000-04:00

NHL opening weekend: Dallas Stars vs. New York Islanders, 5-4 (SO)

2010-10-10T23:34:00.002-04:00

NHL opening weekend: Dallas Stars vs. New Jersey Devils, 4-3 (OT)

2010-10-10T23:10:00.003-04:00

On Friday I began a weekend of covering the Dallas Stars for The Dallas Morning News. The Stars were opening up their season in the Northeast against the New Jersey Devils. The following evening I traveled over to Uniondale on Long Island for the opening of the Islanders season against the Stars in the Nassau Coliseum.

Orange Peels from Outer Space

2010-10-04T22:13:00.002-04:00

Holding a solastial sphere, Dr. Mike Reynolds, a professional astronomer and dean of liberal arts and sciences at FCCJ Kent Campus, led a trip to Fiji with 30 others to view the total solar eclipse on July 22, 2009.

Orange Peels from Battery Pointe Dr.

2010-09-17T23:51:00.006-04:00

I'm beginning to look more at images I've made in the past. Images from the point that I realized my love for imagery was consuming, motivating and an opening, and always an excuse, to ask as many questions as I'd like.

I am calling these images Orange Peels, in an effort to relate to my Florida upbringing. I realize these images, each a peel, are a part of a whole - my continually adapting vision. It should be noted that most of these images are not vision defining works, but images that strike me from a particular time in my life and/or relating to my current affairs. ###

I recently moved into my temporary digs in Brooklyn. This, if my math is correct, is my sixth address in the last 16 months; which makes it difficult to keep my room in a particular fashion with the constant moving. I keep my walls bare with the skipping around. This image reminds me of how I kept my room before I moved from Orlando.

A palm tree shaped french board, prints from my best of friends and a Jimmy Buffett concert poster from a show in Miami during the mid-1980s was all I needed.

A throwback to summer

2010-09-09T00:04:00.000-04:00

I love Matthew Barrett

2010-08-08T13:03:00.004-04:00

My brother is off in the Appalachians being a champ.

This is post 100.

Late summer sky

2010-08-04T14:47:00.003-04:00

...along the National Mall in Washington DC before the showing of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967) to close out the Screen on the Green season on August 2.

Brooklyn Biker

2010-08-03T15:30:00.005-04:00

...along Flushing Avenue on Friday.

Brother Lawrence

2010-08-01T20:06:00.002-04:00

...in his bedroom at the Cistercian Monastery in Irving, Texas.

Read Avi Selk's story here.

McFeast of McChicken

2010-07-16T19:20:00.002-04:00

50 chicken nuggets were stuffed down in one sitting. The doldrums of summer on a college campus I suppose.

The sun takes forever to set...

2010-07-12T19:20:00.009-04:00

...on Long Island in the summer.

I don't know if has been the endless lacrosse playing, rolling around in the grass, watching the fire flies or eating the world best bagels, but I wish I found out about Long Island sooner.

I owe much to Matt and Michelle for bringing me out there for a large portion of the last month. Among the many Florida licenses plates I feel close to home, and of course among the compassion and joy.

This song has nothing to do with Long Island, but I found the lyric otherwise proper:

"Makin' points with the stewardess high over long island sound
Shes also spending some time on the island
Too much city madness gives her the blues
They make a date to go dancin' and dinin'."
-Jimmy Buffett; The Weather Is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful

"I've got my toes in the water..."

2010-07-11T13:37:00.002-04:00

Just an average day living across the street from a major hospital.

It is closer than I thought

2010-07-08T22:09:00.002-04:00

Hardly a foot on the ground...

2010-07-01T14:41:00.001-04:00

Since Dallas, 13 states later, I am somewhere in the Atlantic Northeast bouncing around some.

Pinkston (Dallas) HS basketball star

2010-06-04T00:05:00.002-04:00

Tony Mitchell for SLAM Magazine.

A little snow...

2010-06-03T23:56:00.001-04:00

...since it is over 100 degrees in North Texas. This was from February.

Valliant's last show

2010-05-30T22:08:00.002-04:00

05/19/2010 - Haggard Middle School band director Ken Valliant gives directions to students while preparing for the final concert of his 30 years career at Haggard with current and former students in Plano, Texas, on May 19, 2010. Valliant remained in the same classroom for his tenure at Haggard. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

05/19/2010 - Haggard Middle School principal Julie-Anne Dean places a rose on band director Ken Valliant, while he eats a hamburger, before the final concert of Valliant's 30 years career at Haggard with current and former students in Plano, Texas, on May 19, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Fire and aftermath

2010-05-30T21:51:00.002-04:00

05/29/2010 - Cockrell Hill Fire Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue reported to a four-alarm fire at the two-story La Villa Roma Apartments at 3739 Higgins Ave in Cockrell Hill, Texas, around 6 a.m. on May 29, 2010. Two residents were killed in the apartments, and another two later died at a local hospital. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

05/30/2010 - Pastor Rosie Smith (right), of Rose Ministries, and Saul Santillan, 14, survey the remains of La Villa Roma Apartments in Cockrell Hill, Texas, on May 30, 2010, after it was demolished the day before following a four-alarm fire that started around 6 a.m. that morning. Santillan, who lived in the northwest corner apartment, was awakened by his sister's screams as the fire spread through the apartments. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Wylie memorial service

2010-05-13T21:37:00.002-04:00

05/03/2010 - Jerry Isgrigg takes a moment to observe a memorial for his son, Gerren Isgrigg, as Wylie community members filter into the memorial service for his son at the First Baptist Church of Wylie in Wylie on May 3, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Treading the mud, fire, wind, water...

2010-05-09T20:04:00.003-04:00

The Warrior Dash came to North Texas. People got dirty. Really Dirty. Fun was had. Nathan Hunsinger produced an awesome video, yet again. Enjoy.

Winning the Bi-District Playoffs

2010-05-08T19:30:00.000-04:00

04/08/2010 - Southlake Carroll High teammates surround starting pitcher John Curtiss after Curtiss pitched a complete game during an 8-1 win over Keller High in the third game of a best-of-three series to win the Bi-District Class 5A playoffs at Southlake Carroll in Southlake, Texas, on May 8, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Haitian National Soccer

2010-05-07T22:33:00.004-04:00

A few weeks ago I took a trip down to the San Antonio area to photograph the Haitian national soccer team. After the earthquake in January the team was invited to train in Texas by way of different charities. The soccer federation in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the earthquake and many of the people working within the federation were killed. While the team sleeps in cabins and is feed three meals a day, their families remain in Haiti.
To read TDMN reporter Barry Horn's articles please click here.

04/21/2010 - Haitian national soccer team members Mechack Jerome, left, Vaniel Sirin, center, and Peterson Occenat, right, enjoy sitting on a swing chair during a break in their afternoon practice on April 21, 2010. The team has been living and training at the T Bar M Sports Camp in New Braunfels after their soccer federation was destroyed during the Haitian earthquake on January 12, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

04/21/2010 - Haitian national team assistant coach Gustavo Adolfo Chaverra Palacio spots for Wedson Anselme during his situp routine after the team's practice on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

04/21/2010 - Chiropractor Brent Perry, of New Braunfels, works on Eliphene Cadet's hamstring injury as trainer Erick Simeon watches on at the T Bar M pool in New Braunfels on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

04/21/2010 - Haitian national soccer team members Mechack Jerome, left, and Frantz Gilles, right, grab putters and golf balls before playing on the putting green at T Bar M after dinner on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers on April 25

2010-04-26T16:39:00.005-04:00

You couldn't ask for a better day to be at the ballpark. Whether a fan, player or photographer, the weather and light just made for the perfect day at the ballpark.

04/25/2010 - Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson (14), of Denton, catches a fly ball hit by Texas Rangers catcher Matt Treanor (15) during the fifth inning at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on April 25, 2010. The Rangers beat the Tigers 8-4. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

04/25/2010 - Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Fu-Te Ni (59) pitched two perfect innings with five strikeouts againts the Texas Rangers at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on April 25, 2010. The Rangers beat the Tigers 8-4. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)