I've been a photographer at The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. since early 2000. My main focus for several years has been studio photography including photo illustrations and shooting sports. I previously worked for The Cincinnati Enquirer, North Hills News Record and Everett (Wash.) Herald. I'm blessed to be a photojournalist; the people and places I've photographed over the past 20 years, here and abroad, will be a part of me for the rest of my life. It's truly a beautiful feeling to be allowed into someone's life, even for a moment, to make photographs and share them with the public. I was part The Star-Ledger team who was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for the resignation of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. In 2002, I shared The Dart Award with reporter Matt Reilly, for a story about a Siberian orphan who was beaten and froze to death in the custody of his adoptive parents in central New Jersey. I'm a member of The Dart Society, National Press Photographers, New York Press Photographers and New Jersey Press Photographers Associations. I live with my wife Dana and our 2 children in Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Oak Knoll’s Lexi Smith, right, gets her stick on the ball as she stops Gabrielle Girardi of West Essex from following through with her shot during their field hockey game September 20, 2012 at West Essex High School. Oak Knoll won 3-1.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band perform the first of three nights at MetLife Stadium, as the Wrecking Ball Tour returns to the area Wednesday night September 19, 2012. To see more photographs from Wednesday nights show, click: Concert gallery.
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I’m proud to announce the finished DVD’s of The Star-Ledger’s newest documentaries including The Twinkles, which I was apart of have arrived.
DVDs of the newest Ledger documentaries are here!
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Underground world
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Here is the World Cup Twinkles documentary The Star-Ledger created. It was produced by Nyier Abdou and Bumper DeJesus. The documentary was part of a 9 month project the newspaper did which I was apart of. Check it out. Stay tuned for the Twinkles app. It’s coming out soon!
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Birds eye view - Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA.
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scenic potties.
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Madonna performs at the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia, August 28, 2012.
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Who said cheerleading is not a sport? Or that cheerleaders are not athletes? I spent 9 months with reporter Jackie Friedman and videographer Nyier Abdou documenting a team of 8-11 year-old girls, from Freehold, NJ., for The Star-Ledger, who compete at the highest level for their age group. They are the Twinkles. The group mixes tumbling, modern cheerleading and precise choreography to create a mind-blowing two-and-a-half minute routine that seems impossible for athletes this age. We follow them through their season 2011-2012, perfecting their routine as they chased the national championship. Please check out their story along with in-depth photo galleries and a one hour video. Click here for their story.
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My first crack at doing time-lapse. This is a 20 minute time-lapse of storm clouds flowing over Highland Park, NJ July 26, 2012. Inspired by a meeting with Elliot Abrams, Senior Vice-President and Chief Forecaster for AccuWeather.
