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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STORM CHASER
After spending the early part of my afternoon photographing a high school tennis match and then trying to find people outside dealing with the intense heat which has plagued New Jersey for a couple of days, the weather turned crazy. Heavy rain, thunder and lighting struck the Garden State Thursday June 9, 2011. I was quickly redirected to try and make a storm photograph for tomorrow’s Star-Ledger, which was now the news of the day. I only had about a half-hour to make an image since the light was fading and my deadline was quickly approaching. I quickly headed to Trenton as I saw the sky darken and lighting start to appear, hoping to capture lighting over the capital. I went over to the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, and pointed my camera back towards the sky over Trenton, and waited in the rain to snag some lighting. After about 20 or so images, and standing soaking wet, I landed one that was good enough to ship off to the paper and make my deadline. Not bad for a few hours of storm chasing.
