Roll With It

In addition to the picture below I also took a 3rd Place in Feature Multiple Category for the MPPA March Clip Contest for the picture story "Roll With It". I will put the story online as soon as I figure out how to do it.

Cat and Turkeys

HM Feature Photo for MPPA’s March 2005 Region 4
SFGate Day in Pictures March 4, 2005

Maple City, Mich - 03/03/2005 - A flock of turkeys moves across a driveway ignoring at cat that seems to have an interest in the big birds along Maple City Road just out side of Maple City. The birds went there way as did the cat.

Home Coming

2rd place News Photo for MPPA’s January 2005 Region 4

Grayling, Mich. - 01/27/2005 - Specialist Mark Mohr is surrounded by his three children Kailey, 9, Madison, 3, and Caiden, 5 months as he returns to the National Guard Airfield at Camp Grayling after a tour of duty in Iraq with the 1440th Engineer Detachment (Firefighters).

Ouch!

2004 The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar,Third Place Sports Action

Traverse City, Mich. - 10/15/2004 - Traverse City Westís Ben VanZale drills Alpena quarterback Jared Phillips in the first quarter of their rainy match up Friday night. The hit caused a fumble that was recovered by Alpenaís fullback Nathan Gleason (44) in the end zone where he was tackled for a safety resulting in the first score of the game for. Traverse City West went on to win the game 28-0.

Dinner!

Third Place Feature Picture Sportsshooter.com 12-2003
Getty Images Editors' Choice - Week Ending December 12, 2003

Gallup, N.M. - 12/06/2003 - It almost looks as if its breakfast time for the hot air balloon ìHopper T Frogî from Park City, Utah, as it peeks over the red rock cliffs during the 23nd Annual Red Rock Balloon Rally at Red Rock State Park December 6, 2003 near Gallup, New Mexico. The balloon rally is the world's second largest with some 180 balloons flying into cliff-bound canyons during the three-day event.

Stickey Mess

Selected For :
Washington Post: Camera Works, Day In Photos 09-11-2003
San Francisco Chronicle Day In Pictures 09-11-2003

Gallup, N.M. - 09/10/2003 - Gallup City Fire Departmentís Hazmat crew put down sand in a local department stores parking lot in an effort to contain 20 to 25 gallons of leather glue that spilled from a SAIA truck that was in route to Sacramento, Calif., from Dallas, Texas. The tractor trailer rig, driven by Dennis Edwards from Utah, was carrying about 100 gallons of the non-toxic adhesive which resembled Elmerís Glue.

High Angle Rescue

Honorable Mention Spot News New Mexico APME 2002

Gallup, N.M. - 12-15-2002 - Gallup City Police Department and Gallup City Fire Department personnel bring 12-year-old Rhianon Wilson down off the hogbacks behind the Gallup neighborhood Indian Hills, Sunday, December 15, 2002. The cliffs are over 600 feet high, and it was reported that Wilson fell 20 to 30 feet while swinging from a rope. Wilson was transported to a local hospital. According to rescue personnel, at some points the path down was at more than an 80 degree angle and the rescue took over 45 minutes. This is the first high angle rescue for the rescue crew this year. Children continued to play on the cliffs, even while the rescue workers were removing Miss Wilson.

The Eyes Have It!

Selected For MSNBC The Week In Pictures Dec 5-12, 2002

Sanders, Ariz. - 12/12/2002 - Three cats hide behind a broken window and screen in a mobile home in Sanders, Ariz., Tuesday, December 10, 2002. The felines were trying to move into the warming morning sun.

Sliding Off

3nd Place Sports Photo New Mexico APME 2002

Greasewood Springs, Ariz - 05/19/2002 - Cowboy Norman Bates slides off his horse onto a steer during the steer wrestling competition, Sunday, May 19, 2002 at the 21st Annual Keith L. Boyd Memorial Rodeo held in Greasewood Springs, Ariz.

Hanging High

3rd place News Photo for NPPA’s April 2002 Region 8.
2nd Place Spot News New Mexico APME 2002.

Gallup, N.M. - 04/07/2002 An unidentified member of the tow truck company called to remove a truck from the I40-Second Street overpass sits dangerously under the truck as he attempts to get a strap under it. He was wearing a safety belt and was tethered by the Gallup Fire Department, Sunday morning , April 07, 2002.