Thursday, July 29, 2010

Game 3: CLE vs. NYY

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Indians catcher Carlos Santana chases down the Yankees' Francisco Cervelli for an out during Wednesday's game at Progressive Field.

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Indians starting pitcher Fausto Carmona walks off the field after allowing seven runs in the first 2 and half innings against the Yankees on Wednesday at Progressive Field.

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Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez looks at the replay after striking out with the bases loaded in the third inning on Wednesday at Progressive Field.  Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with an RBI in New York's 8-0 win, but he didn't connect on his 600th career home run.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Game 2: CLE vs. NYY

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Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera slides into home plate in the bottom of the 4th inning to give the Indians there first game run against the New York Yankees on  Tuesday at Progressive Field.

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Indian's Austin Kearns hits a ball into center field where New York's Curtis Granderson dropped and Austin made it to third base on Tuesday's game at Progressive Field.

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Indians' Josh Tomlin pitched in his first debut game against the New York Yankees.  Josh pitched a total of 7 innings on Tuesday at Progressive Field.

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Alex Rodriguez takes his gloves off after a pop up to center field was caught by Trevor Crowe in the top of the 8th inning at Progressive Field on Tuesday.  Alex Rodriguez did not hit his 600th career homerun tonight at Progressive Field.

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Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera runs out to center field and catches New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira pop up in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday at Progressive Field.  

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Cleveland Indians' Trevor Crowe and Jason Donald jump up and bump each other celebrating after beating the New York Yankees 4-1 on Tuesday at Progressive Field.

The first base media dugout photographing A-Rod and his attempt at his 600th HR.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees Game 1

Photographed my first Indians game tonight!  Woo.  Baseball isn't as exciting as basketball or hockey but I will take any new experiences I can have the chance to shoot.  Waiting for A-Rod to hit his 600th HR hopefully in Progressive Field in Cleveland.  We shall see tomorrow night if he does or not.

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Travis Hafner hits a homerun in the bottom of the second against the New York Yankees on Monday.

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Cleveland Indian's Shin-Soo Choo looks at the homerun hit by New York Yankees Nick Swisher in the top of the 4th inning on Monday.

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Mark Teixeira from the New York Yankees is upset after his first base coach told him to run to second base after a fly ball was caught in the game on Monday against the Cleveland Indians.  

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Mark Teixeira from the New York Yankees yells at the umpire for making the call against him.

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The Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera tags out the Yankees' Curtis Granderson in the fifth inning of the Yankees' 3-2 victory on Monday at Progressive Field.

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Cleveland Indian's Matt LaPorta and Jason Donald both attempt to catch a pop-up off the bat of New York's Alex Rodriguez in the ninth inning on Monday.  LaPorta made the out, and Rodriguez was 0-for-4 in the game, leaving him at 599 career home runs.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Kickball and Wildlife Festival

Kickball
This afternoon I spent my time photographing the first game of a new adult kickball league being started in Chardon.  I photographed a young group of adults on the "Ball"-istics team because they were very animated and into the game.  The "Ball"-istics were in the hole in the top of the 5th inning but came back with a 6 point gain in the bottom of the 5th.  K.S.A., the opposing team, scored 3 points in the top of the 6th but couldn't top the "Ball"-istics.  "Ball"-istics won the game, 13-10.

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Steve Young on team "Ball"-istics chases a  team K.S.A player to tag him out during the first game of the New Adult Kickball League in Chardon Township at Mel Harder Park on Sunday.  "Ball"-istics beat K.S.A with a score of 13 to 10.  

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Team members from "Ball"-istics cheer on James Janovich as he runs into home plate at the New Adult Kickball League in Chardon Township at Mel Harder Park on Sunday.

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Ian Herner from "Ball"-istics catches a ball against K.S.A at the first game of the Adult Kickball League in Chardon Township on Sunday at Mel Harder Park.  


Wildlife Festival
After the kickball league, I had to find some art to fill the paper with some more content.  I ventured to the Lake Metroparks Penitentiary Glen for a Wildlife Festival.  The festival brings in 1500-2000 people every year.  Kids learn about wildlife and how to treat animals they might encounter in the wild.  Visitors also had the chance to ride the famous miniature train set.

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Harvey Webster from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History holds and talks about George, a recovering injured bald eagle on Sunday at the Wildlife Festival at the Penitentiary Glen Reservation.  George was brought to the Cleveland Museum as an instructional bird after he was shot by a poacher and broke a wing in North Carolina.  

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Andy Obranovich, age 5 from Chesterland Township, colors a new wildlife habit drawing while at the Wildlife Festival at the Penitentiary Glen Reservation.

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Visitors at the Wildlife Festival rode a miniature sized train throughout the back forest of the Penitentiary Glen Reservation.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Captains Fantasy Game

News-Herald's Sport Editor Mark Podolski had the chance to play baseball with All-Stars yesterday at the Captains Fantasy Camp.

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News-Herald Sport's Editor Mark Podolski (middle) listens to the past manager of the Clevleand Indians Mark Hargrove explain the batting lineup at the 2010 Captains Fantasy Camp.  Mark Hargrove is one of the professional baseball stars which work with the players at the camp.

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News-Herald Sport's Editor Mark Podolski looks out into the field while standing in the dugout at the 2010 Captains Fantasy Camp on Friday.

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Mark Podolski hits a foul ball at the Captains Fantasy Camp on Friday.  

Thursday, July 22, 2010

World School Games

Today was the first day of the World School Games being hosted in Cleveland, OH.  This is the first year for the event where high school age athletes from around the world come and compete against others in their age group.  It was interesting to see the local talent and the talent outside of the US.  I photographed tennis, swimming, and basketball.  This is going all weekend and being hosted at Gilmour Academy.


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Nick DiIorio from Highland Heights returns the tennis ball in a practice match against Chung Chui Leung from Hong Kong on Thursday at the World School Games at Gilmour Academy.

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Mung Singh from Zambia swims in the warmup round on Thursday at the Gilmour Academy Indoor Pool at the World School Games.

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#33 from John Hays Highschool Girls Basketball team dribbles the ball in a game against China's Boys Basketball team on Thursday at the World School Games at Gilmour Academy.  

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Mung Singh from Zambia pauses between practice laps and adjusts his goggles on Thursday at the World School Games at Gilmour Academy.  

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Jade Products

Jade Products is a company specializing in manufacturing high end aftermarket parts for personal boats.  Jade Products is being showcased in the News-Herald two part series on the economic problems and how a business like Jade Products is making money and expanding in these hard times.  Talking with the owner, John told me about the little companies that produce niche products that are going out of business.  He sees this as an opportunity to pick up new products and diversify.  The expanding brings in new clients and more work, he mentioned.  In these hard economic times, Jade Products has pushed for expanding and diversifying in manufacturing high end boat parts.

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Edward Kausek works on a CNC lathe making parts for high performance aftermarket parts for personal boats at Jade Products.


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Brian Cowling marks a piece of steel to be welded on the back of a header for a high performance personal boat at Jade Products in Mentor.  

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Knee Transplant

I had the chance to place myself in the life of Rebecca today while shooting a health feature going into this weeks paper.  Rebecca had a nasty boating accident in 2008 which shattered her knee and left her with two years in pain.  Earlier this summer, a knee replacement donor came up and Rebecca went into surgery in early June.  The surgery went successfully and through this rare transplant procedure, Rebecca is on the road to walking again without the pain she experienced before.  After a year of recovery, Rebecca hopes to be able to walk again and be able to carry out her daily activities as she remembered them before the boating accident.

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Rebecca Dougherty's daughter Caitlin helps her grab the flour for making brownies on Tuesday at their home in Concord Township.  Rebecca will be on crutches for a year from her knee transplant she received last month after a boating accident shattered her knee two years ago.

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Rebecca Dougherty cuts Sean Kelly's hair on Tuesday at her home.  Rebecca had to take leave to her job working in a hair salon after her surgery and cuts her friends hair in her free time.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Johnnycake Jog

Today I photographed the 34th Annual Johnnycake Jog in Mentor, OH.  This jogs major sponsor and original creator is the News-Herald.  Since they have been doing this for 34 years, the coverage has to be grand and tomorrow's paper is the Johnnycake Jog edition.  Since I am the intern, I got placed on this job for today.  My job was to photograph the start from the pace truck and get off at the hill a mile into the race and get them coming up the hill.  After I got those shots, I walked down the street and a bit and got up on a construction truck to get an overall of the whole road.  This race had over 1000 runners in it.  The sheer length of people was seen for the span of the road I was on.  After the race, I was trying to focus and photograph different moments of exhaustion, recovery, and relaxation.  Really amazing to see the dynamic of a large regional race.

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Laura Dugan stretches before the 34th Johnnycake Jog.  Her daughter Carli got Laura to race this year for the first time.  

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Runners start the 34th annual Johnnycake Jog.

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Runners head up the hill at Fairgrounds Rd. at the 34th Annual Johnnycake Jog.  

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Erin Hendrix from Eastlake Township runs with her baby in the 34th Annual Johnnycake Jog.

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Neil Iverson #108 and Tim Murphy #123 compete against each other at the one mile mark at the 34th Annual Johnnycake Jog.  Tim placed second in the Walker category and Neil placed third.  

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Alexis Popp 7 from Mentor Township walks with her mom, Carrie in the 34th Johnnycake Jog.

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John and Kathryn Lancester rest after finishing the 34th Annual Johnnycake Jog.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Music Festival and Giant Eagle Drive-Thru

I began my day photographing the weekend Music Festival at Painesville that started today.  This festival is a gathering of musicians that play for free the whole weekend.  Locals gather and enjoy different types of music ranging from folk, jazz, and hard rock.

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Zach Freidhof sings to the crowd at the Painesville Party in the Park on Friday.  

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Zechariah Shearer 8 punches Zaporah Shearer 7 while in the Kids Zone at the Painesville Party in the Park on Friday.

After I got back from the festival, a call came over the police scanner.  Massive impact into a building and excessive bleeding from one victim.  Editor came running into the back of the photo office and asked if I could shoot it.  Of course I couldn't resist a breaking news so I rushed to the scene.  Got to the scene and saw a car, a pool of blood, and a dent on the back of the bumper.  


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A car drove through Madison Township Giant Eagle and hit one other person whose condition is unknown on Friday.

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Giant Eagle employees investigate the scene inside the Madsion Township Giant Eagle on Friday after a car drove through the front of the store.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Press Conference

Some photos from the press conference today on the suspected shooter in the Euclid Sunday shooting where a 17 year old boy was killed.  Raheem S. Cunningham was the suspected shooter and was arrested on a charge of aggravated murder with gun specifications.

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Euclid's Police Chief James Repicky and Mayor Bill Cervenik address the media Wednesday morning about the arrest of Raheem S. Cunninghman as the suspected shooter of the Euclid fatal shooting that happened this past Sunday.  

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Euclid's Police Chief James Repicky addresses the media Wednesday morning about the arrest of Raheem S. Cunninghman as the suspected shooter of the Euclid fatal shooting that happened this past Sunday.  

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Revisiting the Youth Chef Academy

My first time going to the Great Lakes Youth Chef Academy came back without any pictures of the school.  Today I went out and photographed the beginning of a week of a celebrity Emeril, Rachel Ray, etc... cooking week.  The young chefs get to prepare signature dishes from each celebrity chef.  It was interesting to see these kids cook more complicated things then I would ever tackle.  For example, last week they made homemade spaghetti and pasta sauce.  These kids go through the challenge of learning the ways of cooking and how to prepare dishes in their own home.  Most of the kids were 8-11 years old.  Pretty young and devoted to be preparing complicated signature dishes.  Start them off early and soon they will be professional chefs when they grow up!

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Emily Whittington 9 from Wickliffe, Abby Baumgartner 8 from Wickliffe, and Taylor Whittington 10 from Wickliffe (left to right) watch Lauren Baumgartner 10 from Wickliffe pour ingredients into a measuring spoon to prepare waffles on Tuesday at the Youth Chef Academy at the Great Lakes Mall.

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Emily Whittington 9 from Wickliffe cuts sausage for one of their Chef Emirel's specialty dishes on Tuesday at the Youth Chef Academy.  

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Emily Whittington 9 from Wickliffe pours the cake batter into the powered mixer.

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Mikie Shaw 8 from Leroy adds salt to the mixing bowl for the waffle batter.

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Michelle Huck, teacher at the Youth Chef Academy shows the young chefs how the operate a powered mixer.

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Gabby Huck 9 from Leroy and the other young chefs in the class clean the cake batter off of the mixer during cleanup at the end of the day.

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One of the Emeril waffle dishes made by the young chefs on Tuesday at the Youth Chef Academy.