>Teenage Obesity

>I shot this photo for a London based women's magazine. I first met Kimberly Duncan when she was 12-years-old and wieghed 325 pounds. Her health was suffering so her family elected to have undergo gastric bypass surgery. It's been reported that she was the youngest person in the United States, if not the entire world to have the surgery. She's now 16-years-old and well over 100 pounds lighter. However, she's left with an abundance of loose skin hanging off her body, for which the surgery costs an additional $30,000 to remove. Her family is still feeling the finanical pressure from the orginal surgery and cannot afford do have it done. The magazine that commissioned the photo ran a story titled something like, "What they don't tell you about gastric bypass surgery." They then appealed to their readers to help raise money and offered up a token amount of money to get the fund started.

>Doggy Poop

>Here's a quirky little photo from a story that was generated from a slew of letters to the editor about various issues surrounding the very important topic of dog poop.

>Pinewood Derby

>Cole and I raced his car in the Pinewood Derby. He finished 3rd out of about 10 cars. Other than drilling a hole in my finger during the modification process, it was a lot fun. We're going to ramp up next year and build an unbeatable car. The trick is to polish the axles.

>Bikin' in the Sun

>Here's a screen grab off a .pdf of the The Register-Guard's front page today. It's not often we run a stand-alone weather feature on the front page, but everyone's pretty giddy with the nice weather.

>Crabbing Trip

>Here's the story of my trip on a crab boat out of Newport, Ore. I was on the boat for 20 hours. Even though I had a prescription sea sickness patch, I battled nausea and vomiting the entire time. I really came to respect the deckhands Claude and Tony as well as Skipper Al. They are very hard-working guys and very good at what they do.

>Prep Swimming Dual Meet

>Sometimes we don't have time to stay for the entire meet to see who's going to win. In this case, I shot a photo that's somewhat generic in that it doesn't show a particular swimmer. I think, it's an interesting look at what was happening. It's more of a scene-setter image. Sometimes an image like this is refreshing and it's something we don't do enough. We are often focused on the best performance or play of the game, which has it's place for sure. But, I don't think it hurts to mixi it up a bit.

>Donkey Basketball

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Carrie and I took the kids to see a donkey basketball game at Lowell High School on Sunday, and I shot some photos.

>Fun With Fish

>I actually shot this in 2000. They dredged it up from the file to go with a salmon story.

>Children's Museum

>Last week Carrie and I took the kids to the Portland Children's Museum. We discovered they have outgrown it. There was still some things that held their interest, but for the most part they were too old.

>Happy Birthday to Me!

>I'm 40-years-old today. My mind stopped maturing at age 27. My gut kept pace with my age. But, I'm healthy, and I feel pretty good. Carrie got me some Tempurpedic slippers. They're like butter!

>Oregon Beats Arizona

>Oregon beat Arizona. Here's the lead photo. Click on the link above to read the story.

>Hollywood Horses

>Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson were shooting a movie up the McKenzie River at Koosah Falls. We went up there with permission from some dude in Hollywood working on the production. We get the big run around but are finally escorted within about 100-yards of where they are actually filming. I was told I could not shoot the actors. No problem there, I never saw them. I thought for sure I was going to leave without any photos. Then, at the last minute, the wranglers come by with the horses that the lead actors are using the movie. That's all I got.

>Crab Season Open

>I love crab. I'm going to buy some and eat it very soon. It's one of my favorite things. Click on the link above to read The Register-Guard story.

>Flooding in Mapleton

>I went to Mapleton, and shot flooding, went to Deadwood to shoot a mudslide, found some kayakers in Tide, at lunch in Florence, stopped in Eugene and shot the owner of fish market, put the photos in the system and then went and shot a Tai Chi instructor before going home. It sounds easy I guess, but after driving 186 miles and working 12 hours, I'm still tired.

>The Register-Guard's Best of 2005

>Here's a gallery of the best images the The Register-Guard photo staff shot in 2005 according to our editors.

>Impressive Slam Dunk

>I shot this at the Duck game last night as they play Howard, a winless team. Click the link above to read the story.

>My First Real Audio Slideshow

>This simple audio slideshow project was published today at my paper's website. It was my first real project and it was the first time The Register-Guard has ever published an audio slideshow. It seems to be a hit. Click the link above to The Register-Guard website to play the slideshow.

>The Blue Vault

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What was once a bank vault is now a room with networked computer for grown men to play violent video games.

>Taxi Driver

>For the past year, mostly because of this blog, and because I went fully digital last January, I've a camera with me pretty much all the time. For the most part, it's been a pain in the butt. Other times it's paid off in small ways. In this case, I shot a photo of my taxi driver in Tempe, AZ. The biggest benefit is just getting to know a new camera system and practicing with it as much as possible. I'm pretty sure I've shot more photos this year than any other year of my career.

>Killing A Tree

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We went to Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm in Pleasant Hill and nabbed a tree yesterday. The weather cooperated and we had a nice time.