The Year of the Hose

The Year of the Hose ended in late Fall of this year, when the weather was still warm, after shooting dozens of hoses throughout the Midwest & Eastern US. I connected with Swan Hose Co., the leading watering hose company in North American at the end of 2017. Looking for a Lifestyle photographer, I entered in to a photo-niche that I never expected. Although I regularly do portrait & commercial work, never on this scale & with this geographic spread. I guess it's a wonderful thing about this gig, the camera can lead in many directions. It was a wonderful influx of outdoor work, that filled time where there was often a lull (in the summer). It was a great excuse to travel, & nice to use a unique segment of my brain that fires differently than during sports work. Pleasurable as well to integrate my family and first-hand connections into my job. Including nearly all my immediate family; especially my Sister, Mother, & Father who are avid gardeners & who now finally are proud of my work (joke).

So many awesome & solid products. I've found everyone I've worked with loves hoses.
It was a blessing & I look forward to photographing more hoses "in the wild" in 2019.
Here are some of my favorite #hosepix

Making Client webpix - MSM Tennis

04/08/18 - Emmitsburg, MD: Making webpix is a service I do for some clients. The service can build a solid archive of go-to images for web-stories & Institutional content that's ready-at-hand. Additionally, it can save the SID a mountain of time cropping, sizing, & prepping to maximize for web. Mount Saint Mary's University is one client for whom I do such work. Here are some favorites from a recent Tennis double header, during outside competition on a long weekend that was desperately trying to escape winter.

My favorite Sport Photos of 2016

Back off a two year hiatus, I’ve charged through my Top Pix & pulled some favorites. This is simply coverage that I like. Images that may not have seen publication, but are exciting to me: with great emotion, of perilously tight captures & prime light, or just peak action. It’s exciting finding a shot with great jubilation that includes the referee, laying out some narrative.

This is a relatively chronological & “straight out of camera” set witnessing the youthful exuberance of athletic competition makes my work really fun.

Thanks for looking.