San Diego Cinco De Mayo

Members of the Ballet Folklorico, a group made up of elementary school aged girls, perform on the childrens stage during the 26th Annual Old Town Fiesta to celebrate Cinco De Mayo in Old Town San Diego.

Members of the Escaramuzaa Golondrinas equestrian group perform outside of Seeley Stables in Old Town.

Pet Pawrade

Dogs compete for the title of best costume in the 'Pet Pawrad' at the 16th Annual Wag-A-Thon. The Wag-A-Thon presented by the Pet Project Foundation included events such as a bowsar bazaar, best dog costume contest, and best trick contest taking place on Dana Point Harbor Island.

West Coast Life

Sorry for not updating in months!! I moved to Orange County, California in February.


California Lifeguard tryouts.

A Pittsburgh Wedding

Sarah and Tim's wedding, complete with a photo shoot at Heinz Field and a Terrible Towel wave at the reception.

Angel

Aerial Thurman, 15, of Greensburg dressed as an angel at the Anna Marie Stevenson Family and Friends Live Nativity Scene stands in front of the Courthouse in Greensburg Thursday night, December 4, 2008.

McCain Visit

September 11, 2008

A few photos from the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville on September 11, 2008. A much larger crowd was there than past years because of people coming to see John McCain speak. I thought these photos kind of get away from that aspect of it.
Tolling of the Bells of Rememberance.
The Sacred Ground. You can still see exactly where the plane crashed.

Remembering September 11th.

These are a collection of photos I’ve taken this the summer during visits to the temporary memorial for Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.
United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field outside the small town of Shanksville after being hijacked by four men as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. During the flight several passengers and crew members made telephone calls, through which they learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As a result, the passengers decided to mount an assault against the hijackers.

The plane later crashed killing all 44 people aboard, including the hijackers.
Analysis of the plane’s flight recorders has revealed how the actions taken by the passengers that day prevented the aircraft from reaching its intended destination: either the White House or the United States Capitol.




I will be returning to the site on September 11, 2008 to photograph the 7th anniversary of the event, along with a visit from presidential candidate John McCain.
“Never Forget: We honor those who saw their untimely fate before them and chose to defeat evil to ensure America’s freedom. FLIGHT 93.”

Steelers Training Camp

In August I got to hang out with sports photographer Chaz Palla and take pictures of my favorite team at their pre-season training camp on St. Vincent's campus.

Remembering Quecreek

Attendees of the sixth anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue assisted Amish volunteers from Ohio in the groundbreaking for the building of the new visitors center. The visitors center will be dedicated to preserving the history of the world-famous Quecreek Mine rescue where nine miners were saved after being trapped underground for four days. (Tribune-Review)

Books Come Alive

The Books Come Alive Children's Festival at Twin Lakes Park was put on by Stage Right, a school for performing arts and a professional theater company, as part of their tenth anniversary year. (Tribune-Review)

Roseytown Road Accident

(Tribune-Review)

Keystone Regiment

Members of the Keystone Regiment are camped out at the at Hanna's Town to demonstrate life for the Union and Confederate soldiers during the civil war. (Tribune-Review)

Players on the Ligonier Valley Little League All-Stars rode atop fire trucks through the streets of downtown Ligonier before the team received a proclamation from the mayor on the steps of Town Hall after their performance in the Pennsylvania Little League State Championships. (Tribune-Review)

Bushy Run Battlefield

On August 5th and 6th of 1763 British Colonel Henry Bouquet led his troops to defeat the Native American's that had ambushed them at Bushy Run Battlefield. Each year hundreds of visitors come to the battlefield to witness the battle re-enacted. (Tribune-Review)

Band Camp

The Brentwood High School drum line practices during the marching band's annual band camp at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg campus. The marching band is staying on the campus all week, practicing nine hours a day, to prepare for their upcoming season which has a Michael Jackson theme.

Beatles

Carlo Cantamessa who plays John Lennon in the Beatles look alike band "The Cast of Beatlemania" performs at St. Clair park in Greensburg as part of the Summer Sounds serie. The band members, who were selected from thousands of musicians who auditioned for the broadway show, recreate every era of the Beatles' musical career. (Tribune-Review)

Debbra Summer and Kaydee O'Bryan (right) hug while looking at photos of their friend Kelly Vasko at a memorial for her at Twin Lakes Park. Vasko died on July 11 in a motorcycle accident after being hit by a drunk driver in Duquesne. O'Bryan, 15, was one of the many children that Vasko counseled in her job. (Tribune-Review)

Rain cloudes loom above Legion Keener Field as officials call the Kiski Valley and Latrobe teams off the field during the second game of the American Legion Finals on July 20, 2008.

Latrobe Steel Lockout

After a close vote on Sunday, July 20, 2008 it was announced that the Latrobe Specialty Steel workers who have been locked out since May 1st will be going back to work. (Tribune-Review)

Artie

Nine year old Artie Conforti holds the second place trophy that he won with the South Greensburg Panthers Little League team after their final game on July 10, 2008 at Huff Little League Field. Although Artie was born without a left hand he still takes part in all the same activities as other children his age. (Tribune-Review)

Hanna's Town

Jeff Parry of North Huntingdon waters poinsettias that will be full grown by Christmas at the Gongaware and Parry Greenhouse in North Huntingdon on July 2, 2008. (Tribune-Review)

Cattery

John and Andy Voytko of North Versailles visit with cats in the brand new Tigre Pavilion at the Action For Animals Humane Society in Latrobe on June 29, 2008. The Tigre Pavillion will serve as a cattery that allows the many cats to exercise and play indoors while still giving them a feeling of being outdoors. (Tribune-Review)

Ray Eicher of Greensburg sells home grown vegetables from his table at the Export Farmers Market on July 8, 2008. (Tribune-Review)