How many ways can you shoot a sign?
Peer pressure
Volunteer Kathy LeClair hugs a runner after she gave medal and bags behind the barricade. At least 1,000 goodie bags were left for pick-up
Rusty keys found in an Emigsville yard. Image edited using Snapseed app. DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS -- EILEEN JOYCE
A young live female Virginia Blue Crab at Jeff's Got Crabs in Springettsbury Township.
How many ways can you shoot a sign?
How many ways can you shoot a sign?

YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL

As many as possible.

And large shapes out of their usual context of high and far away can be very interesting.

Peer pressure
Peer pressure

Post by Jason Plotkin I don’t want to say that I pressured a colleague of mine into doing something that she didn’t want to do. That would be wrong. But, read the quote below and judge for yourself. “I thought it was a great idea when you asked me on the phone, but now that [...]

Recalling Boston
Volunteer Kathy LeClair hugs a runner after she gave medal and bags behind the barricade. At least 1,000 goodie bags were left for pick-up

On my sixth day on the job, I was sent out to cover the Boston Bombing. I’m new to the world of journalism. When breaking news happens, you’re immediately dispatched. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, you have to go. It so happens, I was six-half hours away. I covered the Kennard-Dale [...]

Stumbling onto history
Rusty keys found in an Emigsville yard. Image edited using Snapseed app. DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS -- EILEEN JOYCE

In a post from almost exactly a year ago Paul Kuehnel wrote, “Old attics tell stories.” I now live in that house with the old attic and I’m quickly learning that it’s not just the attic with stories to tell. While checking out my freshly tilled garden plot yesterday, I saw what looked like a [...]

Looking into the eyes of a crab
A young live female Virginia Blue Crab at Jeff's Got Crabs in Springettsbury Township.

YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL Humans relate to faces. This small face of a Virginia Blue Crab is brought to life with a macro shot.

Deceptive photographs
Shooting victim"  Shelly Witta acts out in pain during the mock shooting drill at York Hospital on Saturday, April 20, 2013

Post by Jason Plotkin This woman looks like she’s in pain, right? Well, looks can be deceiving. And so can photographs. I was out covering a “disaster drill” at York Hospital where volunteers, who portrayed victims, are brought in to a triage area and treated for gunshot wounds. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the staff [...]

Instagram Baseball: York Revolution Opening Day
Play Ball: Bunting waves in the wind as the scoreboard operator watches the first inning of action.

Last MLB season, photographer Brad Mangin spent a great deal of time on a project documenting America’s pastime with nothing but his iPhone and a couple iOS apps, primarily Instagram. The photographs were so well executed and composed that Sports Illustrated published a six-page spread of Brad’s photos in its print magazine. Like many photojournalists [...]

Songs of worship in Chick-fil-A
Songs of worship in Chick-fil-A

Sometimes, your editor will tell you to do something that doesn’t sound very exciting. But you go do it, and then strange things start happening and you do your job and report on strange things. Then you return to the newsroom and tell your editor what happened, and your editor gets to gloat about how [...]

Reporting from Boston
Reporting from Boston

Sony Paclob was dispatched to Boston on Monday night to help cover the marathon bombings. Here is recap of how her week is going so far. [View the story "Covering Boston on team Thunderdome" on Storify]

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