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 [...]
DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL
Interesting that this story is at number two at ydr.com this morning. I didn’t think there would be that much interest. After covering this, assembling a video was a nightmare. I basically had 35 minutes of people shouting at each other. There are so many issues layered together, but the one standing out in my mind…
(YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL) Taking pictures of a building demolition is often pure documentation. The shock and awe of the moment, a building changing fast that has stood for decades, is often enough for an interesting picture. What I like about this picture is the majestic symmetry of architecture against a powder puff sky. A yellow claw pops out of the blue and green about the change everything.
Post by Jason Plotkin He handed me his Cover. I called it a hat. “It’s not a hat. The Army wears hats. The Marines wear Covers.” said Nathan Fornwalt, a Springettsbury Township resident who I had just met 20 minutes earlier. He showed me his name, written in two places of the bush Cover. “Take [...]
Older couples aren’t often passionate for the photographer. Maybe its a generational thing, maybe they are just tired of each other. I asked Lorna and Paul Young Jr. to get a little closer for the picture to go with a Valentine’s day story about their 71 year marriage. And they kissed…
Paul Zeigler, a local pastor, has been invited to sing a solo at an inaugural prayer breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Monday. It’s one of about 200 inauguration-centric events in that city on that day, but who knows? Maybe the president will hear this fellow sing. Not that it makes a big difference to Zeigler, [...]
For my first video since being in Newtown, Conn., I did something decidedly… fun. Namely, the annual Sheep to Shawl Competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, wherein teams shear a sheep, card the wool, spin the fiber and weave a shawl that must measure at least 78 inches in length — all within 2.5 hours. [...]
I’m pretty sure I can attribute my natural aversion to favoritism to my being the middle child (and the only daughter), which means everyone’s favorite (!) December task of compiling “Best of” and “Favorites from” the past year is… decidedly not my favorite December task. I’m pretty sure that graf made no sense. But! Here [...]
Paul Kuehnel’s favorite videos for 2012. A look back at 13 videos and why they were important to me. The Challenges of multi-platform journalism
As an editor I don’t get out to shoot as much as the other photographers. I try to pick up some assignments on weekends and I fill in a lot when photographers are out or run on breaking news. I have to admit that I eagerly assigned myself to photograph dock dogs one Saturday. I [...]
Reporter Lauren Boyer and I went to Newtown, Conn., on Friday night to help The New Haven Register and our parent company Digital First Media with coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Managing editor Randy Parker already blogged a write-up about why exactly two York, Pa., journalists were sent to cover a non-local [...]
The York City Police Departmental Awards Ceremony is a pretty long and dry affair. Commendations are read aloud word for word to a roomful of people still waking up. Any photo consisting of more than a handshake would be a gem from this event. When I spotted Ty fooling around in his father’s hat I [...]
(Paul Kuehnel) It’s common for people to arrange “photo opportunities” for journalists. It appears to have begun in Texas during the 1940′s with the phrase. “say cheese”. Often the best moments illustrating the event are found outside the confines of the event. with VIDEO
( Paul Kuehnel )Veterans who served after the Vietnam War often attend Veterans Day events without the formal uniforms of their fathers. It’s a reflection of society as a whole and not to their passion. We don’t wear hats and gloves to formal events. We are a more casual society. A photographer must look harder beyond the show of metals and cloth to the subtle moments of body language of the heroes who now blend into the crowd.with VIDEO
Every month, a photographer works on a photo-centric story for the Living section. There are 12 months and four photographers, which means each of us does at least three of these visual-heavy stories a year. For last November’s gallery, I shot a football story by covering many aspects of a single West York football game. [...]
The day before yesterday’s election mania, editor Eileen emailed us photographers a run-down of what she expected from us. Among other things, she asked me, “What video can you do that will still have legs tomorrow?” “Tomorrow” being, the day after election day. I was stumped. What kind of election day video can one make [...]
It’s dawn, it’s cold, the line of people will disappear as soon at the door opens and you needed a web update 10 minutes ago with VIDEO
When metro editor Kara produced a “pumpkin chunkin’” assignment for me on Saturday, I anticipated people throwing pumpkins around. Then I read that my contact in the assignment was a guy named Fat Jimmy — no real or full name provided — and that a catapult would be involved. Silly me. So Fat Jimmy and [...]
A few weeks ago, I produced a video about a local third-grade class that made cards to comfort Matthew Hanes, a wounded soldier who graduated from their district. Today, that same class got to break ground for an expansion of the Hanes family’s home that will accommodate him once he can leave a rehabilitation facility [...]
Last time I flew in a non-commercial aircraft, I got pretty bad motion sickness that lasted for hours after we landed again. Today, I got — and seized — the opportunity to fly in a Boeing B-24J Liberator plane, which saw combat in the Pacific theater in World War II. It was a lot bigger [...]
VIDEO I never know what I will find at the scene of a shooting. Grieving family members, a single shell casing, and often nothing when arriving hours later. People usually don’t want to talk, sometimes you can’t stop them from talking. Witnesses with street smarts know that a low profile equals survival. YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL
VIDEO Bad light, limited access, catching a glimpse of people who would rather not expand on a difficult moment in their life. A quick hug before sentencing by a wife, a defense attorney looks back over his shoulder. YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS – PAUL KUEHNEL
I love covering marching bands. The school pride, the teamwork and coordination, the precision, the spectacle — that’s what marching bands are, to me. And my prep high school didn’t have one (lacrosse was our big sport, not football), so I guess marching bands are also a bit of a novelty to me still. A [...]
Knowing the people I hang out with, I’m shocked I hadn’t heard about the Internet Cat Film Festival sooner. It wasn’t until I stumbled upon this New York Times video I wished I lived closer to Minneapolis. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted the festival August 30 to 10,000 attendees. Yes, seriously. 10,000 people spread [...]