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The story behind the photos of the clarkston fireworks explosion of 1987
Matt Baney, managing editor at the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and I sat down to reminisce about the incident…
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Rocking chair or reinvention? Can you teach an old dog a new trick?
I run into people every day who tell me they love the printed page. Something about routine, morning…
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City Club at Night: photojournalism
I was asked to speak about my career and the reality of being a small town photojournalist in April 2025.
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Fallen trees, damaged homes, power outages: Residents of Springfield weather ice storm
Residents in East Springfield suffer through a third day with out power as they dig out from a…
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Into the storm
One of the perennial themes for a photojournalist is documenting the weather. In the Pacific Northwest this usually…
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Life, death and frozen huckleberries in the Oregon Cascades
As fall gives way to the first snow of winter, the cycle of life and death continues in…
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Reliving The Pick: Behind the lens of one of Oregon Ducks’ most iconic football moments
Hard to believe 29-years have passed since that day The Pick haunts me. Missing an important play is…
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astrophotograpy: With great risk comes great reward — maybe?
A look a my three most popular photos of the cosmos I am not an astrophotographer. So, it…
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Fun in the mud at burning man
Yes, I survived Burning Man 2023. I was not washed away by flood waters, forced into cannibalism nor…
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Take a tour of Eugene on the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path System
A video I put together for the Register-Guard with my iPhone
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Dance and music lead to magical experience
Dancers with #instaballet collaborate with children experiencing autism at Bridgeway House in Eugene to create a ballet
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TrackTown USA
Hayward Field and I go back a few years When I moved to Eugene from Idaho in 1988…
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The wide world of sports
A collection of sports action and features Barry Kough, my old boss at the Lewiston Morning Tribune, told…
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‘F/8 and be there’
A collection of spot news images The quote above, attributed to Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, likely…
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The feature hunt
If you see it happen from the car as you drive by, it is already too late Call…
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Nature or nurture?
I was raised in a family of storytellers and artists. My paternal grandfather was a journalist. He was…
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COVID-19 pandemic
I remember driving to the nearby hospital in Springfield, Oregon in the spring of 2020 at the beginning…
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King Tides come to Oregon
With a little planning — or luck — visitors to the Oregon Coast can catch a King Tide…
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forest dwellers
Buddy Blair and his wife Adrian work in Sisters, Ore. but can’t afford a place to live, so…
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Seeking shelter
A look at the unhoused and the challenges they face in finding a place to call home Decades…
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