I’m going to college now, deer.
On assignment today at Sonoma State University. The campus is on winter break and only a few people are around. And one deer, bounding across the quad area looking for more private and greener pastures.
101 bird deaths: Solved
Even as I work the desk this week here in PD photo, I'm still getting out to shoot a photo here and there. Yesterday, I took an hour to photograph the mystery of the dead birds on Highway 101 near Geyserville. Thanks to some timely reporting from Steve Hart, it [...]
Sorta kinda outtakes
Sometimes you'll see it in the newspaper, sometimes you won't. Dubbya dubbya dubbya is the fathomless, infinite vehicle in which photos are placed and viewed in perpetuity, never to face the undignified glorious death by fish wrapper or folded and glued to the bottom of your neighbors parakeet cage. Naw, [...]
Wait for it…
Lake Sonoma is not a huge winter vacation destination. A few fisherman ply the waters from time to time but the population of Lake Sonoma is around eight on a winter day. The story for Wednesday's edition of the Press Democrat dealt with the reservoir being above normal for this [...]
Happy photo 2011
Twenty E-leven. Tw0 thousand and eleven. It's a new year and the news, keeps keepin' on. The naysayers who predicted the demise of newsprint in 2011 have been stymied for another year. That means more great content in the paper and PD web site. The hundreds of Press Democrat employees [...]
Lunar eclipse
Stupid clouds. Fleetingly, the winter solstice lunar eclipse made a stunning appearance 40 minutes in to the birth of 2010's first day of winter . Admittingly, the last solstice eclipse in 1991 I missed. Sleeping probably. No way was I going to miss this one. Now I can say "been [...]
Birds of a feather
Birds were everywhere Thursday. -Kent Porter
Frame the Day 12.14.10
In my 23 years covering the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, I've never seen this much emotion from a board decision. Read the captions... -Kent Porter
Jube: Jubilation
A friend on Facebook the other day asked me what the word "jube" meant. I first heard the word "jube" from former Sacramento shooter Lois Bernstein. Every photog I know uses this slang when referring to "Hey, did you get that great jubilation after the game winning touchdown?" reply, "Yes [...]
Emerald City 101
Every once in awhile a story comes along that we photographers know will make good pictures. Last weekend, I was sent to cover the Emerald Cup north of Laytonville. You can read the story by Glenda Anderson here. Mendocino County is ground zero for cannabis culture. The Emerald Cup has [...]
