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IndyStar and wedding photos before and during medical school
2017.09.27
This is the post I originally promised two years ago. Featuring IndyStar and wedding work.
The photo blog rises
2017.09.22
I finally have time to post an update to this six-year-old blog. Most of these pictures are of concepts I drew for study purposes, but there is a bonus collection of images from the solar eclipse this year.
Go west, young medical student
2015.08.11
Before starting the huge adventure that is medical school, I went on a completely different adventure.
A harpist, an orchestra conductor, and a bee!
2015.04.30
Come for the journalism, stay for the photos of insects.
High school basketball, Boys and Girls Club, and new kite photos!
2015.03.31
Dusting off the kite and the GoPro for some new views
Kite aerial photography at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
2015.03.21
On Monday, I was accepted into the IU School of Medicine. Today, I was paid to fly a kite. Truly, we live in interesting times.
Wrestling, Nelly, pampered kids, and basketball
2015.03.04
I continue to be wowed by the variety of experiences that newspaper work allows me to have.
Food, swimming, an engagement, and more food
or Clearing the Traffic Jam, 2015 Edition
2015.03.04
These may be posted in March, but I wouldn't know it from looking outside.
This was 2014.
A three-year tradition for this four-year-old blog. (Whoops. Sorry, 2011.)
2014.12.31
This year doesn't feel quite as transformative as did 2013. At least, any transformation that occurred was nowhere near as sudden or cataclysmic. The theme this year is progress.
Year-end Catch-up
or I missed posting 11 photo assignments
or Let's use this ketchup before it expires
2014.12.21
or How many puns can I make about ketchup? I don't know, but more than I should make, I know that.
Partial Solar Eclipse of 2014
2014.10.23
Wherein the Moon played peekaboo (partially) with us and the Sun
Georgia Reese's and community clean-up
or Two batches of color on dead trees
2014.09.09
Featuring a new restaurant and a neighborhood hoping to renew itself
Fites/Gilliland Wedding
2014.07.21
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, and I got what may be my favorite pre-ceremony photo of a bride.
This was (the rest of) May.
2014.06.05
Featuring a sport and... a thing that's almost a sport? ...Nah, it's not a sport. But it's got fans and passion like a sport.
CA-me-lo-PAR-da-lids meteor shower
2014.05.26
Only three meteors caught over an hour, but I got some kick-ass star circles
2014 Little 500
2014.04.27
It's spring, it's college, it's athleticism, it's determination, it's the pinnacle of life in a great many ways.
It is finally obviously spring!
or This entry is finally posted!
2014.04.24
Entry lost and forgotten in draft form; finally posted on May 12
What have I been up to lately?
2014.04.05
It's been a month since I've updated the blog, so let's fix that.
Carnaval at Jazz Kitchen and Ghost the Musical
2014.03.05
Cultural cannibalism and... Ghost? The Musical?
What I Should Have Entered for INPA CPOY, and Other Insights
(but mostly Other Insights)
2014.02.24
Twelve parts photos, a million parts introspection and future-gazing
Lots and lots of work in February
2014.02.19
Six assignments in one entry, because organic chemistry takes up so much time
Megan Hilty at the Columbia Club
2014.01.20
While most other sane people were staying inside and out of the new snow that came down Saturday evening...
This is 2014, so far
or Clearing the Traffic Jam, New Year's Edition
2014.01.14
Includes four assignments (four!) done this past weekend
IU men's basketball vs. North Florida
or Back Home Again in Assembly Hall
2013.12.08
I was so excited to go back. I stepped onto the floor, all the memories came rushing back, and it just felt right.
Meeting Tim O'Brien at VonnegutFest
2013.11.10
"I adored The Things They Carried!" I said, being completely fanboy about it.
Miss Irvington Pageant, Franklin College football, and breast cancer research 5K
2013.10.29
With a little window and flash trick
On the off chance that 'Gravity' really happens
2013.10.14
If Sandra Bullock has to navigate through the ISS's debris, I at least have my own record of its orbit.
GermanFest Beer Games and Key to the Cure
2013.10.13
Featuring beer steins, a stuffed cow, and next year's fashions shown off for a good cause
Kendrick Lamar, puppets and VentureCamp
or A very productive weekend
2013.06.13
The grand finale: A1 photo, above the fold
A night at Saddle Up
2013.06.01
No bucking bull this time, but still some dancing and beautiful people
Danny Brown at Deluxe
2013.05.15
The New York Times calls him "a terrific and terrifically weird rapper." I concur.
Week Four at the Journal & Courier
2013.03.31
Basketball, a crown of thorns, and kids with Easter eggs
Some star trails
or Light pollution: a bane of my existence
2013.03.30
Also: the moon can get freakishly bloody-looking.
Two weeks with the Journal & Courier
2013.03.21
A triumphant return to daily photojournalism in Lafayette
Chicago kite-flying, part 2
2013.02.18
Despite less wind, I still love taking photos from a kite in Chicago.
Mardi Gras at Jazz Kitchen and Kilroy's
2013.02.13
Fat Tuesday: When, within two hours, you can get photos of both a band marching through a bar and women holding crawfish.
Norton Records benefit at the Melody Inn
2013.01.20
An Indy benefit for a New York record label deluged by Sandy
This was 2012.
2012.12.31
Ask not what the past year has done for you. Ask what you have done for the past year.
International Final Fridays at Social
2012.12.30
The snow didn't keep everybody at home. Most everybody, but not everybody.
The Heffner family and the Peace Learning Center
2012.12.21
"This is gonna be our first family photo!"
Big Ten Football Championship fans
2012.12.01
Sometimes, your favorite photo on an assignment isn't the one you were assigned to take.
Obama ends 48-hour campaign swing in Cleveland, Ohio
2012.10.26
He was raspy from the rest of his cross-country tour, but I've never seen him use his fists so much.
Time-lapse during the Orionids meteor shower
2012.10.22
Watching remnants of Halley's Comet fall through the sky
Obama makes stump speech at OSU in Columbus, Ohio
2012.10.10
An editor's pick, a no-no to DSLRs, and Big Bird.
The Windy City lives up to its name
2012.10.01
And now for something completely different: flying a kite.
Paul Ryan stumps in Owensville, Ohio
or Politicians talk with their hands and faces
2012.09.13
There's so much that politicians can say without saying a word.
Sloan/Smith Wedding
2012.08.20
A wedding-day collaboration with Steve Ligon and Rosi Jane's Photography
Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller at Klipsch Music Center
2012.07.29
This might have been the smoothest concert I've ever taken photos of, logistically speaking.
Go fly a kite, with an iPhone attached to its string
or My first foray into kite aerial photography
2012.07.26
The most cost-effective high-POV photo option is kite aerial photography, an on-again, off-again fascination with a very devoted fan base.
What to bring with you on a 160-mile bike ride in July
or Hey, look, it's an infographic!
2012.07.22
If your future involves a 160-mile bike ride in July heat and you have someone to drive a car for you, then pay close attention.
Cariaso Wedding
2012.07.13
I've known the Cariaso family for a long time, but I was thankful to be a major part of the culmination of a long and happy life together.
Arec and Kelsey are getting married!
2012.06.26
It's hard to imagine anyone more perfect for each other than Arec and Kelsey.
Let's try this pinhole camera again.
2012.06.21
The first try at a six-month pinhole camera got moved, so this time it's sturdier.
Second rock from the sun
2012.06.05
Of course, NASA beats me, but I think I did pretty well with my limited resources.
Lauren Spierer, one year later
2012.06.03
It can't have been a year since Lauren Spierer went missing. Can it?
NATO brings out the protesters
2012.05.21
With the existence of such a large military alliance, "you have a hammer, [and] you see every problem as a nail."
"Mr. Big" Jerry Hostetler's run-down house
2012.05.10
"The whole was far, far less than the sum of its parts."
500 Festival Rev Your Engines Concert
2012.04.29
The month of May is getting so big that they had to push it into April.
Notre Dame women's basketball: The first of two straight Final Fours
2012.03.31
The Notre Dame women's basketball team plays tonight in their second straight Final Four.
Marines put on a good wedding
or This isn't the Alex Farris Coding Blog
2012.03.26
My cousin got married to a Marine this weekend at Quantico.
look ma im a REAL hackzorzasaurus
2012.03.16
As Marty McFly said, "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything."
woohoo its PHP OMG im a hackzorzasaurus
2012.03.07
I can argue that I'm doing more web coding than most photographers would do.
Dumpster diving through the archives: Internal frame
2012.03.04
Why, you might ask, would you limit a photo with an internal frame?
I am a Hoosier, but I was a Boilermaker
2012.03.04
In which I discuss my conflicted relationship with the most important basketball rivalry in the state of Indiana
It's a marvelous night for a moondance
2012.02.28
For the last few days, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter have appeared really close together in the Northern Hemisphere's western sky.
Ash Wednesday, brought to you (literally) by Christ Church Cathedral
2012.02.22
The downtown cathedral provided ashes for people too busy for a full service.
Dumpster diving through the archives: motion blur
2012.02.15
Capturing the blur of the preceding milliseconds helps tell the story in more dimensions.
Original Lincoln documents, or a few of my favorite things
2012.02.12
As a nerd of many things, I'm a big fan of looking at original historical artifacts and holding them in my hands.
This is the last Super Bowl post. I swear.
or My city is hosting the Super Bowl (part 3)
2012.02.07
I hope this video gives you a good idea of how much went on downtown, both in the Village and elsewhere on game day.
My city is hosting the Super Bowl (part 2)
or My city hosted the Super Bowl!
2012.02.06
Here are some more photos from this week, all of which also appear on Demotix.
My city is hosting the Super Bowl (part 1)
2012.02.01
As a native of Indianapolis, I both never thought this could happen and knew deep down that we could do it.
A note from sixth-graders warms the heart
2012.01.23
I don't know what I'm doing right, but I must be doing it somehow.
Let's not get too excited.
2011.12.28
It's not meant to depress you, but rather to remind you not to expect too much.
The sun also rises (on camera, in a six-month project)
2011.12.24
If everything works out, I'll have a present to open at the summer solstice.
IU fans describe The Moment at Nick's English Hut
2011.12.13
One more story about Saturday's celebration before Hoosier Nation moves on to this weekend's game against Notre Dame.
IU basketball beats Kentucky 73-72, all hell breaks loose in Bloomington
2011.12.11
I was able to capture the greatest moment in Indiana University basketball in about a decade.
Hawaii, Part 2
2011.12.06
As Pearl Harbor commemorations occur, they provide a news peg for two things that I have been late in posting.
This kid's photogenic when he's fast.
2011.11.19
You could argue that my photo career started with my brother.
P.U.M.P. for Lauren Spierer
2011.11.07
Despite the length of time, the group is still out there, still reminding people that there is a woman missing.
The falling colors of the rainbow
2011.11.02
No assignment, no blog post planned, just me, the shutter and the beautiful colors of fall.
It's not my award, but...
2011.10.31
Larry not only won over photographers at the IDS; he also won over awards committee after awards committee.
shooting from the hip
2011.10.17
I had set up a walkaround in Chicago with Tribune photographer Scott Strazzante for Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.
Rick Perry at the Columbia Club
2011.10.12
Rick Perry spoke at the top floor of the prestigious Columbia Club in Indianapolis today, the fourth G.O.P. candidate to visit here this year at the invitation of the Indiana Republican Party.
A Benefit for Brad
2011.10.08
It was a benefit for Brad Humphrey, who was in the first row of the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair that ended before it began when the stage collapsed.
Boredom + corn = rural photo shoot
2011.10.05
You have to see the row of corn in the daytime, stay up until 1 a.m., grab a Maglite out of the cabinet and hook up the new remote trigger you bought the previous week.
Chris Brown at Verizon Wireless
2011.09.28
On Friday, I got a call from Mike Fender, the director of photography at The Indianapolis Star.
9/11/11 in South Bend
2011.09.12
The view provided a poignant ending to a day that, ten years on, still pulls me back to that day in seventh grade when my science homework suddenly didn't seem that important.
Help for Haiti bike ride photos (donation)
2011.08.23
It was St. Malachy's first Help for Haiti bike ride to raise money for my childhood church's medical mission to Ste. Marguerite parish in Port Margot, Haiti.
Bird photography makes a comeback
2011.08.21
I'm not one to look for patterns in truly random events, but I wouldn't mind if this is a hint of more things to come.
Erdely/Hayes Wedding
2011.08.07
I was thrilled to be such a large part of my friend David's best day ever.
Movin' out
(with apologies to Billy Joel)
2011.08.02
I've learned so much about photography and life in Bloomington, and I've had so much fun doing it, so it's a little hard to leave.
2011 Ride Across INdiana
2011.07.20
My dad, at 51 years old, is rockin' the bicycle like he did more than 20 years ago, and I couldn't be more proud of him.
Five weeks without Lauren Spierer
2011.07.10
Sadly, the search continues, despite all the people trying to get more information.
Monks & monks
2011.07.07
J. Edward Calabro worked on two stories about different monastic traditions: the Benedictine at St. Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, and the Buddhist at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington.
Fourth of July +2
2011.07.06
Amvets Post 2000 was host to a Fourth of July event, complete with live music, fireworks and the parents of Lauren Spierer.
Two weeks without Lauren Spierer
2011.06.20
We met Lauren Spierer's parents, Robert and Charlene, who had flown from New York to Indianapolis over the weekend.
Hinz/Osborne Wedding
2011.06.02
He's the third of five siblings to get married, but by no means was it routine.
Bloomington Storms, 5/25-26/11
2011.05.26
I knew storms were a'brewin', so I brought my camera with me.
A few photos went up on the way to Hawaii
2011.05.10
As I make this entry, I'm on a Delta Airlines flight to Hawaii.
Victor Oladipo sings "U Got It Bad"
2011.04.25
It's hard to beat a singing basketball player, even if he was singing with the recording in the background.
2011 Little 500 Team Pursuit
or Clearing Traffic, Part 2
2011.04.22
Like what a rider said, the event shows how a team works together.
2011 Little 500
or Clearing the Traffic Jam
2011.04.21
I'll be using the next few entries to catch up, in slight reverse chronological order. We'll start with everyone's favorite event (no, seriously, it's awesome), the Little 500.
2011 Little 500 Individual Time Trials
2011.03.30
Apparently, I matched form with content by accident today.
2011 Little 500 Qualifications
2011.03.27
The Little 500 season kicks off during Rookie Week in early March, but the real feeling starts the weekend of Quals, which happened Saturday.
Waterfall with Bailey and Jake
2011.03.18
Two journalist friends and I drove to a small waterfall near Harrodsburg, about 15 minutes outside of Bloomington.
We aren't going to Hiroshima. Yet.
2011.03.12
Before we could leave Friday for our trip, another disaster, this time natural, hit the island.
Big Ten ticket wins IUSA election (redux)
2011.03.04
After Michel du Cille's critique, I learned that I had made something passable.
Big Ten ticket wins IUSA election
2011.03.03
Far into the future, I hope to cover a larger election celebration, but for now I'm satisfied with what I got last night.
Men's basketball at Ohio State
2011.03.02
The photos from this Sunday's game are full of disappointment.
Men's basketball vs. Purdue
2011.02.24
My parents will probably like the depression shown in the last photo.
A busy weekend
2011.02.21
My memory might be failing me, but this might be the first time I have taken photos on assignment for six of seven days.
Monroe County jail on Valentine's Day with Brittney Hamm
2011.02.16
Hamm and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, would visit Brittney's fiance of six months, Jere Brant Crouch, who has been in jail for seven months.
Against Me! at Rhino's
or Punk Rock is the Hardest Rock (to Shoot)
2011.02.14
Two sore thighs, an achy back and a sweaty hoodie later, this is what I got.
Egypt: Not far from home
2011.02.10
The good nature and optimism of those I talked to make me think the movement will succeed, eventually.
IU men's basketball vs. Minnesota
2011.02.03
I get bored of doing the same thing the same way, as I'm sure everyone does.
Pro-life march to Planned Parenthood
or Thank God for payslips
2011.02.01
On the drive there, I found a group of pro-lifers marching two days after the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
IU men's basketball vs. Illinois
2011.01.30
Mixed among the first entries of the new blog (or the AFPB, if I feel pretentious) are a few catch-up things from the week before the founding. This is one of those entries.