Jan
01
2009

NYE 2008 Lexington

NYE 2008 party in Lexington, Kentucky

NYE 2008 party in Lexington, Kentucky

I wasn’t really sure what to write for this post…

The last thing the world needs is another flashback, top xx moments, or any other emetic look back at 2008 which is keeping all the B celebrities employed on VH1.

I spent the last few hours of 2008 wielding my camera, for good and evil – capturing moments that people would most likely want to forget today as they flop around unproductively like hungover, dehydrated fish.

There are worse ways to pay your tabs than getting immaculately dressed women to cooperate for a picture, but then again supplying the world’s Facebook photos isn’t exactly art or living on the edge either.  I was assigned to cover 2 big parties at neighboring clubs here in Lexington and managed to get some good photos of party goers.

The temperature was in the teens and as I struggled to steady my shivering hands enough to snap a picture that doesn’t look like an acid trip, I have no idea how the women in miniskirts and sleeveless dresses survived.  They bravely stood in line, painted lips freezing to their teeth, and never even let out a negative sniffle.

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Aug
13
2008

Working nomad

horse show jumping

It seems that every time I update this dusty blog its only about 2 things…..horses or photography.

So what’s this all about? Guess!

The good news is that my month away from distracting luxuries like the internet, air conditioning, and dreaming about adventure has been spent wisely earning fundage that may come in useful one day.
I took a 1 month assignment during a horse show here to work as a photographer at the Kentucky Horse Park….a sprawling green space filled with horses, competition areas, and rich people.

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Apr
19
2008

Horses, horses, horses

horse racing keeneland
Always bet on the Irish horses!

My hometown of Lexington, KY is touted as being the “horse capital of the world”

I’m sure that some European countries and even cities in the US don’t agree, and I’m not sure who took it upon themselves to count all of the horses, but this time of year it seems rather true. Horse racing is in full swing, I will be out photographing the Kentucky Rolex (horse jumping) this week, and then coming soon is the Derby.

The Spring horse racing session is on at Keeneland so I got out in the drizzly weather to take a look. It is difficult to get good pictures this time of year because it is either raining or getting ready to rain and the sky glows a nuclear white thanks to the sunshine trying to burn a hole through the rampant humidity.

The horse races are a big part of local culture though, and as someone told me a long time ago, always go where the action is.

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