Book Design & Illustration

The final piece to finishing the Reefs book was this cover illustration which utilizes 8 photographs including the fork image which I photographed once my customers approved the comp layout.  The book is now with the printer in Hong Kong.

Photo Recognition

Out of 6003 submissions for an online National Geographic assignment these two photographs (three submissions max allowed) were selected as Favorites by the National Geographic editor handling the story.

Above: Snow Geese in Snow Squall: I could only hear the snow geese at first. They landed in a corn field on the other side of a small hill. I crested the hill and took cover behind some grain wagons. Without warning this gaggle of geese, in one sudden, singularly orchestrated movement took flight. The sound of a thousand pair of wings lifting the geese into flight under their piercing honks and calls eerily muffled by the heavy snow fall made for a highly charged atmosphere!

Above: Ocean of Clouds: The alarm went off at 3am for my predawn hike to the peak of Cascade Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness region of Adirondack State Park. It was an extremely damp climb through dense fog and I questioned whether I would have any views at all. Upon summiting I was greeted with this serene scene of clouds rolling in slow motion like waves through the valleys below.

Folder Design

This pocket folder with sell sheets is given to businesses who are looking to build or relocate to Victor, New York, as well as new residents, and highlights features of the Town today and its rich history.  I did copywriting/copy editing for this piece in addition to providing most of the current-day photography.

Photo Shoot

Above: Mountain bike receiving tuneup at Trailblazers Bike Shop.

Images in this post are outtakes from several photo shoots for images to be used in PR and marketing materials for the Town of Victor.

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Photo Shoot

Workers use an acetylene torch to dismantle one of four original 186 foot tall light towers at University at Buffalo’s UB Stadium. To view this entire post select “Read More”, below, or simply click on the post’s title.

Photo Shoot

Above: Transmission line pole set between Cohocton Wind Farm’s two substations.

The images in this post are outtakes from two photo shoots where I was hired to capture aspects of the construction process at Cohocton Wind Farm.

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Photo Shoot

I trekked a quarter mile through a foot-and-a-half of snow on a bitter December evening to capture this angle of the Medina Ethanol Plant. This image became my lead photograph for a presentation I was developing. The Medina Plant was the first ethanol plant to be constructed in the Northeastern United States.

Website Design

Designed and developed this responsive website for Turner Underground Installations, a regional specialty contractor in the business of horizontal directional drilling/trenchless excavation.

In addition to web design I provided all copywriting and was hired to photograph several job sites.

The original design concept had two augers spinning and drilling in from both sides of the page.

Visit Turner’s website here: TurnerUnderground.com
(customer has since altered the site)

Photo Shoot

Day 7—Nik Wallenda's Grand Canyon Highwire Tightrope Walk: Event Day & Networks

This post contains some image highlights from event day for Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon.  The images I took this day follow a six-day construction photo shoot where I chronicled the cable installation for the project engineers and installers.  Posts for the previous six days of shooting can be viewed at my Construction Marketing Website HERE.

Above: Performing one of his signature moves, Nik takes a knee before scrambling across the final 50 feet of cable.

Photo Contest Winner!

Less than two hours before Nik Wallenda’s historic walk across Niagara Falls I captured this image of his 1800-foot custom manufactured wire rope pulled to an event-ready tension of 65,000 pounds.

This photograph took first prize at the Power Delivery Design Conference’s annual photo contest, an invite-only technical conference held in Sun Valley, Idaho. The platform this year focused on power delivery education in disciplines that included overhead and underground transmission lines, substations, and electrical system engineering.