I Want Another wins 2012 Kentucky Derby
It was a surprise finish to the Derby this year as I Want Another takes down Bodemeister in the stretch. Kentucky Derby 2012 – Images by David Stephenson
A fox and her kits
I got a tip about a mother fox and her kits that would come out and romp around at about the same time every day. While I’ve seen foxes in the city limits of Lexington in the past, it’s just about impossible to photograph them unless you know where a den is. The Babies of [...]
Kentucky beats Kansas, wins 8th NCAA Championship, fans go nuts. Again.
Monday night’s celebrations seemed a bit tamer than Saturday night when Kentucky beat Louisville, but someone still managed to get shot. Kentucky fans celebrate winning the 2012 NCAA Championship – Images by David Stephenson Photos from Saturday night: Kentucky fans celebrate after beating Louisville in NCAA tourney – Images by David Stephenson
Kentucky Fans Celebrate victory over Louisville
State Street in Lexington was simply nuts for a few hours after Kentucky beat Louisville Saturday night. Couches burned. Cars flipped. Then cars burned. If UK wins the NCAA championship Monday night who know what will happen. (Update: They did it.) Kentucky fans celebrate after beating Louisville in NCAA tourney – Images by David Stephenson
Coming to the rescue of canine tornado victims
The Humane Society of the United States aids dog victims of Kentucky tornado – Images by David Stephenson Only days after vicious tornados ripped through Kentucky, The Humane Society of the United States had set up an emergency animal shelter in London, Ky., to aid animals and their families.
Sandhill cranes migrate through Kentucky
These birds, which are part of the Eastern population of sandhill cranes, are part of a group estimated to be larger than 70,000 birds, many of which were wintering in Florida.
Hammer time with some blacksmiths
I had the pleasure of photographing blacksmith Terry Allen of Mountain Man Blacksmith in Piqua, Ohio, and Dustin Baker, of Tipp City, Ohio, recently for a client. They have an awesome shop with fantastic light and they make some fine iron work. How can you go wrong with fire, hammers, anvils and sparks? Mountain Man [...]
Ringside
Six Kentucky Kernel photogs took a photo field trip Friday to Legends Boxing Gym on Versailles Road. You can always count on the gym as a great place for photography, but it can also pose some challenges when working with those quick boxers in pretty low light. It was fun for me, too, as I [...]
Homing Pigeon Collection
Homing Pigeons in flight – Images by David Stephenson Dave LaBelle likes to give me a hard time about when we first met. I was in high school and thinking of coming to WKU for the photojournalism program. I handed him a copy of Bird Talk Magazine and inside was a photo of a white [...]
American Pickers
The true American Pickers – three generations of them in fact, had some long rows ahead of them early one morning this summer. Picking that many beans and then snapping them will give you some fine callouses – I can vouch for that.
Shaker Village and the Hipstamatic
I’ve written before about how keeping it simple kept things fun at Shaker Village using my iPhone4 and the Camera Bag App. This time, on a trip with some family and friends, I used the Hipstamatic app and enjoyed the results even more.
Something fishy
Never have I seen a collection of fish heads such as this one nailed to the side of a barn in Winchester. Yikes. It’s like the bass have a second life haunting me now.
Great Blue Heron Rookery on the Kentucky River
Blue Heron Rookery on the Kentucky River – Images by David Stephenson I had a great time during a media preview trip to see a great blue heron rookery on the Kentucky River last week for the Herald-Leader. Shaker Village will be offering two wildlife cruises on their historic Dixie Belle paddle boat this spring. [...]
The Hipstamatic Paks a wallop
I’ll admit I’m an app-jumper. Love this app, love that app. One fades while another inspires. The latest iPhone app that has me fired up is the Hipstamatic. It’s been around a while but with the recent purchase of my new iPhone 4 and it’s bad @ss camera, the obsession has gone up a notch. [...]
World Equestrian Games take over Lex
World Equestrian Games – Images by David Stephenson A few selects from my first day covering the World Equestrian Games for the Herald-Leader.
Hilltoppers get trounced by Big Brother UK
As a WKU alum, I shoulda been rooting for the Hilltoppers as they took on the University of Kentucky at Commonwealth this Saturday. Honestly, I really didn’t care who won – I was enjoying seeing some college football through the lens again. It’s been too long. I left the game a little into the second [...]
It was a Super Saver Saturday in May
Super Saver Derby 2010 – Images by David Stephenson After 12 years of covering the Kentucky Derby for the Lexington Herald-Leader as a staff photographer, I had a few more options this year as a freelancer (of course one options was to sit at home sipping mint juleps and watch the race on the big [...]
President Clinton stumps at UK
President Bill Clinton spoke on the campus of the University of Kentucky on Monday, throwing his support behind Attorney General Jack Conway who is running for the U.S. Senate against Rand Paul. While the majority of the media were on risers designated for them, I decided to take the Kernel’s 600mm f/4 and shoot from [...]
Barn owls call office building home
A pair of juvenile barn owls peek out from their nesting cavity, which is five stories up in a nearly-finished office building in Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington. It’s unusual for barn owls to nest in man-made structures, but wildlife biologist hope that they will return in future years to raise more babies in a [...]
Renaissance Flaire
Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival – Images by David Stephenson . If you’ve never been to Eminence, Kentucky for the Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival, you are due for a treat. The food, cast of characters and the entertainment is rich! You can get more information at their website. Click here for an audio slide show I [...]
Jennifer Garner visits Jackson, Ky. for Idol Gives Back
Jennifer Garner and Idol Gives Back in Jackson, Ky – Images by David Stephenson In March, I was hired by Fox TV to be the still photographer for the segment they were producing for American Idol Gives Back, which feature actor Jennifer Garner visiting the LBJ Elementary School’s Save the Children outreach program in Jackson, [...]
Spring has Sprung
Spent an evening around the neighborhood looking for those little signs of spring. After such a long winter, these little glimpses of spring are quite welcome indeed.
Yellow Springs Break
The fam took a bit of a Spring Break trip to a small town in Ohio called Yellow Springs. Great small-town destination with great shops, food, bike trails and the Glen Helen Nature Preserve. Thought I’d post a few shots from the trip, including some iPhone photos and another iPhone panorama.
Dateline: Wild Cat
With a nod towards the basketball post-season and Kentucky’s beloved men’s AND WOMEN’S teams, Amy Wilson and I took a trip to Wild Cat, Kentucky in Clay County to resume our Project Dateline series. I had to take a little break from working on this series since I left the Herald-Leader nearly a year ago. [...]
