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Mini Michael Jackson

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 24th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Saw young Michael Covington as I wandered around the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair looking for a feature. I’ve been incredibly deep in the weeds lately and haven’t had much motivation to write about it. Maybe this weekend…



A Welcome Break

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 13th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Kelly and I have been on vacation in Key West for the past several days. It is our first since our honeymoon a couple years ago. While we are not much for the party scene, tend to wake early and also hit the sack early, you might think KW is not our scene. I can’t […]



Working With What You’ve Got

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

My friend John Tully works for the Midland Daily News in Michigan. Recently a soldier from his coverage area was killed and he covered the story of Staff Sgt Timothy David’s return home. He was able to photograph the return of the remains to Michigan at the airport but not the actual funeral. However, I […]



one last fireworks photo

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local


A few snaps from up high

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

As I mentioned, Dellis and I climbed up St George’s for fireworks pix. Here are a few extras:



Fxbg fireworks time-lapse

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Director of Photography Dave Ellis and I climbed up the scaffolding around St. George’s Episcopal church in Fredericksburg the other night to photograph the fireworks with the city in the foreground. The plan was to take several cameras up, each with a different lens, and trigger the cameras at intervals and then put all the […]



Stop Waving At Me

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Look, I understand this is not a good picture. In fact it is a bad picture. And maybe I’m cranky about having to work today but I need to ask, why do runners always feel the need to wave when they see a camera? You know what that wave gets you? Deleted. Deleted or posted […]



Belleau Wood

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Shot this with the iPhone while covering a reenactment for a short film.



Rain-out

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jun 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local, Sports

All of today’s games are postponed till tomorrow due to rain. I can see softball but what’s the problem with playing some soccer in the rain? Bad weather would have made for some interesting pictures. Now I might be stuck here till Sunday…



AA state tennis championship

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local, Sports

James Monroe sophomore Caleb Rapkins competes in the VHSL AA singles tennis championship at Radford University in Radford Va. on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Rapkins defeated William Byrd's Brennan Escobar 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinal but fell to Salem's Patrick O'Keefe 6-1, 6-0 in the final. (Mike Morones/The Free Lance-Star)