Murder suspect

Yesterday evening I received a phone call from a reporter asking me if I could make my way down to the Murrieta police department and get photos of a murder suspect being escorted to an awaiting car that would take him to the local jail. The murder took place in February of 1996 and was of thirteen year old girl who had been dating the suspect (at that time he was seventeen). After the girl’s death he ran to Mexico and has been hiding there until August of 2007 when he was found in a Mexican jail under a fake name by a fugitive task force, he was being held for an unrelated crime. I was told that he would arrive at the jail around 5:30 pm and be taken to the car at around 6pm-6:15pm. Well after continually getting updates from the P.I.O. The move didn't take place until a little after 9pm making light a real issue! But the Fox L.A. station was there and their video light really helped me get the shots I needed.

Comic Con 08

So this post is a little over due but I really wanted to share my experience covering the San Diego
Comic Con. It took place July 24th-27th and it was an absolute mad house! It was sold out weeks before the doors even opened and saw around 100,000 attendees! I went last year and I have to say the amount of people seem to have doubled. With a majority of the focus being shifted from the comics and more toward Hollywood's next blockbuster. The true nature of the event seems like it is being lost! On the photo front you'll never find a place with more photo ops on earth, every time you turn around there is some new super-hero doing something human, it s truly a great time! I just hope they do something about the amount of people they allow per day. It saddens me to to say this but I think the convention has really out grown the town that gave birth to it!

Here we go!

So, I have really been against this whole Blog thing for a long time now, but I have found myself in past weeks reading other photographers Blogs and really kinda liking them. So I though I might throw in my two cents! and add to the already over-flooded Internet with my photos and back story's on how I made them. I hope to share my thoughts and experience's as a freelance photojournalist in this ever-changing news landscape.