Ravens Camp

Defensive tackle Amon Gordon, #63, left, and tight end Daniel Wilcox, #83, right, sign autographs on Friday July 25, 2008 after the first full-team Ravens workout at Bair Stadium Field at McDaniel College in Westminster.

My first attempt at the Orioles

Orioles pitcher Daniel Cabrera, #40, pitches on Thursday July 24, 2008 during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays ending in a 7-1 loss by the Orioles in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

"Take me out to the ball game......" the song! is the closest I have come to baseball. I grew up in Houston, can we say big skin! Today I had the privilege of photographing Baltimore's beloved Orioles. I have to say it was faster than I anticipated. After photographing the necessities I took a stab at a pan image. I look forward to future opportunities with baseball.

Giving Back

Alex Griffith, 14, of Forest Hill, originally born in Siberia, decided to build a playground at the Children's Hospital #20 where he was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in July of 2009 for his eagle scout project with the boy scouts.

A lesson in Space

Deputy Director Laurie Leshin, with the Goddard Space Flight Center, speaks to young women from area high schools interested in pursuing careers in science during an event on Monday July 21, 2008 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore.

A trip to the Landfill

Jim Culver, of Abingdon, unloads pieces of his mother's old estate on Tuesday July 16, 2008 at the Scarboro Landfill in Street, MD. An independent review conducted by the county and iMaryland Environmental Systems in response to neighbors’ complaints, found a long list of safety, environmental and efficiency problems at Harford County’s rapidly filling Scarboro Landfill.

RUNNING OF THE BRIDES

Bride's try to decide on dresses on Friday July 10, 2008 during the "Running of the Brides" at Filene's Basement in Towson.

3-2-1 they are off! It was my first year experiencing the "RUNNING OF THE BRIDES." Personally I think it should be called a stampede. There is a definite science to it. The future brides bum rush the aisles not actually choosing a dress, but snatching an arms full of dresses at a time in one foul swoop. Then the teams proceed to dump the dresses into piles and begin the bartering. It was a delight to photograph such an event with excitement, laughter, and primal instincts raging! The savings are worth the stress it seems with $3,000 dollar dresses reduced to $400, in some cases!

UMBC Graduation

Mechanical engineering major Nicholas Savillo, 22, of Arbutus, wrote a thank you note to his parents on his graduation hat for the fiftieth University of Maryland, Baltimore County commencement ceremony at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore on Thursday.