kids and scarecrows

On August 25 I started my 4 month photo internship at the Valley News. I've been photographing almost every day since then, but I kept neglecting this blog. It's time to put an end to that, and today seems like a good day for it.

I took these two images at an annual event in Grantham NH where kids were invited to dress scare crows that will be displayed along Route 10.

The first image was published in the newspaper, the other one is an outtake that I like.

Both images are © 2009 Valley News and may not be reprinted or used without permission.



Above: Hope Kuper, 4, of Grantham N.H. walks away from a row of scare crows after her mom had taken her photo with the scarecrow that she and her friend Olivia Simione, dressed. Hope said that the scare crow that she and her friend dressedwas named "Hart Pink Flower Girl." The annual scarecrow display starts next Thursday along Route 10 in Grantham. Hope and Olivia have dressed the short one on the far right.

concealed carry class

austin kelly, 24, of moberly, mo, fires his .44 caliber pistol on sunday inside the target masters shooting range in columbia, mo during the practical training part of a concealed carry course. austin believes that more people should go through the course and get their concealed carry permit because in that way they would help give a better name to the 2nd amendment.

shooting range

chris and rachel. he just obtained his concealed carry permit; she was shooting for the first time, under his supervision.

saturday at sunset

the edit

i did a bit of editing on the stuff that i've shot in st joseph and i came up with this. turn up the volume 'cause it comes with sound.

Civil War Re-enactment from catalin abagiu on Vimeo.

... and one in color

civil war re-enactment

a week ago in st. joseph, mo.

gentlemen's sport

beauty & the beast - mu interpretation

mu hosted the third annual beauty and the beast event last friday at the hearnes center here in columbia, mo. this beauty and the beast thing is an event during which the university of missouri women gymnastics team and the men wrestling team compete at the same time, inside the same arena, against teams from another university. this time it was central michigan university and the missouri athletes lost on their own turf. lame!
i went to shoot this event for fun, and to test a lens that i have never used before - the 200mm f/2 from nikon. a pretty darn good piece of glass i'd say, especially in dark places like the hearnes center.

stephens college basketball

coach dane pavlovich earned his master's degree in business administration yesterday and then led his team to the first victory in stephens' history against westminster college blue jays. it was a tight game and a tough fight. before the game dane and the team prayed together inside the locker room.

punk's not dead!

the abusers was founded in sedalia, mo, during the seventies. last night they got together after a 20 + some years break and made some serious noise at the cherry street artisan in columbia, mo. they sounded very well, and i would certainly like to see them on stage again. respekt!

the right to own, to bear and to love arms - episode 1

i met darin a week ago at a gun show. we talked for a while and i found out that he is a gunsmith and that he refurbishes firearms. last monday i paid him a visit at home, and he introduced me to his gun repair shop. that evening he started working on an ak-47 that was made in romania, and that -according to darin - never fired a single shot. after he's done with it, the gun will look like new, and ready to be sold. darin's job is not only to refurbish these arms, but also to trasnform them. an ak-47 is a fully automatic assault riffle. because in us it's illegal to own fully automatic weapons, darin transforms them in semi-automatic ones.
i took these shots to serve me as notes. i hope to go back there and hang out more with him.

mizzou vs. western illinois