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It’s Baseball Season!

April 20, 2012 by Doug Strickland | Leave a comment
Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - April 20, 2012. Chattanooga Lookouts designated hitter Brian Cavazos-Galvez warms up in center field before the Lookouts' final game of their series against the Birmingham Barons in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Thursday. The Lookouts won 9-2.

Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - April 20, 2012. Chattanooga Lookouts designated hitter Brian Cavazos-Galvez warms up in center field before the Lookouts' final game of their series against the Birmingham Barons in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Thursday. The Lookouts won 9-2.

I’ve got a 300mm lens on a tripod slung over one shoulder and a 400 in a case at my feet, and that can only mean one thing: it’s baseball season.  Okay, baseball season actually started a few weeks ago, but I don’t get to pick my assignments at the Times Free Press so it’s not like I get to shoot baseball every day. Continue reading »

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Photographing Michael Reagan in the Bathroom

April 14, 2012 by Doug Strickland | Leave a comment
Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - April 12, 2012. Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, straightens his tie in a restroom on the second floor of the Chattanooga Convention Center on Thursday before speaking at Bryan College's Opportunity Program dinner. Reagan was the keynote speaker at the dinner, which raises funds for scholarships for academically qualified students from low-income families.

Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - April 12, 2012. Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, straightens his tie in a restroom on the second floor of the Chattanooga Convention Center on Thursday before speaking at Bryan College's Opportunity Program dinner. Reagan was the keynote speaker at the dinner, which raises funds for scholarships for academically qualified students from low-income families.

(Or how I learned to stop worrying and take chances)

Sometimes as photojournalists we have to take chances to make great photographs.  True storytelling images don’t just leap out at us (well, not often, anyway) and getting down to the heart of a story takes hard work, courage, and a little bit of luck.

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March at the Times Free Press

April 5, 2012 by Doug Strickland | Leave a comment
Scottie Mayfield smiles while wearing his signature bowtie as he greets guests on the porch of of Myra and Joel Riley's home in Athens, Tn. during a fundraiser Tuesday evening. Mayfield, who is challenging Rep. Chuck Fleischmann for congress after this year's redistricting, spoke about his qualifications and government overspending during his speech at the fundraiser.

Scottie Mayfield smiles while wearing his signature bowtie as he greets guests on the porch of of Myra and Joel Riley's home in Athens, Tn. during a fundraiser Tuesday evening. Mayfield, who is challenging Rep. Chuck Fleischmann for congress after this year's redistricting, spoke about his qualifications and government overspending during his speech at the fundraiser.

Another month has passed during my internship at the Times Free Press.  Terrifyingly, that means I only have three left here.   It was a busy March, too.  Three days in, the area was hit by yet another round of devastating tornados.  The worst of the damage was covered by Angela Lewis and Ashlee Culverhouse, but I was on my way to a political event in Athens, TN and took a detour through Cleveland to find some of the tornado damage there.

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GPS Triumphs Over Ensworth for State Basketball Championship

March 4, 2012 by Doug Strickland | Leave a comment
Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - March 03, 2012. GPS's Chadarryl Clay, center, holds up two fingers while celebrating with her teammates after winning the TSSAA girls basketball division II-AA state championship game at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tn. GPS's win against Ensworth marks their second state championship title in a row.

Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - March 03, 2012. GPS's Chadarryl Clay, center, holds up two fingers while celebrating with her teammates after winning the TSSAA girls basketball division II-AA state championship game at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tn. GPS's win against Ensworth marks their second state championship title in a row.

This probably won’t happen very often with shoots during my internship with the Times Free Press, but this assignment was so much fun that I had to share it in its own post. I got to shoot the state TSSAA division II-AA girls basketball final in Nashville on Saturday where Chattanooga’s own Girls Preparatory School was competing for the state title for the second year in a row. Continue reading »

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