Checking the level of the kettle, St. Charles, Missouri, photo by Erik Lunsford
DWI traffic stop with St. Louis County Police Officer Fred Yaakub, Canon 5D Mark II, ISO 5000, 1/100 @ F2.8, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford
There is a new saying out there — 2500 is the new 400.
Okay, I made that up, but it’s mentally cementing quickly.
Let me take you back nine years when I [...]
hacking bananas, south St. Louis, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford
Every fall, proprietor Joseph Waeltermann of the Southside Garden Stop in south St. Louis City chops down his hardy banana trees in anticipation of the winter season. Waeltermann will mulch over the chopped remains and wait until spring, when the trees will grow again.
Having learned gardening [...]
Official Deadline Clock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom, St. Louis, Missouri. Photograph copyright Erik M. Lunsford
The NY Times published a bleak article on the state of photojournalism, and you would think the walls were crashing down after finishing page 2 of the online article. Take for example this quote:
“Newspapers and magazines are cutting back sharply on [...]
Pantherettes and Golden Girls, Oakville, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford
The early morning shift at the paper comes at a cost; notably my sleeping pattern and state of mental readiness. Although, on the plus side it does offer up some of the greatest opportunities for great morning light and in this case the absence of [...]
Photograph by Erik Lunsford.
“For more than two years, Tobey Miller hasn’t been able to read her baby bedtime stories and kiss him good night. The only home he has ever known has been a room at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, more than two hours away from her.
A rare kidney disease — autosomal recessive polycystic [...]
They say to improve your skills you have to push yourself outside of the comfort zone. It becomes even more demanding when you’re shooting for shapes on a daily basis formulated from preconceived ideas that are about as visual as blank white walls. I’m outside of my own zone struggling to layer photos better while [...]
Freshly painted parking lot, photograph copyright Erik M. Lunsford
We were fortunate to have President Obama in St. Louis to mark his 100th day in the White House. There’s a fair amount of guilt in saying that I’m still exhausted from yesterday’s excruciatingly long day covering the President, given that his aides and traveling press have far longer days. Nevertheless, a 4:30 media preset [...]
It’s amazing, when you actually ponder it, how quickly time passes. The meeting of two eternities, past and future, as Thoreau would say, is so undoubtedly fleeting. Three weeks ago, I embarked upon a cross-country trek to Jupiter, Florida, on assignment for the Post-Dispatch to cover the St. Louis Cardinals during their spring training. Possibly [...]