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My Year in Pictures Part 1: DeKalb County

This is the first of a six part journey that was 2010 for me. The year brought a huge change in my life, foremost my return to San Francisco by leaving the Daily Chronicle as well as several great friends in the Midwest.
Year in Pictures 2009 Year in Pictures 2008
After seven years, I had learned [...]

Posted 31 December 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature § News § Personal § Sports ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Horse ownership in a down economy

One of the big advantages of shooting for a rural newspaper is the opportunity to photograph on farms and ranches. Last week we did a story on horse owners making the tough decision of wether or not to keep their horse in this difficult economy. So I hung out on a stable photographing owners tending to their horses.

Posted 18 March 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Several horses killed in barn fire

A week went by before I was able to photograph on a ranch which had sustained several horse deaths due to a barn fire of an unknown cause. I assumed there wasn’t much to photograph and was afraid I would would only be left with a portrait. But there was still lots of cleanup going [...]

Posted 07 February 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,