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Story behind my Picture of the Year International photo

If you are friends with me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter, then you’ve likely seen that I recently won an “award of excellence” (honorable mention) in the sports feature category of the Picture of the Year International photo competition. I am absolutely thrilled to have received such an honor, which gives life to [...]

Posted 11 February 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Awards § Sports ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

A fortnight

From car fires to summer camp, this has been an interesting two weeks. Here is a summary.
I was on my way to the newsroom from another assignment when I saw the smoke. It was too much to be a controlled burn or just a brush fire, so I headed towards it. The smoke lead me [...]

Posted 05 July 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature § News § portrait ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Today was a boot day

‘Today was a boot day,” is a phrase I say to myself whenever I find myself in a situation where I should have worn boots. This happens to me a lot.
On Monday I was taking pictures at the local dump for a story about how the company wants to expand the landfill. The company’s PR [...]

Posted 07 April 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

West Point, outside

A local DeKalb High School student was recently accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Apparently this achievement takes a lot more work than your typical college application process, including a letter of recommendation from a congressman.
I didn’t have much time, so the student and I just walked around outside her house for pictures. It was so gorgeous out I [...]

Posted 22 March 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Teens go long distance biking

I spend most of my summers gripping about how kids don’t play outside anymore. Here is a group of teenagers trying very hard to prove me wrong.
This biker gang started out with just a hand full of teens bored and looking for something to do. All of them athletes, they thought it would be fun [...]

Posted 15 July 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,