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st john’s prep, the catholic high school in frederick, plays their home football games at mccurdy field, a baseball last used professionally by the frederick keys in the early 90’s. the field is home to frederick babe ruth baseball and has a nice grandstand, complete with an old school press box above the seats and lots of “obstructions”, both visible in my shot from a recent game. it was fun shooting a game on the outfield of a baseball stadium, felt like being at those multi-use stadiums of old!

tuesday evening i had the pleasure of photographing a dress rehearsal for the musical “runaways,” which is being produced by met-x and the ensemble school at maryland ensemble theatre. wow! the theatre itself is in the basement of an old hotel/apartment building in downtown frederick, so the set was perfect for the production as it is about runaway kids living on the street. the cast was awesome — some really great voices in there — and i had a blast with them all! if you have a chance, go to see the show. but act fast — it is only onstage for two weekends!

rachel sears was incredible as “nikki,” the bird lady!

a little dance number!

… plus some tragedy

i knew i was in for a treat on this assignment the instant i stepped from my car. from across the street someone yelled to me, “hey cameraman!” they wanted to know why all the people in bustling downtown middletown! see, my subject that afternoon was myersville resident bernie lucas. bernie runs a blog, middletown daily photo, by taking pictures all over middletown and posting his favorites. that day he had his camera too, so to the residents of middletown, it was a big deal to have two guys walking around taking pictures. especially when one is taking pics of the other! bernie was great, i just stood back and snapped away while he worked!

i liked the juxtaposition of bernie and the items on display.

the busy background played against bernie’s attentive stance