News photography isn't always about car wrecks and house fires, although I shot plenty of those. There are even a couple of breaking news photos here.
Many of the photos I shot, though, were on assignments like these. They capture the life of a city and give readers a view of things they might not see otherwise.
Mahrooz Maddela (right), a member of the Grand Prairie Baha’i Spiritual Assembly, lights candles at a vigil for members of her faith arrested by the Iranian government.
Then-Senator Barrack Obama speaks to a crowd in Duncanville, Texas, during the Democratic presidential primaries in 2008.
Fellow bicyclists gather for a ride around Lynn Creek Park in honor of a pair of fallen friends. The two were run down by a drunk driver two nights before.
An elementary school student gets a hands-on nature experience during an event at Lynn Creek Park. Millipedes are squirmy but harmless. The face the boy is making is just nervous "excitement" let's say.
A father reunites with his son at DFW International Airport. The son had been deployed to Iraq for more than a year.
The skies were clear the day after straight line winds ripped the roof off this DeSoto home. The family gathered its rain-soaked belongings outside.
A Grand Prairie Fire Department lieutenant pulls down the caution tape at a still smoking house fire the morning after the home was gutted.
