University of Maryland Men's basketball coach, Mark Turgeon, holds the tool of his trade and the gnome for a quick portrait. Eppley Recreation Center challenge course employee climbs with the roaming gnome. The roaming gnome strikes a classic grad pose in front of the giant welcome M. Prepared for the class discussion, the roaming gnome waits for the professor to finish.

univ. of maryland roaming gnome

Photo Essay

DESCRIPTION: A photo essay of my creation that chronicled the travels of a University of Maryland gnome to important campus landmarks. He even met one very special Terp during his journey.

PURPOSE: The photo essay tells the story of student life and rich tradition at the University of Maryland from a unique perspective. Inspired by the fanciful roaming gnome concept used by Travelocity ad campaigns, I posed a University of Maryland gnome at lively, meaningful campus locations.

ROLE: Tasked with completing an engaging, storytelling photo essay, I created the concept and scouted all locations. As the principal photographer, I took all photographs and wrote all captions. I selected and completed basic edits for the final photos from a collection of thousands with the assistance of John Davidson, former Senior Visuals Editor for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dallas Morning News.

TOOLS: Canon DSLR Rebel T3, Photoshop


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Eager tour participants flood into the Heavy Seas brewery to get a behind-the-scenes sneak peak at the beer in the making. The view from within Pratt Street Ale House. Freshly poured beer samples at the Ruddy Duck Brewery and Grill. A man on the Heavy Seas Brewery tour pauses to sip and listen.

maryland breweries

News Photography

DESCRIPTION: Highlights from multiple photo slideshows created to accompany local Maryland brewery profiles on Capital News Service's interactive interface, Maryland Brewers Put State on Craft Beer Map. View the live slideshows.

PURPOSE: The photo slideshows created informative and engaging visuals to accompany and enhance written brewery profiles.

ROLE: As a multimedia culture reporter for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism's student-run newswire, Capital News Service, I took photos at several local Maryland breweries: Ruddy Duck Brewery and Grill, Pratt Street Ale House and Heavy Seas Brewery. I selected, edited and captioned the final photos to publish with the assistance of Online Bureau Director Sean Mussenden.

TOOLS: Canon DSLR Rebel T3, Photoshop


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Long tables loaded with fresh produce offer a variety of fruits and veggies. Fresh apple slices are ripe and ready for customers to sample. Fresh, local meat specials available. Customers can grab and bag locally grown goods with ease.

farmer's market at maryland

Event Photography

DESCRIPTION: On May 2, 2012, the Farmer's Market at Maryland debuted. These photos provided snapshots of the local farms and food shops' stands, student musical performances and the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. View the blog that featured several of the photos.

PURPOSE: These photos depict the various offerings that were available to University of Maryland students, faculty, staff and visitors when the Farmer's Market at Maryland debuted, including: organic produce, baked goods, farm-fresh meats, cooking demonstrations and live entertainment.

ROLE: As the Communications Assistant for Wellness @ Maryland, the organization responsible for the planning and creation of the Farmer's Market at Maryland, I was responsible for taking photos and shooting video throughout the day, chronicling the inaugural event. Afterwards I assited Communications Coordinator Kate Maloney in selecting and editing photos to publish. I helped prepare and input them into Wordpress.

TOOLS: Canon DSLR Rebel T3, Photoshop, Wordpress


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A regal matador entices the bull to charge in a traditional Spanish bull fight. Ruins of Pompeii. A tourist takes a moment to quench her thirst inside the Vatican. A brave student holds a leaf cutter ant for an up close examination.

travels abroad

jQuery Travel Photography Gallery

DESCRIPTION: Photographs from an interactive gallery site developed to showcase the travel photography I took during my travels abroad to Greece, Italy, Spain and Belize. View the live site.

PURPOSE: The site functions as a virtual, interactive album of photography from my travels.

ROLE: I created the interactive gallery using jQuery and Javascript to showcase the best photographs from three of my educational trips abroad. I took all photos, edited each photo and prepared them for the web. I completed the site with HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery/Javascript code.

TOOLS: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery/Javascript, Photoshop, Canon DSLR Rebel T3, Canon and Sony point-and-shoot cameras


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