Jason Palmer

Goodbye.... - Jason Palmer

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:11:26 -0600

I have intentionally stayed away from blogging for months now, knowing that the next one I write would be this one.

This is my goodbye blog.... today is my last day as a full-time employee at the Times Record News.

Slow news day - Jason Palmer

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:34:03 -0600

From one of my fave. online comics the other day.... some of her stuff is hilarious, some of it completely random and some not safe for work at all.

This falls under the hilarious banner for me.

nataliedee.com

Wiley E. Coyote - Jason Palmer

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:11:56 -0600

I found this guy just kinda hunting for a meal on my way back from Burkburnett the other day. Sure wish I had the full complement of lenses to shoot with. I could have gotten much "closer" with the big zoom lenses that we have at our disposal.

I still thought it was pretty cool and tracked him from my car for a few minutes, but he never really got any closer to the road, and then realized he was being watched and just vanished into the brush

Passing of a best friend - Jason Palmer

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:08:47 -0600

As soon as I am able to write a complete blog about this without crying I will... hopefully this week.

The dog that's been in my life since I was 12 was put to rest over the weekend. The tears are already coming back again.

His name is Tex and I will miss him more than I can put into words. He had a great run... 17 years if you can believe it.

Top Five Photos of 2008 - Jason Palmer

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0600

Well... it's come down to this. My top five favorite photos of 2008.

This was not an easy decision by far... some of them were shoe-ins and stuff that you've probably seen on this blog before if you read regularly.

Best of - Sports - Jason Palmer

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:15:48 -0600

Without a doubt, my favorite thing in the world to photograph is sports. It has been and always will be the greatest thrill of this job for me.

I love being on the sidelines capturing the moments that make and break the games and then being able to show them to the masses (well... the "masses that read our paper".

So.. here are five of my top sports photos of the year.

Best of - Random news - Jason Palmer

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:03:41 -0600

These next few didn't really fit into any one category but I still liked them enough to include them in on the last few days of this series.

Best of - Inclement Weather - Jason Palmer

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:07:32 -0600

Let me tell you... I'm no fan of bad weather. Give me days and days of sunshine and 75 please.

Why I'd rather have weather like San Diego... because when it's bad weather, I have to be out in it shooting photos.

Be it wading through floodwaters (again), walking on ice or chasing tornados... all of which happened in 2008.

Best of - Bikes - Jason Palmer

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:34:06 -0600

I had a totally awesome experience this year as I covered the Hotter'N Hell 100 from the starting point this year... the first time I've done that before.

But that wasn't the only bike riding that I shot this year.

Best of - Portraits - Jason Palmer

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:41:10 -0600

One of the great joys of the year for me is the chance to turn out any inspiring portraits for the newspaper. Be it sports stars, bands, general people or whatnot.

Not every shot warrants tons of planning and perfect execution, but four of them stood out for me this year and here are three of them. (The 4th was one of my top five for the year, and you'll see those in a later blog).

Best of - Strong Emotion - Jason Palmer

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:48:34 -0600

Counter balancing the happy emotion that is easy to photograph... is the sad strong emotions that aren't

Photographing people who are crying is pretty hard for me. I'm a fairly emotional guy to say the least and having a camera in front of my face doesn't always protect me from getting misty-eyed too.

Best of - Happy - Jason Palmer

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:04:39 -0600

Without question, emotion can make or break a photo. If there is not an emotional connection to what you're looking at... it may as well not even be there.

Here are some of my best positive emotion photos from 2008...

Best of - Light Show - Jason Palmer

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:15:55 -0600

You can ask just about any photographer the question "What's the most important thing to a photographer?..." and the answer is usually light.

Light is was allows us to shoot photos of anything. Sunlight, Flash, Fire, you name it. Without light... we've got just a plain black photo. The better the light, the better the shot. Now, that's not to say the brighter the light the better.

Best of - The Animals - Jason Palmer

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:57:05 -0600

Sometimes... animals make just as good a subject as a person. Actually, most of the time that is exactly the case.

One of the great tricks of photographing animals is to humanize them. Make a photograph that people can see and smile at because the animals have a human-like quality that they admire. More after the break...

Best of - The Mayor - Jason Palmer

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:19:04 -0600

I've got to hand it to the honorable Mayor Lanham Lyne ... he is one heck of a good sport. I mean, he's probably my favorite public official to deal with out and about in the community.

More often than not, he's more like just that buddy neighbor that shows up at your party that everyone likes than the leader of Wichita Falls.... and that's probably just how he likes it. I know he makes me a lot more comfortable in situations, and it's always nice for such a high-ranking public official to shake my hand and know my name and talk to me like a friend.

That being said... he's also given me the chance to make a bunch of great photos of him doing things that are quite a bit better than just sitting at the desk or with the city council.