Here’s the first paragraph of my latest piece for SportsShooter.Com, about a friend who recently left his job at a small newspaper:

2007 was an interesting year for newspapers. And I mean interesting like this: Imagine you’re parachuting into an orchard of spears. That’s how the future of newspaper journalism sometimes looks to those of us drifting slowly down, trapped in gravity’s pull.

You can read the whole thing here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1887

I’ve been involved with SportsShooter.Com since 2001. I’ve written regular pieces for the monthly newsletter and I’ve taught at three of their workshops. But my real claim to fame is being (I believe) the 12th member to sign up at that popular sports photography and photojournalism community.

Here are the names of the members ahead of me:

Burfield, Gruber, Mangin, Mar, Hanashiro, Niemeir, Snyder, Seale, Rickman, Deutsch, and Peter Read Miller.

Each of these names brings to mind not only amazing photographs but a great person to match.

And don’t forget Grover.