Loose (year) ends...or years end...or something

Just a couple of images that I felt floated to the top of the attempt to keep the paper above water in the holiday story scrum of recent weeks.

A sportrait. Grace Tinkey is a formidable middle distance runner in our area. She always makes the best athletes of the year list at our paper. As such, coming up with new ways to shoot her is a challenge. Here was this year's attempt.



One more Christmas image before we bah humbug into the year. The police in Macon, GA do an annual holiday party complete with a toy raffle and Santa Claus. Here a little girl who had her number drawn picks a brand new bike. You think she'll remember the light in that room?



Finally, the first baby of the year in our coverage area. Happy parents, sleepy baby. Maybe there's a connection?