Sister Slide - 07/24/10 - Photo by Kris J. Murante

I took a picture earlier in the day of these three sisters looking at rings with their mom. Later I saw them again atop the super slide at Spencerport Canal Days and I thought it may be cute with three sisters sliding together. When I got back and looked at the images, it was hilarious to see four year old Summer’s face change from top to bottom. For me, Summer’s face makes the picture.

Laura and Emily - 07/22/10 - Photo by Jen Rynda

Hobart and William Smith students Laura Carver Dionne, left, and Emily Cummings, right, take a dip in Seneca Lake after doing some water testings with their professor John Halfman.  This was the perfect opportunity for me to test out our new underwater housing for our cameras annnnnd get in the water myself:)

Dancers - 7/21/2010 - photo by Jay Capers

I loved the way these young dancers tried so hard to be in sync during Chili Recreation’s dance class.

Caught in the rain - 7/21/10 - photo by Tina Yee

I got lucky considering how hard it was coming down and how few people were out. 

Guardian Dog - 7/20/10 - photo by Tina Yee

I love Petey the dog.  While I was there shooting a white water kayaking class one of the students looked like they were in distress, the dog jumped in to check him out.  In this photo, Petey must have decided too much time had gone by since he really got a close up look at the kids so he got in the water and walked up to a few making sure they were ok.

Branden Albert at the Y - 07/19/2010 - photo by Will Yurman

Branden Albert, who plays football for the Kansas City Chiefs and went to East High School, visited the Metro Center Y on Monday.  This was one of those assignments that was a struggle to shoot. Most of the kids were too young to know who he was and Albert seemed either shy or disinterested most of the time - rarely making eye contact or even talking with the kids. I ended up with a cute photo of a few of the kids, but left wondering if I had done a good job of fairly representing the event.

Vincent Zoccali - 7/18/10 - Photo by Jen Rynda

Sometimes while you are out on assignment you seem to drawn to people.  I know that sort of sounds funny but that is what happened with Vincent at the 10th Annual Festa Italiana.  There wasn’t much of a picture picture to be made but I just had to get his smile.