Day Three

Slightly belated day three...



Had 45 minutes in the assessor's office to shoot people filing to challenge their assessment and get a few shots of people waiting in line to pay their taxes



Joe Zeromsky of Portage talks to Porter County Deputy Assessor Carolyn (last name withheld by request) as they discuss his assessment and his next step in challenging it in the Port County Assessor's office at the Porter County Administration Building in downtown Valparaiso Friday morning.


The line for the Treasurer's office stretches through the main lobby of the Porter County Administration Building in downtown Valparaiso Friday morning.

Day Two

Not a very good daily shooting - other stuff from today you will see later

Today had a quick fog feature hunt in the morning.

Traffic flows on Lincolnway as a pedestrian crossed at a light in heavy fog Thursday morning in Valparaiso. Heavy fog blanketed the region slowing Thursday morning.

That's it for today.

Day One

For Lent its traditional to give something up

So I'm giving up being a blog-slacker: 40 days 40 blog posts

even if im shooting terrible images - you are going to see them.

mind you some times you won't see the image of the day until it runs


Let's see how this goes.............



Feature hunting brought me to the Indiana Dunes State park and the the shores of Lake Michigan in Chesterton.

In the 40 degree water of Lake Michigan, Jim Kozy of Chesterton uses a metal detector in the watershed in the Indiana Dunes State Park Wednesday afternoon in Chesterton. In the few hours Kozy waded in the watershed, he found some pop-tops and nails, a couple of nickels and 4-5 pennies. "Nothing to brag about," Kozy said.

Jim had three steps:

Get a hit on the metal dectector and scoop up the sand.

Slowly dump out the sand to check out it and see if there is something worth while.

and when there is nothing, dump it out and begin again!


Post-Tribune photographer Scott M. Bort's feet nuzzle in the chilled sand on a moderately tempered afternoon late in February. (thanks furt)




Oh and i shot a (under construction) building mug

Workers continue construction on an apartment complex at the Uptown East apartments at the corner of LaPorte Avenue and Roosevelt Road in Valparaiso.

playing catch-up - now in technicolor

Updating from the past few weeks before my Lenten Blog-O-Rama. A whole varying degree of assignments...

Chelsea Goad of Schererville fixes the hair of Angelique Irizarry of Crown Point at the booth of Robert Taylor Wedding Shoppe & Cosmetics of Crown Point at the Wedding Expo Sunday afternoon at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

Wedding dress model jessica guard of Crown Point look down the line of wedding vendor booths from her place at the booth of Robert Taylor Wedding Shoppe & Cosmetics of Crown Point at the Wedding Expo Sunday afternoon at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

Michigan City senior Bianca McGee covers her face while sitting on the bench as South Bend Washington extends their lead to 30 points during their 4A Regional championship game Saturday night at Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso. Washington ended Michigan City's season with a crushing 98-66 defeat.

Eldon Versteeg of Vaparaiso plays the Euphonium during the 11th Annual Sousa Tribute Concert at Valparaiso University Saturday afternoon in Valparaiso.

Assistant Mike Maroulis talks on the phone with a customer at Skystone N' Silver Thursday afternoon in Hobart. Skystone N'Silver will be closing after selling Native american art in the region for the last 30 years.

Carolyn Shebish ff Portage and the Red Hatters group, Queens Court of Crimson Cuties, picks out a sample of chocolate from the Texas Corral restaurant at the Chocolate Extravaganza at the Miller's Senior Living Community Wednesday afternoon in Portage.

Capt. Wendell Levister was a pilot in Honduras after serving in the Army Air Force in WWII and is now trying to start up a new national airline for the country of Honduras -- where he lived from the late 50s to early 70s.

Capt. Wendell Levister holds a photograph of his plane that he put down off the coast of Mexico in the Caribbean Sea in 1966. Capt. Levister is now trying to start up a new national airline for the country of Honduras -- where he lived from the late 50s to early 70s.

Gauje Bartelmey, 4, sits on the lap of grandparents Ron and Bonnie Hough while holding a picture of Amy Bartelmey, his mom, and Stephen Hough outside of Wrigley Field April 20, 2008, in the Hough's Dyer home Sunday afternoon. This picture was from the last day Ron and Bonnie saw Amy and Stephen alive; they were killed by a drunk driver April 29, 2008. Gauje is now being raised by Amy's parents, Phyllis and Michael Stemmons.

Bud Gray reads the poem "Partners," a poem he wrote when he first married his wife, Fannie Mae, from his book, "Declarations of the Heart" in his Portage home Thursday afternoon.

Girls dive in for the start of the 100 yard butterfly championship heat during the Girls State Swimming at the IUPUI Natatorium Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis.

The Portage Girls 400 Free Relay team comforts Portage senior Jessica Anderson after they were disqualified after Anderson jumped off too soon during the B Heat Saturday afternoon during the Girls State Swimming at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis.

Chesterton sophomore Meaghan McLaughlin hugs freshman Olivia Kabacinski after swimming to a close third place finish in the 400Yard Freestyle Relay during the Girls State Swimming at the IUPUI Natatorium Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis.