In Sight

ABOVE: Remy Smith-Lewis, of Suisun, Calif. waits with Giambi, a  mastiff before competing during the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York.

2/16/2010

Another year at the Westminster. It’s crazy down there, I love this assignment.

–CP

BELOW: Handlers get their golden retrievers ready for judging.

A cross country skier makes his way through the freshly fallen snow at Waveny Park in New Canaan, Conn. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.

Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate

Another day of school closings, no high school sports and snow enterprise.  Despite having multiple snowstorms this winter, today felt different.  The snow hung on the trees in the dense woods at Waveny Park and provided beautiful photo opportunities at every turn.  I was going for the straight landscape scene but lucked out as this skier glided by.

ABOVE: Emanuel Lai, 7, of Greenwich, shouts “rock on” after he and other students from the Chinese Language School of Connecticut performed a traditional Chinese song during the Year of the Tiger Chinese New Year Festival at the Stamford Plaza Hotel and Conference Center.

2/7/2010

Emanuel Lai was in full rock-star mode as he and fellow classmates performed a traditional Chinese song during the dragon dance.

I don’t imagine air guitar is a staple any other Chinese New Year festivals, but I certainly got pretty good laugh out of it.

–CP

BELOW: Jay Laone, 11, of Prospect, Conn., and other students from the Chinese Language School of Connecticut wait off stage for the dragon dance to begin.

A group of cub scouts hang on their “home base” during a game of tag at  Pack 48’s “Hitting Home 2010″ Cub Scout Charity Hit-A-Thon at Bobby Valentine’s Sports Academy in Stamford, Conn. on Saturday, Jan. 23,  2010.  The event was a benefit for the Stamford Police Department’s Rescue Bear Program.

ABOVE: The Rev. Johnny Bush leads a song during the Annual MLK March in Stamford on Monday.

1/18/2010

I have never covered the Annual MLK March in Stamford before, so I guess even going into my seventh year at the Advocate, there still are some firsts.

The weather was beautiful, the marchers were in good spirits and there were a lot of familiar faces in the crowd – including former Police Chief Brent Larrabee who is sporting a goatee now that he is no longer in uniform.

–CP

BELOW: City Rep. Annie Summerville and others listen to a young poet at an event at the Yerwood Center after the march.

Chris Preovolos/The Advocate

ABOVE: Altar server Ferry Galbert, a native of Haiti, prepares for a mass at St. John’s Church dedicated the victims and survivors of yesterday’s deadly earthquake in Haiti. Galbert has been able to reach some of his family members by phone but many others, including his grandmother have been unreacheable and their conditions are unknown.

Advocate staff photographers Bob Luckey, Chris Preovolos and I have put together our favorite images from 2009. They depict moments that touched us, thrilled us and simply made us stop and say “This is a pretty cool job.” Enjoy and Happy 2010!

Eduardo Ortiz combs his son Nicholas’s hair before their family portrait session at the “Help Portrait” event at Westhill High School in Stamford, Conn. on Saturday  December 12,  2009.  Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday.