Lightning Vs. Capitals

So this was my first time photographing professional sports, and it happened to be my favorite hockey team. Unfortunately I was photographing fans, not the action, but I was glad just to be there.

First Floridian Photos

Five Feature Photos

Adel Valle, 10, left, and Memo Garcia, middle, both of Bowling Green, paint the fence of The Light of the World Church Sunday, Nov. 13, 2012, in preparation for the church's opening in two weeks. The church, located at the corner of West 12th Avenue and Clay Street, has been under construction for over a year.

Max Payne, 10, Justin Combs, 11, and Tanner Cosby, 11, of Bowling Green, toss baseballs to each other during practice for the Southern Kentucky Combat 12-and-under travel baseball team Sunday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Bowling Green. Because the majority of the team went hunting the practice had fewer players and was more laid back then a typical practice, said coach Greg Combs.

Regie Babb, 51, of Bowling Green, enjoys a cocktail during happy hour at Taqueria Azteca in Bowling Green. Two years ago Babb was stabbed five times, including one wound that blinded his right eye. He says the only thing he remembers of the incident was the smell of his assailant, which he described as a "chemical burn". Because of the smell Babb speculates that he it was an attempted robbery by a crack addict. Today Babb is happy it was not worse. "Can't do nothing about it now, I'm still alive," he said.

John Edwards, 62, of Bowling Green, racks a 9-ball billiards game at Cue Time Billiards in Bowling Green during the monthly 9-ball tournament Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Edwards ended up getting knocked out of the tournament after losing two games.

Senior Kenny Green, 23, of Tampa, Fl., carries an American flag alongside senior Joel Padgett, 22, of Glasgow, Ky., who carries a WKU flag as they run in the WKU Hilltopper Battalion Run Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in Bowling Green. ROTC students, current military members and veterans ran the 5K in formation across campus and downtown Bowling Green.

Election Coverage

Ron Williams, of Bowling Green, campaigns for his brother, Rick Williams, to be elected as a city commissioner on the corner of 31 W and Broadway in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

Betty Crayton, of Bowling Green, watches election coverage at the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. 

Volunteer Tom Morris, of Bowling Green, calls Ohio voters to encourage them to vote for Obama from the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. 

Warren County Democratic Party Chair Shannon Morgan writes poll numbers on a sheet of paper at the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Obama was later declared the winner of the presidential election.

Former Bowling Green state senator Dr. Nick Kafoglis, 83, watches election coverage at the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. 

Voters react to Obama winning the state of Pennsylvania at the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Obama was declared the winner of the presidential election an hour later.

Christina Gill, of Auburn, Ky., hugs Lisa Gilmer, of Bowling Green, as they react to Obama being declared the winner of the presidential election at the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Bowling Green Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Gill made over 300 phone calls to Ohio voters during the day encouraging them to vote for Obama, she said.

Alabama Portrait

Billy Dawkins, 57, of Beauregard, Ala., spends most nights after work sitting outside of Alice Faye's Groceries in Opelika, Ala., as volunteer security. Dawkins started doing this when he noticed intoxicated men frequenting the store when Faye was the only one working, as well as an alarming number of burglaries in the area, he said. 

Day at the Race Track

My practicum class went to Keeneland horse racing track in Lexington for a workshop on remote camera set up. It was a long but relaxing day. Here are some photos from it.

A race horse and a goat share a bale of hay at Keeneland horse racing track Oct. 10.

Horses trot down the track at Keeneland horse racing track Oct. 10.

Betters and spectators shield against the sun as horses race down the track at Keeneland Oct. 10.

Ron Wimsett celebrates a winning bet at Keeneland horse racing track Oct. 10.

Jockey Borsa Fayos moved to the United States from Spain three months ago to compete at Keeneland horse racing track in Lexington, Ky.

Joeseph Synoracki, of Lexington, watches replays of the day's races on a television at Keeneland horse racing track Oct. 10. He bet on his favorite jockey, Amanda Tamburello, in the last race of the day but she took fourth.

A few weeks worth of features

Tar Root, 20, of Karenni, plays takraw on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, a sport popular in Southeast Asia where he lived until 2009 when he and his family came to Bowling Green. Root lives in the Lovers Lane apartment complex where he and his neighbors play takraw almost every day. The residents of the complex are almost all from Burma, Thailand or Karenni and many are refugees.

Roger Dias, left, 7, of Bowling Green, blows out candles with his cousin, Jeffrey Dias, 4, of Somerset, Ky., as they celebrate their birthdays together at a relative's house in Bowling Green Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. The close-knit El Salvadorian family had more than 20 family members at the party for piñatas, cake and horchata.

Junior Jenny Sutherland, 20, of Harrodsburg, Ky., left, slings mud with her Chi Omega sorority sisters sophomore Tori Knodell, 19, of Naperville, Ill., middle, and freshman Taylor Milan, 18, of Springfield, Ohio, right, after they won their first match of the AOPi and Sigma Chi Mud Volleyball tournament at the WKU Ag. Farm Thursday, Sept. 28, 2012. 

José Recinos, of Bowling Green, works on his big-rig truck while his neighbor's son, Anthony, 7, plays on his drive way Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The truck had a leak in the air tank and all the mechanics in town were too busy so Recinos attempted the repairs himself. Recinos said that even after driving to 48 states, Bowling Green is his favorite city in the United States.

Evangeline Beasley-Brown, 2, of Bowling Green, plays with her mother Dana Beasley-Brown's sweatshirt while she and her 4-year-old son Stockton take yoga instructions from Anna Tinch, of Bowling Green, in a new yoga class designed for preschoolers at the Bob Kirby Branch of Warren County Public Library in Bowling Green Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Dana Beasley-Brown said that her daughter is a little too young to enjoy the class, but that her son loves it. The class was introduced this year and will have it's fifth session next week.

Deana "Sweet Drops" Hill, right, of Bowling Green, and member of the motorcycle club "Who U Wit", talks to the president of the club Nessie "Prez Sunkist" Austin (not pictured) about who in the group has the best motorcycle while Thomas McFarlan, 13, son of club members Chris "Dough Boy" and Sarah "Honey" McFarlan, listens to the conversation during a club barbecue Sunday, Sept. 23,  2012 in Bowling Green. Members of "Who U Wit" often compare bikes by short races, burnouts and leaving rubber on the pavement.

Ramiz Becic, 15, of Bowling Green, plays goalie during a pick-up soccer game with his friends and neighbors, who are also from Bosia. The group of Bosnians play soccer every day, they said. Soccer is a very popular sport in Bosnia, and the group keep that heritage alive by playing together.

Johnny Riggs, 43, of Cave City, takes a break from playing pick-up basketball with his sons in Bowling Green Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Riggs taught the boys how to play when they were kids. He is thankful that he can still play with them despite a four-wheeler accident that left him with several broken ribs a decade ago. After the accident he left the hospital early so that he could go watch his boys play baseball, he said.