If you saw the Flight of the F-16 photos in the last entry, you’ll recognize the gentleman here. Sheriff Lott had his re-election kickoff in October and since he liked the F-16 shoot he asked me to shoot the campaign kickoff. It was clearly quite successful. The young lady striking a pose in the final image is his daughter, Mckenzie.

His election website is http://www.votelott.com

When you get the opportunity to take in introduction flight in an F-16, you don’t turn it down. In fact, you hire someone to photograph the event for posterity. Which is exactly what the gentleman here, Sheriff Leon Lott, did. I attempted to weasel my way into another F-16 by trying to convince everyone that an airborne, plane to plane shot, would be essential to the series. Sadly, everyone at the airbase seemed intent on cheating me out of a flight. So I had to do the best I could from the ground.

I was hired to shoot the 2008 Calendar for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The theme was “Department in Action.” Shooting took several months, but the results were worth the effort.