GLOW 08 Santa Monica from Dawn to Dusk

A kiss by the light of the Ferris Wheel on Santa Monica Pier.

A GLOW reveler dancing in the surf sometime around 2am.
"Butterfly Number Blue" by Jay Yan

Rosarito Beach, Mexico

Aliyah was very happy with her temporary butterfly tattoo, until I told her it was actually a moth.
We ate Tuna Sandwiches everyday on the beach, with lots of Tajin seasoning sprinkled on top.
One of the friendly neighborhood peddlers, once told Carla "you have Champagne taste"! Who buys those kind of hats?

7-year-old Maria

7-year-old Maria was shot in a drive-by shooting by alleged gang members, while playing in front of her house.

7



Neighbors watch as the family has a prayer vigil at the scene of the shooting.

Disappointing Heather

11-year-old Aly Makestad splashes in the Seven Canyons Fountain at Liberty Park with her friends, trying to stay cool. I often hand out business cards to parents and kids so they know I am a legitimate photographer, but today was a first. I got a call early this morning from 9-year-old Heather Makestad (below). She asked me "Are you going to put my picture in the paper, or just my sisters?" She sounded very sad when I told her she didn't make the paper. I hate disappointing kids but I snapped more than three hundred photos, got names from 7 kids. Only Aly's photo made the front page.

A Typical Week

The voting turn out was very slow in some districts, for the Republican primary. I waited about 40 minutes for a voter to show up at Washington Elementry School in Salt Lake.
Rachel Scarbrough coaches 9-year-old, Alex Boss during a gymnastics class at the GTC in Salt Lake City. Scarbrough was a gymnast at the University of Utah. She had to quit competing as a gymnast because of an injury.
Nick Driggs and Mark Rawlings, created a campaign promoting self testicular exams to prevent testicular cancer. One of their videos made YouTube home page this week, It's a sing along with 29 ways of saying testicles. It has more than one million views so far. It is called Carpe Testes.
L-R 100-year-old, Norma Alter, visits with 100-year-old Iris Stout in the State Capital Rotunda Friday. Iris Stout was looking at the program when she noticed a familiar name. Stout was a bridesmaid at Norma Alter's wedding in Salt Lake, in 1934. They worked together at Yellowstone before they were married, and had not seen each other for more than 70 years, until today.