My best friend Gopal recently married his longtime girlfriend Joanna in Northern Virginia. Gopal, coming from a traditional Indian family, had several days worth of beautiful and elaborate traditional Hindu ceremonies leading up to the traditional American wedding ceremony on…
After recently purchasing iPhones (Verizon, of course!), Kristin and I have been experimenting with photography apps left and right. I downloaded and shot with the Hipstamatic app while we were exploring Mississippi and Ohio river flood recovery efforts in Southern…
Wednesday, May 4, 2011. It's been a crazy couple of weeks here in Southeast Missouri, but Mississippi River flood waters seem to be receding (at least temporarily) in Cape Girardeau's Red Star District, as well as Cape Rock Park. According…
The second day shooting the powerful flooding in the Southeast Missouri area proved to be eye-opening. Literally just a two-minute drive from my home stands 1207 North Main Street - currently surrounded on all sides by four feet of water…
For more flood coverage, see An Afternoon at 1207 North Main Our apartment began flooding on Easter, alerting us to the gravity of the flooding situation in the Cape Girardeau and Southeastern Missouri areas. Due to weeks of stormy weather,…
The big news in Cape lately has been the construction of the $125 million Cape Girardeau casino complex. Passing by the site on an almost daily basis, I have witnessed first-hand the swift construction progress so far - at one specific…
My latest attempts in experimenting with new ways to fund long-term photojournalism projects: Last year, I documented the relief efforts in Nashville after the Cumberland River flooded the area in early May. On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the banks of…
Chris Mackler for Out Here Magazine I recently shot a second story for the Spring edition of Out Here Magazine on a couple known for their experience in attracting and keeping the fickle purple martin birds. Dennis and Loretta Sitter, of…
Chris Mackler for Out Here Magazine During late November, I shot a story for the Spring edition of Out Here Magazine, (Tractor Supply Co.'s quarterly publication, available for free at your local store), on a dying breed of donkey, the American Mammoth…
A couple months ago, I heard about Flattr, an online service which describes itself as "a social micropayments system enabling you to easy share money to support things you like and to get support from your fans." An interesting concept, Flattr…