Wil Reid of Wilson Fairchild performs live on stage for the crowd gathered at John Moxie Stadium as the feature performance at Happy Birthday America in Staunton on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Natural and Necessary Moments
For decades, I’ve photographed events of all types … concerts, debates, groundbreakings, anniversaries, announcements, press conferences, elections, celebrations, memorial services, and more.
I’ve learned the art of being less intrusive, melting into the background so as not to disturb your event.
But also when to step forward when required and necessary.
Always done in a professional and efficient manner.
My coverage of an event offers natural and real moments in addition to the more prescribed photos.
The moments … the emotion shown are what take event coverage to the next level.
It’s what I stand to offer.
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School board candidate Ken Venable (center) answers a question posed by a member of the audience during a Staunton candidates forum held at Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Also pictured are school board member Ron Ramsey as well as fellow candidates Amy Wratchford and John Hartless. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
President Pamela Fox of Mary Baldwin University smiles as she listens to the other speakers following the announcement of the school receiving a $25 million legacy gift from alumna and top donor Bertie Murphy Deming Smith during a ceremony on Thursday, April 19, 2018. It marks the largest gift in the school’s 176-year history. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Owners of Staunton Innovation Hub, Alison Denbigh hugs husband Peter Denbigh as the oversized scissors are retrieved from them after they cut the ribbon during a ceremony for the Hub’s 32 North Augusta location on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
People explore the inside of the 32 North Augusta location of Staunton Innovation Hub following a ribbon cutting ceremony for the location on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Wil Reid of Wilson Fairchild performs live on stage for the crowd gathered at John Moxie Stadium as the feature performance at Happy Birthday America in Staunton on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Wil and Langdon Reid (center) of Wilson Fairchild share the stage with Gordon Kennedy (left) and Bryan Kennedy (right). They perform live on stage for the crowd gathered at John Moxie Stadium at Happy Birthday America in Staunton on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Dr. Adam Rochman, medical director of the emergency department, smiles and carries one of the golden shelves and a hardhat following the ceremonial turning of the dirt. Augusta Health held their emergency department expansion groundbreaking ceremony outside the hospital in Fishersville on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Layla Ophelia of Staunton pretends to be a moving magical portrait at Co-Art Gallery during the Queen City Mischief & Magic festival in downtown Staunton on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. The three-day festival celebrating Harry Potter ends Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Emily Row (center), CROPS instructor and horticulture manager, compares a sweet potato grown on their farm with one grown elsewhere as she leads students in a class at Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind’s educational urban farm on Monday, Oct. 02, 2018. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
The ribbon is cut in a ceremony celebrating the completion of the conversion of a dorm into five independent living apartments for students on the campus of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
The students of Churchville Elementary wave to the cameras as they come together as one for a new school photograph outside on the first day of the new school year on Tuesday, Aug 8, 2017. It was felt the act was a symbolic way of welcoming the approximately 100 students joining the school who previously attended the now closed Beverley Manor Elementary. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Matt Robertson, who is running for Staunton City Sheriff, shares a laugh with others he shares the table with at the event. The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted an event allowing people to mingle and dine with elected officials, called Pig Picking’ & Politickin’, at Augusta Expo on Monday, August 22, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
First responders, active military and veterans walk through the halls of Clymore Elementary to the sound of applause as they touch hands with the students and faculty gathered to either side of the hallway. Clymore Elementary held its annual “National Anthem Day” on Sept. 11, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
The Stonewall Brigade Band performs before the start of the ceremony. America got more than 70 new citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at the Frontier Culture Museum on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Ed Long of the Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots serves as moderator at an forum on the future of the Augusta County courthouse, held in Staunton on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Those gathered listen to officials from Augusta County as well as representatives of Common Sense Courthouse Solutions present different possibilities for the future of the Augusta County courthouse during a forum, sponsored by Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots, held in Staunton on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
The big scissors are brought out and handed over for the ribbon cutting during a ground breaking ceremony for Staunton Crossing on Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Mayor Carolyn Dull of Staunton uses the big scissors to cut the ribbon as other members of the city council and participants in the project help pull the ribbon apart after it proved stubborn. They participate in a ground breaking ceremony for Staunton Crossing on Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Council woman Andrea Oakes slips on a hardhat in preparation for a group photo of those who participated in the project at a ground breaking ceremony for Staunton Crossing on Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Bryn Smith, an economic development manager with Dominion, listens to a question about the proposed construction timeline while referencing a map during an Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction expo held at Augusta Expo in Fishersville on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
Andrew Bermack, vice president of pipeline business development for Michels Pipeline Construction, gestures to a map as he answers questions from some attending the Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction expo held at Augusta Expo in Fishersville on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
The command “column left” is issued to members of band company as they prepare to turn 90 degrees to the left with each person maintaining their place in the column formation. The cadets of Fishburne Military School take the field as they drill in preparation for an upcoming dress parade at the school in Waynesboro on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
A cadet places one of several wreaths honoring veterans during the Wreaths Across America ceremony held at Fishburne Military School on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. (Photo by: Mike Tripp/The News Leader)
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