Don Fisher, with Chiminy Cricket and Top Hat Air Systems, cleans and inspects a fireplace and chimney during a service call to a home in Mesa, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

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The pedestrian bridge constructed over the west end dam of Tempe Town Lake is now open, shown Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The bridge helps shade the rubber bladder from the harsh sun as well as having sprinkler heads underneath to help cool the bladder. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

I have covered Black Fridays before and this year was no different. Shoppers wait for stores to open while standing out in the cold. I mapped out a plan with our reporter Michelle Reese as to the stores we would be at when they opened. The morning, or night still, started off at a Kohl’s store in Gilbert where I watched the line grow pretty fast for a 3 a.m. opening. Shoppers tried to stay warm huddled together while one couple I had been watching had …

Saturday, I brought my 3-year-old son, Alex, to walk along with me while I covered Pat’s Run in Tempe. I wanted to cover the run/walk different this year, so I walked along with participants in the event, shooting photos along the way. The 4.2 mile walk took us a little over an hour. I was able to meet a lot of nice people while walking along with them. The event has grown in participants every year, and this year over 28,000 participants gathered to honor fallen Army Ranger Pat Tillman.  …

I got a call from a friend on Saturday thinking a new Batman movie was being filmed in Apache Junction. It was not a major motion picture set but a set being used to film an Internet video. On Saturday numerous famous replica vehicles were driving along Baseline Road in Apache Junction from Ironwood to Idaho for a filming of a promotional video by willitmakeit.com
Baseline Road was shut down for a few hours while filming took place. The filming was promoting the inaugural Cannonball Phoenix Spree which will take …

What’s an OK (and kinda boring) way to illustrate tree pollen for our story Rain, Warmer Weather Triggering Allergies ? Take a photo of a tree in bloom. What’s a better way? Get a photo of a bee picking up all that pollen.
I have to admit I didn’t plan on taking a photo of the bee. I was planning to shoot a flowering tree branch hanging over a sidewalk in downtown Chandler. The connection of photographing a bee for a story on pollen and allergies didn’t dawn on me until …

I was covering the send off rally of the Arizona Cardinals as they were leaving to New Orleans to play the Saints. Tons of fans and supporters showed up for rally at the airport. I was watching the cheerleaders dance during the celebration and noticed the Bidwill family waiting behind them for the team to show up.

One of the youngsters from the family had his eye on them, and I was talking with fellow photographers looking on at the boy. I was looking at the facial expression …

Val Vista Lakes first-grader Katie Everett,6, left, is greeted by her principal Susie Apel after arriving to school on the bus on the first day of school in the Gilbert school district.