Jessey Logan Dearing






Fire in Charleston!

This is my first attempt at putting things in soundslides and onto the blog. I had to make this small for it to fit in my page, otherwise it did something crazy and looked strange. Click on the word “captions” to get text of what is happening in each frame. Click here to see a bigger version of this soundslide. The fire was fun.




Bill Clinton, Fishing and Tearsheets!

I always end up photographing someone fishing. The red-drum tagging assignment was fun as I was able to ride around on a boat on a nice semi-warm sunny day for four hours. I spent 10 hours at a civil war re-enactment on Saturday, I’ll post a soundslide for that once I edit from the 900+ photos I took that day.

Former President Bill Clinton shakes hands with supporters of Hillary Clinton after speaking Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, at Trident Technical College in North Charleston. Clinton is visiting to campaign for his wife Hillary Clinton for the future primary elections.

James Cannon, of Hanahan, SC, enjoys his day off from brick masoning to fish Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2007, at Folly Beach. Cannon fishes at this spot regularly catching whiting and spot tail fish mostly, “I love the water, I love the scenery” said Cannon.

Ben Fludd, of Charleston, SC, an employee at the Jewish Community Center, reels in his line in hopes of a catch Monday evening, Nov. 12, 2007, at Brittlebank Park in Charleston. “My first time fishing, I fell in love with it, I’ve been fishing ever since,” said Fludd who has been fishing for 30 years, “It relaxes the mind,” he added.

Jonathan Tucker (far left), an employee for the Department of Natural Resources, holds the cooler open for Bill Roumillat (center), a fishery biologist for DNR, transports a red drum from the net to the cooler that will be tagged and released Friday morning, Nov. 9, 2007, in the Charleston Harbor. “Its been an adventure,” said Joe Tucker (right), Jonathan Tucker’s father, who is volunteering for the day.

Kicker Chris Kifer rides the shoulders of Fort Dorchester teammates after winning 1st round 4A game Div. 1 at Goose Creek Friday November 9, 2007. Fort Dorchester won after Kifer kicked a 44 yard field goal with less than a minute left in the game. Fort Dorchester defeated Goose Creek 24-21.




Sports, Sales, and a really big Yacht!

Still busy.

I liked the fisherman one better, but they published this one instead, probably because it had the coast guard dingy in the frame.

Harry Noisette, of Charleston, SC, does not let the Seafair, a yacht that ran aground, change his fishing routine Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007, at the Battery, in Charleston, SC. “I’ve never seen anything like this before…I’ve been fishing out here all my life,” said Noisette about the grounded yacht. The $60 million yacht houses a traveling art exhibit with 28 galleries that will stop in 36 small ports throughout its 44 week tour of the east coast. David and Lee Ann Lester, the owners of the yacht, hope to raise money to donate to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston.

Joseph Jackson, of Moncks Corner, SC, circles properties he plans to bid for on a map at the delinquent property tax sale Monday morning, Nov. 5, 2007, at the Berkeley County Administration building in Moncks Corner, SC. Jackson purchases land as an investment, “Last time I got a good deal.”

Kelly Grove of Summerville, SC, pulls an office chair stacked with electronics, clothes, and other items just purchased at the Whale of a Sale hosted by the Junior League of Charleston Saturday morning, Nov. 3, 2007, at the Gaillard Exhibition Hall in Charleston, SC. “One year I saw an Alice and Wonderland Lamp,” said Grove about one of the most unique item she has seen at the sale.

Betty Prioleau (top left), Stacy Prioleau (top right), and Katy Prioleau (bottom left) all of Charleston, SC, use boxes and bags to tote around the items they plan to purchase at the Whale of a Sale hosted by the Junior League of Charleston Saturday morning, Nov. 3, 2007, at the Gaillard Exhibition Hall in Charleston, SC. “We were able to find a lot of stuff for our daycare,” said Betty Prioleau, “and it all goes toward charity.”

My first time shooting daytime football, was pretty awesome, no flash and 200 ISO is a dream, although toward the end of the third quarter half the field was in shadow so you had to hope what you exposed for was where the play was going to happen.


Citadel’s Bart Blanchard (19) recovers his own fumble after trying to break through Appalachian State’s defensive line in the first quarter Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 2007, at the Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Appalachian Yosefs defeated the Citadel Bulldogs 45-24.


Augusta State’s Daniel Dixon (left) and Ben Madgen (right), and College of Charleston’s Antwaine Wiggins (center), chase the ball after Dixon lost control of it in the second half Thursday night at the John Kresse Arena at Charleston. Augusta went on to defeat Charleston in a close 65-63 final.

Hockey, Fire and Wild Art!

They call a feature ‘wild art’ here so I drove around doing that for a few hours yesterday. I liked this shot before the bird flew in and then I really liked it afterward. Hockey was fun to shoot, the light is amazing in comparison to Friday night football; the ice makes for a nice fill card. I also had my first color stuff published of that butterfly guy, fun stuff.

Thurgood McKlvey, 58, of Charleston, SC, a retired construction worker reels in his line in hopes of a catch Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 31, 2007, at Brittlebank Park in Charleston, SC. McKlvey says he does “pretty good” catching Spottail bass at the park.


David Hurst, a firefighter for the City of Charleston Engine 3, brings the hose in Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 30, 2007, after helping to put out an apartment fire on Romney St.


I can download PDF versions of any page of the paper which makes it real easy to keep digital tear sheets of all my work, this is my first 1B color piece.

Internship Update!

I’ve been shooting some at the local fair and mostly riding with other photographers at this point, however, I’m supposed to be going on my own assignments soon. I was able to ride in a helicopter at the fair which is how I was able to capture the overview. The butterfly guy below was an interesting character as well (no butterflies were harmed, well maybe mentally, but not physically).

Billy McCord, a wildlife biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, temporarily holds the Monarch butterflies in his mouth before placing them in an envelope where they are kept until they are tagged and released Monday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2007, at Folly Beach, SC.


Billy McCord, a wildlife biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, tags two Monarch butterflies before releasing them Monday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2007, at Folly Beach, SC.





Isa Jackson, 10, of Summerville, SC, adds construction paper cut-outs to her pumpkin at the 4-H Club Pumpkin Decorating Contest Saturday afternoon at the Coastal Carolina Fair at Exchange Park in Ladson, SC. It is Jackson’s third year being a member of the Charleston Clover 4-H Club.

They needed a photograph of a flag to run soon for Veteran’s Day and drove by this on my day off. The flag was massive, at least 20 feet in width, and the sky looked as though it were on fire, the biggest trouble was finding an angle with no power lines, trees, streetlights, etc. and waiting for a strong enough gust to get it to blow in the wind.